Super Hi-Vision (8K)

subscribe

TCL Kicks Off 8K Smart TV Price War

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL has made 8K TVs more affordable, by bringing 8K panels to its 6-Series TVs, with 65″ now available for pre-order in the US at $2,199 and 75″ at $2,999. That …

Tags:Pricing| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

Seventy Plus 8K TVs Now Certified by the 8K Association

by Artem Alekseenko

The 8K Association (8KA), the cross-industry group dedicated to promoting the growth of the 8K ecosystem, has revealed that there are now over seventy 8K TVs that have been Certified by the 8KA. This …

Tags:Certification| Hisense| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL

TCL

TCL Upgrades Award-Winning 6-Series with 8K Resolution

by Artem Alekseenko

TCL, one of the world’s best-selling consumer electronics brands and leading technology companies, announced pricing and U.S. availability of the new 8K TCL Roku TV addition to its popular 6-Series TV line. Adding mini-LED …

Tags:Awards| MiniLED| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL

Ultra HD Forum: “Hard to make business case for 8K”

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced Television reported comments from Ben Schwarz, writing for the Ultra HD Forum as saying that it is very hard for broadcasters to justify 8K adoption. The article identifies just five …

Tags:OTT Video| Satellite| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Screen Shot Guimoon

8K Camera Enables New Multi-Purpose Movie Workflow

by Chris Chinnock

The use of 8K camera for film or movie capture is not new, but their use to create the three-screen content for a ScreenX or 4DX theater is new. According to CJ 4DPlex, the …

Tags:3D Cinema| PLF (Premium Large Format) Cinema| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Links Week Commencing 21st June 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Nvidia Shield gets Google’s new Android TV …

Tags:Android| Consoles| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| LG Electronics (LGE)| Nvidia| Samsung| SID Display Week 2021| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD (4KTV)

8K Display Pricing Trend Analysis

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Chris Chinnock, wearing his 8K Association hat, has looked at the development of pricing in 8K displays, and reports that 8K has followed the general price trend of increasing prices, but …

Tags:LCD Panels| Pricing| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Sharp 8M-B32C1: New 8K HDR monitor with 1000 nits

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sharp published details of a new 8K 31.5″ LCD monitor on its Japanese website. Luminance is 1,000 cd/m² (peak) and 800 cd/m² (full screen) with a claimed 1,000,000:1 contrast (1,300:1 native) …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| sharp| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Some Quick Takes on 8K “Per-Title” Encoding

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 8K Association discussed ‘per-title’ encoding (“per-title encoding” is a Netflix term that refers to creating encoding parameters on a scene-by-scene basis) of 8K content with Jan Ozer. There were two …

Tags:Codecs| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Visual Quality

DisplayWeek 8K Symposium Short Takes

by Chris Chinnock

The Society of Information Displays (SID) recently had a virtual version of its main annual symposium and trade expo called DisplayWeek. This conference covers a wide range of display topics with some going deep …

Tags:Automotive| CPUs| Dual Panel LCDs| Intel| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)

8K Association Announces New Members Including Google

by Artem Alekseenko

The 8K Association (8KA), the cross-industry group dedicated to promoting the growth of the 8K ecosystem, has seen good growth in its membership in the last year. Membership is coming from all parts of …

Tags:Google| Super Hi-Vision (8K)