Sharp’s first 8K TV went on sale for professional use in Japan
during 2015 for $133,000.
New pricing - LG 88
inch OLED 8K $30,000 - Sony Z9G 8K TV, at 85 inches, costs
$13,000 - Samsung offers 55” and 65” versions of the Q900R for
$3,500 and $4,000, respectively, - 8K larger screen like the
$6,000 75” model or the $8,000 82” model - Samsung QN75 Q900R
BFXZA Flat 75-Inch QLED 8K Q900 Series $4,497 - 65" Class Q900
QLED Smart 8K UHD TV (2019), $2,999. OK, all still way too
expensive, but it looks like 8K is following 4K large price
drops each year as production ramps up.
In November 2017,
video-streaming site Vimeo added support for 8K, and it now has
over 6,000 videos tagged as 8K. YouTube added 8K and it boasts
thousands of 8K videos. Almost all are non-movie and non-TV
shows, but at least there is content to test the new TVs. I will
obviously be a few years before we see real 8K movie and TV
content. Cheap and greedy broadcasters are still fighting
upgrades to 4K, because of the impact it might have on the
precious bottom line.
Incidentally,
Samsung put two 85-inch TVs side by side, one playing 4K
content in 4K, the other upscaling 4K content to 8K. The
difference was apparent, with the upscaled 4K video playing on
the 8K TV looking visibly superior.
Showing posts with label 8k TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8k TV. Show all posts
Oct 26, 2019
Oct 11, 2019
New Logo 8K TV
Wow, 4k is not even the current standard and the TV companies
are already pushing the next generation. It will be a few years
before 4K is standard and a few more years after that for 8K
movies and shows to kick in.
Currently, broadcast TV, such as CBS, NBC, etc., and cable providers have no short term plan or intention to even consider 4K. They are too busy scrambling to squeeze every penny out of current outdated low resolution shows. They have been given the gift of 4K upscaling built into new TVs to make pictures look better.
The logo can be used starting in January 2020.
To use that logo, a TV must have resolution of "at least 33 million active pixels, with at least 7680 horizontally and 4320 vertically within a 16:9 viewable window." One or more of the HDMI inputs must support "7680x4320 pixels; bit depth of 10-bits; frame rates of 24, 30 and 60 frames per second; HDR transfer functions and colorimetry as specified by ITU-R BT.2100; and HDCP v2.2 or equivalent content protection." It must also be able to upconvert SD, HD and 4K video for display at 8K resolution and be able to receive and render 10-bit 8K images.
Bottom line, if you need or want a new TV, save your money and get a 4K TV. Experts recommend a 65 inch as the smallest 4K TV to buy so you can enjoy the wonderful resolution.
Currently, broadcast TV, such as CBS, NBC, etc., and cable providers have no short term plan or intention to even consider 4K. They are too busy scrambling to squeeze every penny out of current outdated low resolution shows. They have been given the gift of 4K upscaling built into new TVs to make pictures look better.
The logo can be used starting in January 2020.
To use that logo, a TV must have resolution of "at least 33 million active pixels, with at least 7680 horizontally and 4320 vertically within a 16:9 viewable window." One or more of the HDMI inputs must support "7680x4320 pixels; bit depth of 10-bits; frame rates of 24, 30 and 60 frames per second; HDR transfer functions and colorimetry as specified by ITU-R BT.2100; and HDCP v2.2 or equivalent content protection." It must also be able to upconvert SD, HD and 4K video for display at 8K resolution and be able to receive and render 10-bit 8K images.
Bottom line, if you need or want a new TV, save your money and get a 4K TV. Experts recommend a 65 inch as the smallest 4K TV to buy so you can enjoy the wonderful resolution.
Dec 7, 2018
8K is Here
On
December 1, 2018 Japanese TV networks began publicly
broadcasting 4K and 8K channels via satellite. NHK is pushing
content at 8K with 22.2 channel sound. The first movie listed in
its TV guide is '2001: A Space Odyssey', and it is a rescanned
version of the original 70mm negatives specifically for this
broadcast. Seems like a great choice.
May 25, 2018
8K TV is Coming
Speaking of obsolete, even though many do not yet have 4K TVs,
8K sets are coming this year. Sharp began shipping the world's
first commercially available 8K monitor, the 70-inch, 7,680 by
4,320 Aquos LV-70X500E.
85,000 8K sets are likely to be sold worldwide during 2018 compared to 98.4 million 4K sets. NHK in Japan has committed to inaugurating an 8K channel on December 1, 2018 with thousands of hours of programming. South Korea has already deployed the NextGen 4k TV over antennas in that country and produced the Olympics for the rest of the world in 4K. It was available in the US, but cable companies could not broadcast it in 4K.
