Sharp revealed a prototype 27" 8K 120Hz HDR IGZO monitor in CEATEC 2016

[snowComet]

In CEATEC Japan 2016, the Japanese equivalent of CES, Sharp revealed a prototype 27" 8K HDR IGZO monitor. 

 

 

 

The monitor, which was placed in the IGZO corner of the Sharp booth, is a HDR IGZO IPS monitor, with a resolution of 7,680 × 4,320, pixel density of 326ppi, and a refresh rate of 120Hz. With that refresh rate , and the cables cluster on the back of the monitor, it probably would required more than one displayport/hdmi cables to run the monitor.

 

 

 

Unfortunately the monitor is still in prototype stage, and it would be expensive, as it was aimed at business professionals. Also no words on when it will hit the market.

 

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/event/1023147.html (in Japanese)

 

*update: I did a little digging, and it seems this monitor was already shown back in IFA 2016, with a different chassis color ( the one shown in IFA was all black). And according to a German tech site Hardware Journal, it requires 16 HDMI inputs to run this monitor (probably becoz it is a prototype, and I hope Google translate is correct here).

 

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Original in German

"Angeschlossen wurde das Display über 16 (HDMI-) Kabel, wie anschließend das Bild erzeugt wurde konnte / wollte man uns nicht verraten. Nur so viel, dass entsprechende Professional-GPUs verbaut seien. Sharp setzt auf seine neue IGZO-Technik mit 120 Hz und 326ppi, auch eine HDR-Funktion besitzt das Modell. Die Besonderheit dieser Technologie ist eigentlich, dass man Displays als "free form" schneiden kann, man also beispielsweise runde, ovale oder Bildschirme im Tacho-Look kreieren kann. Die Dicke des Gehäuses offenbar nochmals den o.g. Stand als als Machbarkeitsstudie."

 

via Google Translate

 

"Connected was the display 16 (HDMI) cable, as then the image was created could / did not want to tell us. Only so much that corresponding Professional GPUs are installed. Sharp puts on his new IGZO technology with 120Hz and 326ppi , a HDR function has the model. The peculiarity of this technology is actually that you can cut displays as "freeform", so you can create, for example, round, oval or screens in the speedometer look. D ie thickness of the housing obviously again the above state as a feasibility study."

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.hw-journal.de/news/150-monitore/2650-ifa-2016-sharp-27-zoll-mit-8k-display (in German)

 

 

http://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/222/1222638/ (in Japanese)

[DisconnectedYT]

why the hell would you need 8K.... like i couldn't even see the the pixels at 4K

[W-L]

Haha what is this a CRT  

 

Interesting none the less 

[SurvivorNVL]

I would take that thick abomination in a heart beat.  27" 8K would downscale beautifully with sharp pixel density.  Watch content in 4K / 8K, thanks to my gigabit connection, play games in 4K or 1080P.  Absolutely marvelous.

[snowComet]

1 hour ago, DisconnectedYT said:

why the hell would you need 8K.... like i couldn't even see the the pixels at 4K

 

1 hour ago, W-L said:

Haha what is this a CRT  

 

Interesting none the less 

 

1 hour ago, SurvivorNVL said:

I would take that thick abomination in a heart beat.  27" 8K would downscale beautifully with sharp pixel density.  Watch content in 4K / 8K, thanks to my gigabit connection, play games in 4K or 1080P.  Absolutely marvelous.

Sorry, I got a typo, this monitor is an IGZO IPS monitor,  not OLED . Sorry .

[Bostiny]

35 minutes ago, snowComet said:

 

 

Sorry, I got a typo, this monitor probably is not an OLED, but an IGZO monitor. Sorry .

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IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) and OLED relate to different parts of the display.  IGZO is a backplane technology describing the materials used for the thin film transistors that drive the display (turning individual pixels on and off) and how they are manufactured.  OLED (and LCD) is the actual display, what lights up when a pixel is turned on.  IGZO can be used for either OLED or LCD. Other backplane technologies currently being used are LTPS and aSi.  It is speculated that some companies are moving to IGZO technology for the backplane to more easily transition from LCD to OLED for the display.

 

[Rune]

I'd love a 4k 120hz igzo until this one comes out, thanks

[WereCat]

Whyyyy do they keep making 4k or 8k 27"?

Where are 34"-40" 4k monitors?

 

This is definitely impressive, don't get me wrong but I just can't see reason to have this high PPI. I see the benefits in screen real estate which gets wasted on these small monitors.

[snowComet]

1 hour ago, Bostiny said:

 

The article already stated that it is an IPS monitor, so it shouldn't be OLED, right? Pls feel free to correct me if I'm wrong....

[rattacko123]

5k 120hz then I'll be interested

[Deletist_Jerk]

58 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Whyyyy do they keep making 4k or 8k 27"?

Where are 34"-40" 4k monitors?

 

This is definitely impressive, don't get me wrong but I just can't see reason to have this high PPI. I see the benefits in screen real estate which gets wasted on these small monitors.

