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First 8K TV to go on sale in Oct. Only £86,000! 
8K TV any one?
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My Virgin box still only does 1080i 
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Even as most users are still transitioning from their Full HD panels to 4K ones (less than 40% of users have a 4K-capable panel), the 8K panel onslaught should begin as early as the first half the current year. AU Optronics, one of the world's foremost panel makers, is expected to start shipping 8K-enabled panels between the 65-85 inch range in the first half of this year, thus moving the goalpost once again on what the top of the line in the display market is.
Liao Wei-lun, president of AUO's video products business group, said that global sales of 65- and 70-inch TVs and display products are expected to grow 40% and 50% on year, respectively, in 2018. As yields have improved, so has pricing come down, which means users will be looking to upgrade their panels to higher diagonal sizes. But the bigger the size, the higher the resolution of the panel has to be, and that's where AUO wants to do business. AUO expects the penetration rate of 65-inch and above sizes of 8K TVs will start gaining momentum in 2018 and reach 10% in 2020. Naturally, AUO plans to start 8K panel production on the higher margin products - high diagonal TVs - and will scale down from there, eventually hitting PC monitor's screens. Maybe by that time we'll have graphics card options that can actually push that gargantuan number of pixels.
AU Optronics To Begin Shipping 8K TV Panels In 1H18 https://www.techpowerup.com/241782/au-optronics-to-begin-shipping-8k-tv-panels-in-1h18
Liao Wei-lun, president of AUO's video products business group, said that global sales of 65- and 70-inch TVs and display products are expected to grow 40% and 50% on year, respectively, in 2018. As yields have improved, so has pricing come down, which means users will be looking to upgrade their panels to higher diagonal sizes. But the bigger the size, the higher the resolution of the panel has to be, and that's where AUO wants to do business. AUO expects the penetration rate of 65-inch and above sizes of 8K TVs will start gaining momentum in 2018 and reach 10% in 2020. Naturally, AUO plans to start 8K panel production on the higher margin products - high diagonal TVs - and will scale down from there, eventually hitting PC monitor's screens. Maybe by that time we'll have graphics card options that can actually push that gargantuan number of pixels.
AU Optronics To Begin Shipping 8K TV Panels In 1H18 https://www.techpowerup.com/241782/au-optronics-to-begin-shipping-8k-tv-panels-in-1h18
lol.... yep, that's marketing for you. 4K sounds sexier than UHD, and AFAIK they haven't yet coined a term for 7680 x 4320; Hyper-HD perhaps?
Besides, consumers in general don't care about the accuracy of names. I give you...
Hoover/Dyson = any vacuum cleaner
iPod = any portable digital music player
iPad = any tablet
Plasma = any flatscreen TV
I wonder how many folk so far have bought a UHD TV and are using it with SD and HD sources but have convinced themselves they're watching "4K" everything? Same sort of thing happened with the transition to HD. All just a little bit of history repeating....
I'd take this with a pinch on salt as scroll down and they are calling 4k - Hi-Vision (HDTV) or should I say "Hi-Vision Definition TeleVision" and its definitely not marketed under that name !
Instead of investing in developing 8k they would be better off working towards the global switch off of SD channels. Needs to be treated like the Analogue to Digital TV swap over.
8K is 8K UHD or 8K Ultra High-Definition.
or
8K is Super Hi-Vision (HDTV being high-definition television) [[ 4K Hi-Vision (high-definition television, or simply HDTV) ]].
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Stupid if PPI is insanely small, I mean do you need 100pi on a TV? Not a chance.
4K at 65" is plenty.
4K at 65" is plenty.
So if people keep bringing up that same old chart the one saying your eye cant see 4k detail unless its x metres away ie you dont benefit from 4k @ 55" unless its 2 miles away does that mean if you have an 8k TV you wont benefit @ 55" unless its 4 miles away from the seating area? SO 8k is pointless unless you buy a bigger house with bigger lounge ?
Guess you gonna need a new chart.
Guess you gonna need a new chart.
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So if people keep bringing up that same old chart the one saying your eye cant see 4k detail unless its x metres away ie you dont benefit from 4k @ 55" unless its 2 miles away does that mean if you have an 8k TV you wont benefit @ 55" unless its 4 miles away from the seating area? SO 8k is pointless unless you buy a bigger house with bigger lounge ?
Guess you gonna need a new chart.
Pretty much like having a 4K Apple watch. You'd need a microscope to see the pixels.
No, it is the opposite, the higher the distance from the screen, the less likely you would notice differences between lower and higher resolution content.
When you sit 50 cm from a 55" screen, you need higher resolution in order not to see the pixels themselves.
When is UHD 4K?yay marketing.
FYI, 8K consists of several resolutions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8K_resolution
I think you missed our point, spot the odd one out in there.
I wonder how many folk so far have bought a UHD TV and are using it with SD and HD sources but have convinced themselves they're watching "4K" everything? Same sort of thing happened with the transition to HD. All just a little bit of history repeating....
Indeed, but to be fair it's not like people have much choice when so many services aren't even HD or Full HD, let alone UHD.
