When do you suppose 8K will be available?

[Scarface32]

I'm planning on bypassing 4K entirely and waiting for 8K. When do you think that will happen?

[Theend]

Probably sometime after 4k, maybe you should wait for 12k?

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by Theend

Probably sometime after 4k, maybe you should wait for 12k?

Japan is already planning 8K broadcasts, so it's only a matter of time for an 8K TV.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-Olympics.html

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Japan is already planning 8K broadcasts, so it's only a matter of time for an 8K TV.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-Olympics.html

2020 so probably 2024 in the UK. Incidentally, I think I remember reading that year bluray will become obsolete according to the UV demystified site!

[beyondblu]

Originally Posted by Theend

Probably sometime after 4k, maybe you should wait for 12k?

No, 12k is just an incremental update; I wouldn't waste my time with that. 128k is where it's at. Sharper than the human eye, in fact those sets come with special glasses (much like today's 3D sets), free for the early adopters, so you can actually appreciate the added detail. Only eagles are said to be able to discern the individual pixels, and only at close range.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Japan is already planning 8K broadcasts, so it's only a matter of time for an 8K TV.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-Olympics.html

I don't care about 4K or 8K broadcasts. I just want to be able to see 35mm (4K) films and 65/70mm (8K) films in their native resolutions.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Japan is already planning 8K broadcasts, so it's only a matter of time for an 8K TV.

but everything is just a matter of time. Isn't that the point?

[hiren43]

Originally Posted by Theend

Probably sometime after 4k, maybe you should wait for 12k?

hahaha

[ShellOilJunior]

I'd imagine one would need a very, very large screen to take advantage of 8k.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

I'd imagine one would need a very, very large screen to take advantage of 8k.

Not if you are using a tablet to do some image editing!

[Joce]

I'm waiting for 16k

[Vashetti]

Originally Posted by Joce

I'm waiting for 16k

Screw that, I'm waiting for 32K.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

I'm planning on bypassing 4K entirely and waiting for 8K

Personally, I’m not really a fan of 8K, because the bandwidth requirement is so MUCH that it robs the ability of the industry to offer WCG, HDR and HFR along with it. My view is that next gen video should be a proper mix of static resolution, temporal resolution, color gamut and dynamic range. 8K just doesn’t fit well into that equation (at least in my lifetime), which was previously mentioned in the original ‘8K’ thread here…. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=218118

And some other rather knowledgeable minds would argue that 8K is pretty much unnecessary for entertainment purposes, see
starting at ~ 5min. mark (presentation by Jenny), in the Youtube link here…. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...nk#post9168082

[BluLobsta]

Well, if you believe Vinge's theory that technology advances exponentially...then it will be



or...a heck of a lot faster than 4k!!

[TheClassicKid]

Probably not until 2020 at the earliest.

[frogmort]

As soon as I invest in a 4K setup.

[Canada]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

I'm planning on bypassing 4K entirely and waiting for 8K. When do you think that will happen?

A long time, and we will need new eyes.

[mjbethancourt]

I remember a few years back reading up on a tech expo on 8k in Japan. The tech was solid, and the reception was flabbergasted. I think 8k will be the next "real" leap forward in home video tech, some years hence. 4k will serve as that intermediate thing, like 720p, something that is a "halfway" tech, approximated upwards and sidewards by a variety of software adjustments, and used as a low-bandwidth dump for game design of the next generation, the same way 720p was used for the current generation. Also, probably the thing that makes home 3D finally really "work".

the rest of this is all pure b.s. prognostication, but...

...8k will be the next generalized leap forward for broadcast and home video, we will all buy new TVs for 8k the same way we did for 1080p, with early adopters for 4-6 years from now, followed by mass adoption in the 6-9 years-from-now window. 72" displays will hold the same niche that 55" does now and 40" did 8 years ago; the suburban middle-class big screen will be either 96" at the low end or 120" at the high end, ultra-curved-screen and passive 3d, perhaps without glasses. By far, one of the biggest factors in when this will happen, is when the next meaningful economic surge occurs, which I think is still quite a few years off. Another meaningful characteristic of 8k, is that it will probably be the last generation of physical media for the foreseeable future, (although I'm sure after physical media has been "gone" for a decade or a generation or so, nostalgia or retro-fanaticism will periodically bring it back throughout the future.) The dates I project for these things are a 2017 or 2018 preview and early marketing for 8k, with models hitting stores in 2018 or 2019, and the majority jumping in somewhere between 2020 and 2023.

[Kirsty_Mc]

• When the manufacturers and distributors have recouped their money and made a profit on 4K.
• When the 4K related patents are running out.
• After Red (and others) launch 8K and above cameras. Red's top of the line camera the Epic Dragon tops out at 6K currently.

[sumo8675309]

ill wait for 1tb thank you :P