8K TVs: Not Dead Yet, but Pretty Close (opens in new tab)

Considering that the giant screens in movie theaters use 2K or 4K projectors[0], a TV screen with 8K resolution seems like a pointless marketing gimmick that deserves to die.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_cinema

I don’t need 8k for movies and games but I want it for text

"Offering the ability to look at your purchased NFT's in 8K." I guess they know how their target market is.

8k should be the realm of almost exclusively upscaled content, and this should be the pitch. Don’t worry about 8k content, it just makes 4k better.

> That prediction didn’t pan out because TV manufacturers latched onto a loophole in the EU rule: While it grades TVs on the electricity they use in their default setting, it lets them offer other settings if the set warns the user about the potentially higher power draw.

I've noticed PC monitors doing this as well - one of them was winking and nudging so hard that you couldn't even access the settings before disabling the "eco power saving mode", and I couldn't find a way to turn it back on without a factory reset. Would name and shame if I remembered the brand but it was one of the big ones.

8K TVs not being produced until they can meet efficiency standards and win consumers over as an actual improvement on 4K seems like a pretty good outcome, honestly.

I wish the industry could pivot to something like 3K and 6K. For the low end we want something better than 2K or 1080P. For the higher end we have something better than 4K, higher PPI that fits the somewhat niche scenario when 4K isn't perfect.

We could even do 2K to replace 720P, and 3K at mid range to replace 2K, while 6K to replace 4K.

Instead it seems we are stuck with 2K and 4K.

Has the 8K-capable receiver, HDMI cables, and 2 Gbps internet (10 GigE POE+ house). Just need an 8K TV, those nonexistent 8K streaming services, and Lasik eye surgery so I can tell the difference between insane resolution (8.3 MP) and the beyond ridiculous resolution (33.2 MP). And something else to adjust absurdly dark streaming scenes with inaudible dialogue.... that's also HDCP-compliant because that DRM between the TV and receiver and receiver and streaming stick is absolutely essential and impenetrable that anyone can buy an 8K 1:2 splitter from Amazon for $21.

I like the idea of 8K on large and up close monitors. I and many others use a smaller 4K TV as a monitor and I would definitely enjoy an increased PPI.

I want the mini LED TV long before 8K.

Would be happy with a 1080 HD set.

Having come up on CRT, then Plasma, I find I prefer displays that emit light directly to be viewed over those that filter light in some fashion.

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"The IFA tech trade show’s exhibits provided ample evidence of 8K’s relevancy struggles. The companies trying to make 8K a thing could talk up the size of their screens but didn’t promise anything new to watch in that resolution, while other electronics vendors with TVs on their menu either stuck to their 4K fare or switched their emphasis to efficiency and sustainability, two adjectives that 8K can’t claim today."