8K discussion thread

[DDH]

AI Compression Has Entered the Room
https://amplify.nabshow.com/articles...ers-the-frame/

[DDH]

This YouTube channel is using AI to gloriously remaster classic game intros and cutscenes
https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/25/2...s-wow-onimusha

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Seventy Plus 8K TVs Now Certified by the 8K Association
https://8kassociation.com/seventy-pl...k-association/

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Allegro DVT Launches the World’s First Hardware-Based VVC/H.266 Decoder Silicon IP
https://www.allegrodvt.com/allegro-d...er-silicon-ip/

[HDTV1080P]

Seventy Plus 8K TVs Now Certified By The 8K Association

https://www.widescreenreview.com/new...l.php?id=22710

[SeeMoreDigital]

There may be 70+ TV's but there's currently only three manufacturers: Hisense, Samsung and TCL...

[Fendergopher]

Doesn't LG make their own 8K panels too?

[Better in Blu]

Originally Posted by Fendergopher

Doesn't LG make their own 8K panels too?

LG had a ZX Model last year which is a 8K OLED. Not sure if there is a 2021 version.

[DDH]

Originally Posted by Better in Blu

LG had a ZX Model last year which is a 8K OLED. Not sure if there is a 2021 version.

Originally Posted by Fendergopher

Doesn't LG make their own 8K panels too?

[DDH]

The 8K Monitor Talks to TVU Networks About Using 5G to Produce and Distribute 8K Content in China
https://8kassociation.com/the-8k-mon...tent-in-china/

[LexInHD]

It seems as though Amazon's Lord Of The Rings series is being finished in 8K. The first released image, taken from footage, has an exact resolution of 8K. The ones you see being circulated are lower-resolution copies.

[puddy77]

Originally Posted by LexInHD

It seems as though Amazon's Lord Of The Rings series is being finished in 8K. The first released image, taken from footage, has an exact resolution of 8K. The ones you see being circulated are lower-resolution copies.

It's being shot on Alexa LFs. So, doubtful.

https://twitter.com/ARRIRental/statu...71049495437318

[LexInHD]

Originally Posted by puddy77

It's being shot on Alexa LFs. So, doubtful.

https://twitter.com/ARRIRental/statu...71049495437318

The image furnished by someone on the production has a resolution of 8K and they made a point of showing that it was an 8K image.

[HDTV1080P]

It would be interesting to own a 83.3 feet (1,000 inch) Samsung display. The home theater room would need to be very big. More for commercial applications in public places like advertisements. In the future some people predict that new homes well be built with the entire wall being a super thin display for home theater, everyday computer tasks, etc.

https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/s...h-tv-the-wall/

[slimdude]

8K is practically dead because nobody (except for a few people on these forums) are talking about it. It's not being promoted, no TV advertisements etc, and they're not flying off the shelves like the manufacturers thought. Nobody is buying 8K TVs except the early adopters, who always want the latest and the greatest of every new technology, and that's who the retailers are relying on to buy them. The average Joe Six Pack are not buying 8K TVs not because they can't afford them, they just don't want one, which I can't blame them. Personally I can very easily afford a 8K TV and to me, they're a waste of money. Without the content, a 8K TV can't do no more than what a 4K TV already can do, that cost thousands of dollars less! People are still buying 4K TVs, and they are walking right pass the 8K TVs like they don't exist.

[unberechenbar]

Not a surprise given that 4K broadcast television is still almost non-existent in the US. But there's hope in other places with Japan having an 8K broadcast channel and multiple 4K channels and South Korea also having the latter.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by LexInHD

The image furnished by someone on the production has a resolution of 8K and they made a point of showing that it was an 8K image.

That’s as may be, but the LF tops out at 4.5K. So maybe they’re delivering at 8K (wouldn’t be a massive shock, as streamers have led the way with insisting on 4K capture/finish and Netflix have finished some stuff in 6K) but it’s certainly nothing like an 8K capture at source.

Still, it’s a horrible irony that the actual movies are stuck at 2K while the series is native 4K at the least.

[Lozin]

Originally Posted by slimdude

8K is practically dead because nobody (except for a few people on these forums) are talking about it. It's not being promoted, no TV advertisements etc, and they're not flying off the shelves like the manufacturers thought. Nobody is buying 8K TVs.

Give it a few years, I'm sure in 5 years time you won't be able to buy a 4K TV in larger sizes as by then all manufactures will only offer 8K TV's in 65" and larger screens and anything smaller than 65" will still be 4K

[peschi]

Originally Posted by slimdude

8K is practically dead because nobody (except for a few people on these forums) are talking about it. It's not being promoted, no TV advertisements etc, and they're not flying off the shelves like the manufacturers thought. Nobody is buying 8K TVs except the early adopters, who always want the latest and the greatest of every new technology, and that's who retailers are relying on to buy them. The average Joe Six Pack are not buying 8K TVs not because they can't afford them, they just don't want one, which I can't blame them. Personally I can very easily afford a 8K TV and to me, they're a waste of money. Without the content, a 8K TV can't do no more than what a 4K TV already can do, that cost thousands of dollars less! People are still buying 4K TVs, and they are walking right pass the 8K TVs like they don't exist.

Turn back 5 years and you could say the same about 4k. yet here we are. Im not expecting to be adopted so quickly as UHD (wich was pretty quick, quicker then HD), but eventually it will replace UHD.

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