8K not the future?

I bought an Samsung QE55Q700T back in 2020 just because I was interested in the 8K technology.

It has many problems like QLED HDR 1000R being too dark, leaving everything dark in HDR looking black (Disney+ starwars stuff is unwatchable in places).

I guess OLED would fix that.

I have never come across any high quality 8K media in all that time to try out which kinda makes it pointless.

I do have a SFF PC with a RTX 3090 hooked up that can drive 8K 60Hz, but I rarely use it over my main PC.

If I was given my £1499 back I would buy a 4K TV with VRR
 
RavenLunatic said:
I bought an Samsung QE55Q700T back in 2020 just because I was interested in the 8K technology.

It has many problems like QLED HDR 1000R being too dark, leaving everything dark in HDR looking black (Disney+ starwars stuff is unwatchable in places).

I guess OLED would fix that.

I have never come across any high quality 8K media in all that time to try out which kinda makes it pointless.

I do have a SFF PC with a RTX 3090 hooked up that can drive 8K 60Hz, but I rarely use it over my main PC.

If I was given my £1499 back I would buy a 4K TV with VRR
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OLED can suffer from "black crush"
 
Quartz said:
Maybe 8k TVs will come with inbuilt DLSS / FSR / XeSS?
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They already do, although GPU's have more power and textures are in RAM and the game engine can work it better, so it can do more with it

Frame interpolation
Scaling
Frame doubler

Have been in TV's for decades. ie my Kuro 5090 can triple refresh 24hz to 72.
 
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8k will probably be back in a decade or so, ie when 4K is considered the “norm” and genuinely used by a lot of people.
 
You could see this would happen though. I'm slightly shocked manufacturers like Samsung pushing 8k were so confident in it delivering more profit. Of the few hundred channels I have on my virgin box, I think still about 80% are SD. Yes, standard Def. Not even 1080p. What chance does 8k have when we can't even decom SD yet.

There is no demand for 8K when most people don't even care for 4K. I regularly come into the lounge and have to physically change the channel to HD because the Mrs is watching SD sky sports and simply didn't notice nor care.
 
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jaybee said:
You could see this would happen though. I'm slightly shocked manufacturers like Samsung pushing 8k were so confident in it delivering more profit. Of the few hundred channels I have on my virgin box, I think still about 80% are SD. Yes, standard Def. Not even 1080p. What chance does 8k have when we can't even decom SD yet.

There is no demand for 8K when most people don't even care for 4K. I regularly come into the lounge and have to physically change the channel to HD because the Mrs is watching SD sky sports and simply didn't notice nor care.
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Some of the SD channels are atrocious too. Mock The Week returns tonight on TLC (which apparently recently relaunched?) so I thought I'd set it to record on my BT TV box as you otherwise need a Discovery+ subscription or something. No HD version on Freeview, and the SD channel looks so awful I don't even want to watch it.

I feel like most people probably aren't even watching streaming services in 4K given the significant price premium some of them charge. Last I checked Netflix was £19pm for 4K, who knows what they'd charge for 8K.
 
I dont see 8k coming along as a mainstream for a long time yet. Let's be honest, for average Joe, mainstream isn't even 1080p yet, let alone 4k. The bulk of channels are still SD formats on public broadcast stuff like terrestrial.

That said, I think 8k will factor in the backend more and more ... like for sports. I once read that a single wide view 8k camera covering whole pitch could be used as a source for a panning HD window to follow the play. I.e. the camera wouldn't have to move or zoom ... you'd just select what crop you want from the big picture.
 
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