8K discussion thread

[Staying Salty]

8K is Closer than You Think

https://displaydaily.com/article/152...than-you-think

However, Samsung had a bad Q2 with its QLED LCD TVs - sales were said to be significantly down between Q1 of this year and Q2, while OLED sales were up. The word on the street from those tracking the market in detail is that at the same price points, Samsung's arguments over colour volume and brightness are just not persuading buyers to buy from them. It's the fantastic black level and contrast of OLED that is winning the sales.

I hear all the time from those that understand the trade off in the visual system between viewing distance and acuity - "They just can't see the difference". However, watch consumers in the stores. They like to get up close to have a really good look at the quality of the image and, there, FullHD, UltraHD and 8K are all clearly different, if the content has not been mangled in the compression. And TV set makers are much less bothered about what their customers watch as about what they buy.

The key point behind the strong move I expect to see from Samsung to 8K at CES is that, as industry analyst, David Barnes, used to say before his retirement (and I miss his great insight!) "For LCD makers, the pixels are free". 8K in cameras, production and transmission is really tricky. But for LCD makers with big fabs, it really isn't.

Our thread for one stop shopping for our 8K news.

My question is, if they build it, will we come?