The World Cup, Wimbledon, and the Premier Football League are all distributed in 4K. However, we in the US are stuck with "selected holes" at the Masters Tournament shown in 4K.
8K monitors will also be available in the US at the end of the year from a variety of other brands. TCL announced its intention to unveil its own 8K TV at the 2017 IFA show in Berlin. It is likely that all the major Chinese TV brands will show their own 8K models at IFA 2018 and at CES 2019 in January.
The US severely lags the rest of the world and US cable companies still are forcing us to show 720p pictures on our 1080p and 4K TV sets. The good news is that the newer 1080p and 4K smart TVs use software to greatly enhance the crappy 720p pictures and virtually no 720p TVs are being sold these days.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world has moved on. If it were not for Netflix, Amazon Video, Directtv, YouTube, and Blu-ray, many in the US would not even know the beauty of 4K, and the world is already moving beyond it to 8K. Maybe I need a chill pill for pixel envy.
85,000 8K sets are likely to be sold worldwide during 2018 compared to 98.4 million 4K sets. NHK in Japan has committed to inaugurating an 8K channel on December 1, 2018 with thousands of hours of programming. South Korea has already deployed the NextGen 4k TV over antennas in that country and produced the Olympics for the rest of the world in 4K. It was available in the US, but cable companies could not broadcast it in 4K.
The World Cup, Wimbledon, and the Premier Football League are all distributed in 4K. However, we in the US are stuck with "selected holes" at the Masters Tournament shown in 4K.
8K monitors will also be available in the US at the end of the year from a variety of other brands. TCL announced its intention to unveil its own 8K TV at the 2017 IFA show in Berlin. It is likely that all the major Chinese TV brands will show their own 8K models at IFA 2018 and at CES 2019 in January.
The US severely lags the rest of the world and US cable companies still are forcing us to show 720p pictures on our 1080p and 4K TV sets. The good news is that the newer 1080p and 4K smart TVs use software to greatly enhance the crappy 720p pictures and virtually no 720p TVs are being sold these days.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world has moved on. If it were not for Netflix, Amazon Video, Directtv, YouTube, and Blu-ray, many in the US would not even know the beauty of 4K, and the world is already moving beyond it to 8K. Maybe I need a chill pill for pixel envy.
Dec 15, 2017
4K vs. 8K TV
4K,
or 3840×2160, is about 2 million pixels and it contains almost
four times the number of pixels on a screen compared with
1080P (current) technology.
8K
resolution is 7680×4320 pixels. It is 16 times more dense than
4K. The numbers show 4K at 2 million pixels is compared to 8K
at 33 million pixels. Today’s TV technology is not yet capable
of handling this kind of raw power.
For
human eyes to actually differentiate between 4K and 8K
resolutions, 8K televisions need to be at least 70 and 80
inches in size and you need to sit very close. To truly enjoy
8K, the television sets need to be even larger than that.
Panasonic has developed a plasma television that is 145
inches.
2020
Olympics will all be broadcast in 8K - Samsung, LG, Sony, and
Panasonic have all announced plans to have 8K TVs ready for
the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Incidentally,
as of September 2017 an 85 inch 8K TV costs $133,000 and is
only available in Japan. Oh, and the old wives tale of sitting
too close can hurt your eyes is a myth.
Sep 18, 2015
8K TV
We do not even have much content for 4K TVs and now
Sharp has announced an 8K, 85 inch LV-85001 for just US $133,000.
In fact broadcast testing of 8K is not scheduled to begin until
2016.
8K is 7680 x 4320, which is 104 pixels per inch at the 85-inch size; the contrast ratio is 100,000:1 with viewing angles of 176 degrees. It will be available October 31, 2015.
When I first got into the technology business, hardware was always lagging behind need. Seems during the past ten years technology is leading, and searching for content and relevance before its typically ultra-short life cycle ends. Thank goodness for early adopters, who take the arrows and pay the big bucks so we can enjoy later.
8K is 7680 x 4320, which is 104 pixels per inch at the 85-inch size; the contrast ratio is 100,000:1 with viewing angles of 176 degrees. It will be available October 31, 2015.
When I first got into the technology business, hardware was always lagging behind need. Seems during the past ten years technology is leading, and searching for content and relevance before its typically ultra-short life cycle ends. Thank goodness for early adopters, who take the arrows and pay the big bucks so we can enjoy later.
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