Because 27" is a sweet spot for most office environments requiring a high resolution monitor(s). It's all about the space saving, otherwise you need a bigger office and more expensive lease. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 hour ago, WereCat said:

Whyyyy do they keep making 4k or 8k 27"?

Where are 34"-40" 4k monitors?

 

This is definitely impressive, don't get me wrong but I just can't see reason to have this high PPI. I see the benefits in screen real estate which gets wasted on these small monitors.

I can think of a few reasons why monitors aren't getting any bigger:

• At typical monitor viewing distances, larger monitors are not comfortable ergonomically. If you have to keep moving your head around, it becomes a problem. If you pull the monitor away so this doesn't become a problem, you're wasting the increased resolution as things will become harder to see.
• Window management is a nightmare. One of the reasons why I don't want to get an ultrawide despite people saying how nice it is is because I'd have to install extra software to get the windows portioned up nicely when maximizing them.
  • I'm also a believer that people can't really multitask well, despite their claims.
• Larger monitors should mean more material needed to make them, and thus, would be more expensive anyway for the equivalent resolution.
• This article suggests higher PPI is easier on the eyes: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/can-4k-resolution-really-make-you-go-blind/

[Vode]

Sweet! Interesting when this is going to be an everyday affordable display. Probably 10 years...

 

They almost had me fooled with the white backside. The monitor looks slim at first glance.

[Ashaira]

I'll take 3 please.

[Maslofski]

hell yeah

[Thony]

6 hours ago, DisconnectedYT said:

why the hell would you need 8K.... like i couldn't even see the the pixels at 4K

Its not a "need" type of a thing. Its "look we can do this !". Any progress even if its ahead of its time is appreciated, otherwise we wouldnt even have PCs or anything other than rocks and sticks

 

The more of these pop up the lower the price of 4K will be and more 120/144Hz 4K monitors will show up. Its only good for the consumer. 

 

That thing is so fat ! Going back to CRT style kinda

 

PS. I believe there are 8K cameras for like 100k dollars that downscale to 4K. Now the moviemakers can actually view it in 8K.

 

I am super duper glad this monitor is not at 60Hz but instead going for higher refresh rate right off the bat. Why hold back ?! 

[AlexGoesHigh]

9 hours ago, DisconnectedYT said:

why the hell would you need 8K.... like i couldn't even see the the pixels at 4K

Because of text, that DPI is a bit higher than 720p on a 5 inch phone screen, and text on it is crispier that any monitor or TV in the market which is pretty good and it's more easy to read, and it gets more crispier the higher the DPI.

 

IMO text is going to be the main reason to want higher resolution screens, the visual difference from 1080p to 4k is not that big for gaming but for text is noticeable. Text is the main reason i want higher resolution displays.

[WereCat]

7 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I can think of a few reasons why monitors aren't getting any bigger:

• At typical monitor viewing distances, larger monitors are not comfortable ergonomically. If you have to keep moving your head around, it becomes a problem. If you pull the monitor away so this doesn't become a problem, you're wasting the increased resolution as things will become harder to see.
• Window management is a nightmare. One of the reasons why I don't want to get an ultrawide despite people saying how nice it is is because I'd have to install extra software to get the windows portioned up nicely when maximizing them.
  • I'm also a believer that people can't really multitask well, despite their claims.
• Larger monitors should mean more material needed to make them, and thus, would be more expensive anyway for the equivalent resolution.
• This article suggests higher PPI is easier on the eyes: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/can-4k-resolution-really-make-you-go-blind/

Fair enough. I would still prefer larger screen however.

-I already have to move my head around with only two monitors so having to do that wouldnt be an issue for me.

-I dont think that window management would be a nightmare. You can already snap windows into corners in Windows 10 and with 4k screen you would just get 1080p sized windows in each corner easily. This function is pointles on 1080p monitors only the snap on half is usefull there.

-Yes, price would be definitely higher but I am willing to pay for that.

-Even 40" 4k is still better with PPI than 23" 1080p monitor and Something like 36"-38" would suit me best so still way better PPI than on most 1080p screens.

[MEC-777]

Give me a 40" version of this for my racing sim rig please.  

 

Meanwhile the consoles continue playing around at 900-1080p.

[raphidy]

Alright, here's my next upgrade. I'll just for the industry to sort out the cables, gpus to catch up and 8k content...4k is fine on it I'm sure.

[MrDynamicMan]

11 hours ago, W-L said:

Haha what is this a CRT  

 

Interesting none the less 

Probably a massive heatsink on the back though lol.

[malon]

i wonder how long it will take before there is a single gpu solution to play at that resolution and at that fps in modern titles, also i wonder how usefull this would be in video and photo editing.

[Misanthrope]

It's too bad we can't do Titan XP quad SLI it looks like it would take that much

[Doobeedoo]

Impressive indeed. I'm sure it's awesome up close

I' like to see a 4K 120Hz that can also run 1080p@240Hz that'd be sweet!

[TheWutofWat]

oh the irony, you will understand this comment when Linus release a video to YouTube within 5 days. 

If you have seen it on Vessel then you will understand