8K television is in the works

[Danno Anderson]

Tom's Hardware > News > Peripherals > Monitors > Samsung to Reveal World's Largest Ultra HD TV at CES 2013
[h=1]Samsung to Reveal World's Largest Ultra HD TV at CES 2013[/h]
9:50 AM - November 14, 2012 by Zak Islam - source: Engadget

[TD="class: gig-button-td"] Twitter

[TD="class: gig-button-td"] StumbleUpon

[TD="class: gig-button-td"] Share

17​

[/TD]

0​

[/TD]

20​

[/TD]

Television will deliver over eight million pixels.

Zoom​

Korean conglomerate Samsung is expected to announce an 85-inch Ultra HD [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]LED [FONT=inherit !important]TV[/FONT][/FONT] at CES in January, 2013.

According to Samsung, its latest television will be "the world's largest commercialised UHD LED TV". It'll offer over eight million pixels and "lifelike" picture to viewers.

[FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Samsung[/FONT][/FONT] joins the likes of Sony and Toshiba in making its foray into the next generation of high-definition viewing. Ultra HD (formerly known as 4K) TVs deliver resolutions of 8MP or 3840 x 2160 pixels, which is four times higher than [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]1080p[/FONT][/FONT] televisions that have 1929 x 1080 pixels.

The firm's "world's largest" moniker may be overtaken sooner rather than later, though. LG's 84-inch 4K-supported TV released just two months ago, while there's also 'non-commercialised' screens such as Panasonic's 152-inch Ultra HD plasma.

Either way, 8K television is in the works, with accompanying screens offering 32 megapixels or 7,680 x 4,320 pixels. As for the price of Samsung's 85-inch Ultra HD [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]LED[/FONT][/FONT] TV, details have yet to be unveiled but expect it to be near LG's $19,000 TV.




[/FONT]

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

Pixel war gimmicks all over again

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Pixel war gimmicks all over again

Expect this to continue. For consumers, there was a major jump from their standard def, heavy tube TVs to HD flat screens that can go on a wall, take up less room and look really good. Perhaps 4K will be that next jump. At some point though it's diminishing returns for consumers. Videophiles will continue to pursue the best image. Most consumers though will buy based on criteria that may not be the same. Namely, price/size/connections/picture quality. Will they buy an 8K TV instead of 4K? Only if it is cheap enough, fits into the location they want to put it, has connections for their devices, and the picture is a noticeable difference from what they currently have. That last criteria is perhaps what separates us from Joe Average consumer.

Also, I don't see 8K having an impact unless there is content. Same issue for 4K which is probably why RED os working on getting 4K content pushed to the world through partner agreements.

 

[Stacey Spears]

A 4320p display will allow playback of full resolution 2160p 3D content on an autostereoscopic display much like a 2160p display allows full resolution 1080p 3D content on an autostereosopic display. (I am calling 8k 4320p and 4k 2160p since the CE space tends to always talk about vertical resolution)

 

[Iannis Holwech]

Wrong thread title. This has nothing to do with 8K :sosp:
The Samsung UHD TV which it is referred to here is UHD/4K = 8 million pixels. It is not a 8K TV which is 33 million pixel.

There will be heaps of UHD/4K TV's next year from 55" to 85".

 

[Terry VerHaar]

Wrong thread title. This has nothing to do with 8K :sosp:
The Samsung UHD TV which it is referred to here is UHD/4K = 8 million pixels. It is not a 8K TV which is 33 million pixel.

There will be heaps of UHD/4K TV's next year from 55" to 85".

Jsu as a note, the post does refer to an 8K monitor...

"Either way, 8K television is in the works, with accompanying screens offering 32 megapixels or 7,680 x 4,320 pixels. As for the price of Samsung's 85-inch Ultra HD [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]LED[/FONT][/FONT] TV, details have yet to be unveiled but expect it to be near LG's $19,000 TV."

 

[Iannis Holwech]

Jsu as a note, the post does refer to an 8K monitor...

"Either way, 8K television is in the works, with accompanying screens offering 32 megapixels or 7,680 x 4,320 pixels. As for the price of Samsung's 85-inch Ultra HD [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]LED[/FONT][/FONT] TV, details have yet to be unveiled but expect it to be near LG's $19,000 TV."

8K TV's have been "in the works" for several years. Without any reference to manufacturer or commercialization, 8K TV "news" are years old. And they will not be available for many years.
Both Panasonic's 145" and Sharp's 85" 8K TV's have been exhibited many times over the last couple of years, and used during the London Summer Olympics, but you can't buy them.
So nothing new there.

Most of the "impossible to read" post (grey letters on grey background - WTF?) was about the Samsung UHD/4K TV and no link to any news about any 8K TV being commercialized. So yes, the thread title is misleading.

Buy the way; Samsung claims their 85" is the "World's Largest Ultra HD TV" because it is one inch larger than the Sony 84". They should remember to add LCD to that, because Panasonic had a 152" 4K Plasma back in 2010. :hand:
And if TCL releases their 110" LCD before Samsung gets their 85" into the shops, Samsung can't even claim "world largest UHD LCD" any more. :dupe: :001_rolleyes:

 

[Björn Benckert]

I think the debate about 8k TV's as sellable is a bit odd, Consdering that the price is actually less than what you paid for a CRT SDI Pal reference monitor about 10 years back... those monitors where standard in any editing or grading suite around the planet... Thats where those screens will go first, the second wave will be quite a bit cheaper and for the dedicated comsumer and then it will be what we will have in the kitchen...

 

[Roger Valdes]

It was nice knowing you, 4k.

Seriously though, 4k isn't going to hold up for very long. It's simply not enough of a resolution jump to make people care.

 

[Sam Taylor]

It was nice knowing you, 4k.

Seriously though, 4k isn't going to hold up for very long. It's simply not enough of a resolution jump to make people care.

Oh no, looks like 5K won't be good enough for much longer