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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:

Will Apple Join the 8K Video Party? It’s incredible how smartphones, produced in enormous volumes, have led the way in so many technology areas. The sheer scale of the market (Coun ... Read More

Display Week & ISE Show Advances in Big TV Technology We recently published a round-up of developments in the very large TV market (100″ class). Since then, we have been to two events. The SID Displ ... Read More

Using a Phone to Calibrate an 8K TV Samsung has released new software called Smart Calibration that allows ordinary consumers to calibrate their 4K or 8K TV in their own living room with ... Read More

8K to the Max – a Look at 100” Class TVs One of the joys of 8K is that you can use huge displays yet still avoid that ‘dotty’ look or ‘pixelation’ where you can see th ... Read More

Cables for 8K We thought it was about time to summarize where we’re up to on cables for 8K display use. As some readers may want to know ‘what do I need to buy? ... Read More

Thunderbolt 3 and 4 Compared The development of the Thunderbolt interface has been intriguing. Historically, PCs have often had both high speed and low speed interfaces. In the pa ... Read More

VESA Clarifies DisplayPort 2.0 Cable Labelling This week VESA, the PC-centric video and graphics standards organization, announced that it has a new certification program for devices (including vid ... Read More

February 26, 2022

McIntosh MX180: A USD 30k Audiophile Flagship 8K AV receiver Sound is critical to a premium video experience If you’ve recently upgraded to an 8K TV or intend to soon, you’ll probably want to bring t ... Read More

October 6, 2020

Vivify Launches UHS HDMI 2.1 48G Cables: 8K Monitors Era Comes Closer UHS HDMI cables for gamers are now here (Image credit: Vivify) Vivify has announced its first HDMI 2.1 cables that support a 48 Gbps bandwidth an ... Read More

September 3, 2020

Nvidia’s new RTX 3090 is a $1,499 monster GPU designed for 8K gaming Nvidia calls it a BFGPU By Tom Warren@tomwarren Sep 1, 2020, 12:54pm EDT Nvidia might have just announced its RTX 3080 successor to the ... Read More

August 25, 2020

Yamaha Unveils Two New 8K AV Receivers With A Host Of Advanced Features These days the world of video and TV is moving at a fast pace. We now have access to a huge amount of diverse content with more special effects and gr ... Read More

Marantz 2020 SR-Series AV Receivers Support 8K, DTS:Pro and IMAX Enhanced 8K/60Hz HDMI pass-through and 8K upscaling onboard 2020 looks to be the year of 8K-ready AV amplifiers in the home cinema world, with Marantz the late ... Read More

Why 8K is NOT Pointless ... Read More

Denon rolls out the first 8K-ready receivers with its 2020 X-Series Even if you don’t need 8K, these receivers also have some key new gaming features. Richard Lawler While the debates rage on over whether or not ... Read More

How to ‘Sell 8K’ When There’s Little 8K Content Be ready to embrace gamers, and ensure customers know improvements from HDMI 2.1 can benefit both 4K and 8K to help future-proof their media rooms. Ma ... Read More