diff --git a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
index 41f0528d58..eb659abb67 100644
--- a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
                     startPosition: options.playerStartPositionTicks / 10000000,
                     manifestLoadingTimeOut: 20000,
                     maxBufferLength: maxBufferLength,
+                    videoPreference: { preferHDR: true },
                     xhrSetup(xhr) {
                         xhr.withCredentials = includeCorsCredentials;
                     }