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The 8K Association offers a news service in the form of an emailed newsletter called The 8K Monitor. This includes original articles on 8K products, technologies, services, demonstrations and more, plus links to other media reports on 8K industry activities. Our aim is to not only provide a reliable source of 8K-related news but to also illustrate the widespread activity happening throughout the professional and consumer-focused ecosystems. The 8K Monitor is THE news source for 8K-related activity.

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The latest in 8K news:

November 13, 2023

Using an 8K TV as a macOS Computer Monitor A journalist from AV site Fstoppers has been trying to use an 8K TV to show four windows from a Mac. Unfortunately, the only technical solution seems ... Read More

November 13, 2023

Onkyo Makes 8K Receiver Affordable Onkyo launched its TX-SR3100 5.2 Channel AV receiver and Sound & Vision reports that it will list at just $399 in the US. As well as 8K60P passthr ... Read More

October 17, 2023

Should you buy an 8K TV in 2023? John Archer just tested the best in the world – here are the pros and cons In an article published on TechRadar, respected technology writer and TV tester John Archer went through the pros and cons of buying an 8K TV. While a ... Read More

September 26, 2023

Pure Fi Has Modular HDMI Concept Cable A couple of years ago, the writer had to install a new cable in a wall. Finding an HDMI cable that would fit through the ducting needed for electrical ... Read More

September 19, 2023

8K ProRes Editing ‘Like Butter’ The Nofilmschool.com website tested the new Fujifilm GFX100 II and one of its conclusions was that the output in Prores “… graded and edited l ... Read More

September 12, 2023

News on an 8K Processor from IFA Chris Chinnock of Insight Media went to IFA and spoke to Hisense of China about their 8K video processing chip. He recorded a YouTube video about the ... Read More

September 12, 2023

Bitmovin Publishes a Guide to Codecs Video compression specialist, Bitmovin, has published a guide to codecs. If you are new to the subject, it is a handy round up of the field. ... Read More

September 5, 2023

Hisense Debuts 8K Tri Laser TV Solution Hisense showed its 8K Tri Laser TV at the recent IFA trade show in Berlin. The company is looking at starting to sell the TV in the US and Europe foll ... Read More

September 5, 2023

Samsung is adding Auracast to its wireless earbuds and 8K TVs Samsung said that it was bringing support for Auracast to its wireless earbuds and its 8K TVs. This reinforces the view held by, among others, the 8K ... Read More

September 5, 2023

ViewSonic VG3281 8K IPS monitor with 96W USB-C power delivery unveiled ViewSonic has released a new 8K IPS monitor with USB-C and the ability to charge a host notebook in China. The ViewSonic VG3281 is a 31.5-inch 8K mode ... Read More

August 30, 2023

Samsung’s Gaming Hub will land on 2020 smart TVs later this year Samsung said that its cloud gaming Hub will be supported on its 8K and 4K TVs that have been shipped since 2020, with upscaling to support games that ... Read More

August 30, 2023

CE Pro Looks at 8K Installations CE Pro talked to industry specialists including Mike Fidler from the 8K Association about the support of 8K in high end AV installations. ... Read More

August 30, 2023

Petapixel Chooses its Favorite 8K Camera The photography blog, Petapixel.com looked at three 8K cameras to decide which one they liked most. There are some interesting comments about the leve ... Read More

August 29, 2023

An Update on 8K Developments Our editor had a look back at developments in 8K in the last year or so in two articles on our sister 8K Association website. ... Read More

August 18, 2023

Samsung Close to Releasing 57″ ‘8K’ Gaming Monitor with 240Hz Samsung previewed a monster new 57″ ‘8K’ (that is 8K horizontally, but just half the full 4K vertically) LCD monitor for gamers at C ... Read More