diff --git a/src/stremio_app/stremio_player/player.rs b/src/stremio_app/stremio_player/player.rs
index 06501b5..6586979 100644
--- a/src/stremio_app/stremio_player/player.rs
+++ b/src/stremio_app/stremio_player/player.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,19 @@ fn create_shareable_mpv(window_handle: HWND) -> Arc<Mpv> {
         set_property!("msg-level", "all=no");
         set_property!("quiet", "yes");
         set_property!("hwdec", "auto");
-        // set_property!("vo", "gpu-next,");
+        // gpu-next: libplacebo VO with modern HDR tone-mapping; gpu, is the fallback.
+        set_property!("vo", "gpu-next,gpu,");
+        for (name, value) in [
+            ("tone-mapping", "bt.2390"),
+            ("dither-depth", "auto"),
+            ("deband", "yes"),
+            ("scale", "spline36"),
+            ("cscale", "spline36"),
+        ] {
+            if let Err(error) = initializer.set_property(name, value) {
+                eprintln!("mpv: cannot set {name}={value}: {error:?}");
+            }
+        }
         Ok(())
     });
     Arc::new(mpv.expect("cannot build MPV"))