'World's First' 8K from LG Definitely Here? (1 Viewer)

[Martin Dew]

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'World's First' 8K from LG Definitely Here?

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[Peter McM]

At what point does technology surpass the ability of the healthy human eye to discern any difference--or, for that matter, the ability of the human brain to really care?

 

[atfree]

https://www.cnet.com/reviews/samsung-85q900fn-preview/

Article states that "you'll need to sit 3 feet or closer (to a screen that's more than 7 feet diagonal) to see all the detail of 8K, and 5 feet or closer to see the full benefit of 4K. In other words, from further than 5 feet away you won't be able to see any benefit of an 8K TV compared to a 4K TV".

 

[Peter McM]

In other words--it'll look amazing until you go blind.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Will save my money and wait for 12K?

 

[KeithDA]

Surely it will be 16K ????

 

[Robert Harris]

“Halo” products

 

[Nick*Z]

Brilliant! More resolution from our monitors when most of our streaming services cannot even grapple effectively with broadcasting 1080p content - let alone 4K!

How about this for a creative brain fart? Let's get our home video content up to speed with the current resolution and format requirements before we go willy-nilly-silly into the stratosphere over a resolution most of us will likely never be able to discern as 'an improvement.' Novel idea, n'est pas?

 

[Interdimensional]

That's lovely, but just bring back 3-D LG. I'm sure 8k is terrific, but my eyesight has limits!

 

[GeorgeAB]

Suitable for full IMAX. I would be thrilled just to have 1080p/12 bit/HDR/WCG for TV and 2160p/12 bit/HDR/WCG for projection.

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[Mike Frezon]

Wouldn't, maybe, the good news here be that the sooner they roll out 8k technology that the prices on 4k gear may start to drop?

 

[Edwin-S]

That's lovely, but just bring back 3-D LG. I'm sure 8k is terrific, but my eyesight has limits!

I'd like this comment a hundred times if I could.

 

[Edwin-S]

Wouldn't, maybe, the good news here be that the sooner they roll out 8k technology that the prices on 4k gear may start to drop?

Yeah, but you know as well as I do that a lot of home theater enthusiasts are also gearheads so 4K would become passe' and only an 8K would do, even if the improvement was minimal.

 

[Edwin-S]

I'll wait for the 100" or better UUHD set that comes in a tiny box and weighs less than 10 LBs. You just unroll it and stick it on your wall. On a more serious note, 8K may seem like overkill but it does move the distance out where the full resolution of 4K becomes apparent.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Yeah, but you know as well as I do that a lot of home theater enthusiasts are also gearheads so 4K would become passe' and only an 8K would do, even if the improvement was minimal.

Yeah. Well, let 'em.

I just want the prices on the 4k OLEDs to come down for my own personal benefit!

 

[DavidMiller]

Samsung is going to beat the LG one out... I'm interested in the 88" OLED depending on how outrageous the price is.

 

[Bryan^H]

Samsung is going to beat the LG one out... I'm interested in the 88" OLED depending on how outrageous the price is.

I don't even want to know the price, because it will be so far out of my comfort zone for a purchase.

 

[Sean Bryan]

If I move my seating up to about one screen width from my LG 65E6P I can see pixel structure. It is not an “in your face” obtrusive screen door, but I can definitely perceive it. It is still somewhat subtle, but it is there.

I wouldn’t be sitting that close for normal “TV” watching now, but thinking ahead to the day when I might be able to get something at 100” or greater in size to take the place of using a projector for my home theater I would want it to be 8K. Not because I think there would be some significant benefit in percieved resolution, but because there should be a complete lack of any perception of pixel structure at the distance I would prefer to view “home theater” when approaching about one screen width.

At the distance most folks would sit from a TV in their living room though, I doubt anyone would notice much of a difference either way.

 

[Dave Moritz]

With my luck I will purchase a Sony 4K OLED and the following year the 8K's will come out!

 

[Mike Frezon]

With my luck I will purchase a Sony 4K OLED and the following year the 8K's will come out!

And you and I both know, Dave...that if that's what happens, you'll still have a mighty good display and you'll enjoy it a ton!

I know I hope I can afford a 4k OLED when my Panasonic Plasma eventually bites the dust.