Topic: 8K video televisions -- you can save money
+Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT — 5.4 years ago #56,742
Just buy two 4K sets, there you go+Anonymous B — 5.4 years ago, 2 hours later[T] [B] #593,672
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The Basics of 8K
8K is a higher resolution than 4K—and that's it. 1080p screens have a resolution of 1,920 by 1,080 pixels. 4K screens double those numbers to 3,840 by 2,160 and quadruple the number of pixels. 8K doubles the numbers again, to a resolution of 7,680 by 4,320. That's four times the number of pixels as 4K, which means it's 16 times that of a 1080p TV.
For context, look really closely at your TV. Try to find a single pixel (not the individual red, green, and blue lights; those are subpixels, which means you're too close). If you're looking at a 4K screen, imagine four pixels taking up the space of that single pixel. If you're looking at a 1080p screen, picture a grid of sixteen pixels, four by four, within that single pixel. That's 8K. It's much sharper than 4K and much, much sharper than 1080p.
What Else Do You Need for 8K?
Besides an 8K screen, 8K video requires high speed leading into that screen. Four times as many pixels, each of which might have more information than pixels typically do, means 8K video takes up a lot of bandwidth. That's a concern whether you're watching 8K content on an as-yet uninvented 8K optical disc that supports it or streaming it over a 5G internet connection. The short answer is that 8K requires (at least) HDMI 2.1. HDMI applies to cables and home theater devices. That ensures your cables and the source devices you use can handle the bandwidth requirements necessary to carry 8K content.
Bottom Line
8K content. It features a maximum bandwidth of 48Gbps—three times that of the HDMI 2.0 standard (18Gbps), which supports up to 4K60 video. The lower a bandwidth's connection, the lower the resolution and video frame rate you can send over it, and the more compressed the video has to be, which hurts fine details. HDMI 2.1 can handle high-quality, uncompressed 8K video at up to 60 frames per second, and it can carry uncompressed 4K120
REAL BOTTOM LINE:
Is Now the Time to Buy an 8K TV?
Now is not the time—a
·Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT (OP) — 5.4 years ago, 13 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[T] [B] #593,679
You are so correct, my friend
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