Opinion: 8k TV are a gimmick and a waste of money, and probably will be for another decade. I saw over on Samsung's website that they are pimping 8k TVs now. Here's the problem, and it's a big one: with current bandwidth limitations and video compression, even 4k is barely being utilized.
Further, there's no 8K content from the likes of Netflix, Amazon or Vudu.
CES 2020 has given us a taste of what to expect from the next decade of gadgets and it appears the 8K TV floodgates have opened. Yeah, that's right. Just when you thought you were catching up to the tech trailblazers by upgrading to 4K, the world has already moved on to shiny, new 8K TVs.
“PS5 is compatible with 8K displays at launch, and after a future system software update will be able to output resolutions up to 8K when content is available, with supported software,” Sony says. For now, the PS5 will only be able to render video output at 720p, 1080i, 1080p, and 4K 2160p resolutions.
In looking at standard 4K LED TVs vs 4K OLED TVs, both offer great viewing experiences and improvements over 1080p. But LG OLED technology will truly transform your home entertainment experience with superior blacks, cinematic colors and High Dynamic Range with Dolby Vision support.
News. The chances of an 8K upgrade for UHD Blu-ray are slim to none, according to Chris Chinnock, executive director of the 8K Association. Speaking at a format update organised by Samsung, HCC was told that the Blu-ray Disc Association has decided not to adopt 8K for physical media.
Let's get something straight right up front: OLED beats Nanocell when it comes to image quality. If you're a purist who wants the best of everything, get the OLED. Nanocell TVs also boast better-than-usual black performance thanks to what's called “Full Array Local Dimming” (FALD).
Picture Quality (Brightness, Contrast, and Color)In terms of contrast and black level, however, the OLED wins out. QLED TVs must block light from their LED backlight to make a scene appear darker, even the best models suffer from small amounts of light spilling into the wrong areas.
An 8K TV will upscale 1080p content better than a 4K TV will, and will also upscale 4K content to 8K. So, all images will simply look better on an 8K display than on a 4K.
The human eye cannot resolve the level of detail that's present in an 8K image at the distance most people sit, or would want to sit, from their TV. 8K looks better than 4K and 4K looks better than 1080p because small details are sharper and clearer in the higher resolution images.
The visual experience of 8K resolutionFor a person with 20/20 vision, while sitting 10 feet away, one would need about a 75-inch display-diagonal for HD, 120-inch for 4K, and a whopping 280 inches for 8K to be able to distinguish the resolution!
Best 8K TVs 2020 at a glance:
- Best 8K TV: Samsung Q950TS QLED.
- Runner up: Sony Z9G 8K TV.
- Best-priced 8K TV: Samsung Q800T QLED.
- The OLED option: LG Z9 8K OLED.
The best 65-inch TV for 2020: LG, TCL, Sony, Vizio and more
- Best 65-inch TV for the money. TCL 65R635. $1,038 at Amazon.
- The 65-inch picture quality king. LG OLED65CXP. $2,197 at Amazon.
- Best 65-inch picture in a non-OLED. TCL 65Q825. $1,500 at Best Buy.
- Best 65-inch value with next-gen connectivity. Sony XBR-65X900H.
- Second-best 65-inch TV for the money. Vizio M65Q7-H1.
One of the big selling points of next-gen consoles like the PS5 or Xbox Series X is support for games running at 120fps on TVs and monitors that include 120Hz modes. The PS5 is capable of running existing PS4 games at 120fps, but there's clearly more work involved for developers to enable it.
Best TVs for PS5 and Xbox Series X, Series S: LG OLED, Samsung QLED, Sony, TCL and Vizio
- Best overall. LG OLEDCXP series.
- Best value, plenty for Xbox Series S. TCL 6-Series.
- Best value with true 4K/120Hz. Sony XBR-X900H series.
- Second-best value with true 4K/120Hz. Samsung Q80T series.
- Cheapest with VRR. Vizio M-Series Quantum.
Originally Answered: Is 240hz visible to the human eye? It is possible to strobe a light at 240 Hz and if you look at a fast moving object, you will see the object “frozen” at a number of different positions. Absent a strobe effect, the eye can see changes (flicker) in the 60 to 75 hertz range.
16K resolution is a display resolution with approximately 16,000 horizontal pixels. The most commonly discussed 16K resolution is 15360 × 8640, which doubles the pixel count of 8K UHD in each dimension, for a total of four times as many pixels.
Beyond that, the human eye wouldn't be able to perceive any more detail on their screen. There'll be no great race to 16K or 32K. “That's about 48 million pixels to fill the field of view,” Huddy explains.
You can currently get big 4K HDR TVs - up to about 85 inches - but it's in these larger sizes that the 8K benefits will reside. As the screen gets bigger - and you stay sitting in the same place - more pixels means more visible detail. Pushing out to 98 inches with 2019 models shows you where 8K is heading.
Technically, YouTube supports 8K video. Users can upload footage at resolutions up to 7,680 by 4,320, and YouTube will process it, store it, and play it back on any player that can support that resolution. When that's the case, the HD settings in the YouTube window show "4,320p 8K" at the very top as a playback option.
