8K Displays

[BlackRayPlayer]

I don't understand the sense of releasing 8K displays. Full HD was only given a few years, and I feel that 4K is being given lesser amount time for consumers to adopt the display resolution. Not only that, the PC hardware has yet to catch up and there isn't hardware that would be able to even touch 8K unless you're willing to possibly play older titles or at 30fps with current. I'm also hearing rumors that some companies are trying to get even more ahead with 16K displays. I don't think it is going to matter how much more we shrink the pixels, but how smooth the display looks to the users eyes.

 

What is your opinion on the subject?

[spartaman64]

it would probably be mostly for movies or productivity from the extra space

[vanished]

If anything I feel like progress is slowing down.  In the time that 1080p has remained a common, mainstream resolution, we moved from 800 x 600 CRTs to, well, 1080p LCDs.  4K is a good option for those who need more pixels, but that about rounds it out for now.  We all see 8K coming, but just as 4K took forever to take off and still isn't the most common, I think we'll see the same trend again with 8K, but even more slowed down.  The fact is that upgrade are simply becoming less and less necessary as the pixel density of screens, regardless of size, at the distance you'd typically sit from them approach and exceed that of the human eye.  That's also to say nothing of the data storage, transmission, and processing advances that need to be made in order to store and deliver increasingly high-res content.  The vast majority of cameras, including even good DSLRs, don't even shoot stills at 8K, so to have video at that res is actually pretty insane and imo it's basically an "endgame" resolution.  I can't predict what other display tech and devices will come out over the next decades, but I will say now with confidence that for a traditional flat panel, there is literally no need for more than 8K ever.

[Joey-Joe-Joe]

8k will be nothing more than new buzzwords for TV manufacturers to sell TVs. As much as I love tech advancing, there's very little reason to go above 4k for home viewing, unless you were viewing on a 200 Inch screen from 8 feet away. I'm more concerned about them making panels better with good response time, solid blacks, and a nice feature-set.

[tikker]

Certain technologies will always move faster than others. This also gives companies an incentive to keep innovating. Hardly anything will be released as "ready", because at that point it is already outdated the moment it's released. Having 8k displays now can be a driver for e.g. GPU companies to compe up with more efficient and more powerful chips.

17 hours ago, BlackRayPlayer said:

I don't think it is going to matter how much more we shrink the pixels, but how smooth the display looks to the users eyes.

To a certain extent these go hand in hand. At somepoint it'll only be interesting for huge displays I think though. There's probably no point in having a 16k 40" TV in the living room, but a 16k 240" display may be nicer than a 4k one. If I were to guess, 8k is probably where it will (should) end for high-end consumer stuff.

[Kilrah]

17 hours ago, BlackRayPlayer said:

I don't understand the sense of releasing 8K displays.

So manufacturers can continue to get money from customers by selling them something after convincing them it's the better latest and greatest and they absolutely need it.

720p, 1080 and 4K all had about 6 years in the limelight before the industry would push the next thing.