Sharp will begin selling the world’s first 8K television

[dlevere]

By Sam Byford

If you think 4K still has a content problem, you'll probably want to give Sharp's latest display a miss.

That also applies to anyone without ¥16 million ($133,000) to blow, because that's how much you'll need for what is technically the world's first production 8K TV, the LV-85001. Technically, because although this 85 inch monitor does have a TV tuner inside, it won't pick up any 8K content yet — though it may be used to help with broadcast tests next year.



Instead, Sharp is positioning the panel as a monitor for businesses that can make use of the ultra-high resolution. 8K is 7680 x 4320, which works out to 104 pixels per inch at the 85 inch size; actual 8K output requires the use of four HDMI 2.0 inputs. Sharp says the IGZO panel's contrast ratio is 100,000:1 with viewing angles of 176 degrees.

It'll be available to business customers from October 31st, following a demonstration at the CEATEC trade show early next month.

[xirtamehtsitahw]

Just put that resolution onto a CURVED screen = in-home IMAX. 'Nuff said.

BTW, I envision a new type of television screen which doesn't even use pixels, instead relying on a continuous bath of liquid crystal solution (or whatever equivalent they have maybe 100 years from now), producing an image with "infinite resolution"--as in, PERFECTLY detailed images, with details not even the sharpest pair of eyes could make out.

Pixels can only shrink so far, before there wouldn't be any real reason to attempt further enhancements in resolution, unless you ditch the pixel format altogether.

[Pyriel]

I don't know how reasonable that thought is. A pixel is just a picture element, so it's not really bound to any size limitations or medium. The only way I can think of to "ditch" the pixel format entirely from storage to transmission to display would probably be a chemical process that's likely to be entirely impractical. If an 8K TV that's 40" across packs just shy of 200 pixels along every inch of scan-line, that's getting pretty close to undetectable, at around 0.13 millimeters across an individual pixel. Halve the size of the TV or double the resolution again, and even the most acute human eye won't be able to see individual pixels. I can't swear that the grid, or whole scan-lines won't remain detectable somehow, but there's not a lot of need to switch to a screen you have to stock catalyst for just to push toward a level detail we can scarcely appreciate anywhere but on paper.

[lee4]

I wonder how bad is the display lag, audio lag and input lag for video games

[MathUser]

What's so great about a curved screen? It don't seem to me like it would enhance the image any. I'd like a 4k tv. Thankfully 8k wide adoption is a ways off.

[rimsky82]

I'm usually a geek for new technology, but I feel the same way. I don't understand what's so great about a curve. Maybe I have to see it?

Id like 4k as well, but I upgraded my tv a couple years ago right as they were becoming available. Some day, I guess. I'm fine with 1080p in the meantime.

[lee4]

curve thing is about view point any angle

movie theaters have curve screen