Last week, we published an article on the Discover 8K website about some of the technology related to 3D and stereo vision and we had a question about whether 4K per eye 3D devices should really be considered by the 8K Association. It’s a good question. There is a simple answer and that is “Yes”. […]

There is one group of device makers that have been very clear in their desire to see more pixels and 8K on smaller displays such as those on the desktop, and that group is those that make 3D displays. It has been interesting to see at CES this month that Samsung has moved further in […]

The 8K Association recently attended the CEDIA trade show. There is lots of detailed coverage on our 8K Association website (we have a new ‘Events’ summary page) and on our YouTube channel, but we thought it would be useful to summarize what we got up to as it was a great event for the Association. […]

HDMI released V2.2 of its specification and we have written this up on the 8K Association website.

High definition has a long history as a term in the TV business – which is very nearly 100 years old. We had a deeper dive into the development of ‘high definition’ TV history on the 8K Association website.

There was a big boost for 8K display interfaces at CES this year. As we reported on the 8K Association website, HDMI announced Version 2.2 of HDMI with output boosted to 95Gbps allowing resolutions up to 8K at 240Hz. At the show, VESA also announced improvements to the DisplayPort V2.1 with an upgrade to V2.1b. […]

At CES, Nvidia announced its RTX 5090 add-in board and testers are already impressed with the support of 8K and the great performance it delivers. DSOgaming also tested the board in 8K

Sammmobile reports that Samsung has added support for 8K video capture to the ultrawide sensor. The S24 Ultra used a 12MP sensor but the S25 raises this to 50MP. 8K is, of course, ideal for capturing high levels of detail in landscape and other shots using the superwide camera. The camera also supports Galaxy Log […]

Tom’s Guide reported from CES 2025 where the blog looked at the 8K Samsung Premiere projector. The presenter explained the features including the wireless options. Tom’s thought that gaming should be ‘Epic’. The past CEO of the 8K Association, Chris Chinnock, saw the demo and was very impressed. This is what he told us: “Single […]

HDMI Licensing announced at CES 2025 a new version of HDMI, Version 2.2 with support for 8K at up to 240Hz. We report on this is more detail on our 8K Association website.

Dylan Mathis is the Communication Manager for the External Relations Office at NASA and he spoke recently at the 4K HDR Summit in Spain. (for more articles from this event, see the 8K Association website). NASA used 8K in the summer of 2024 for content capture on the International Space Station (ISS). Mathis explained that […]

As we have reported over the last few weeks on the 8K Association website, Intel’s Ravindra (Ravi) Velhal often talks about ‘more, faster and better pixels’. We thought we’d highlight what this means in practice. More Pixels ‘More pixels’ is quite simple. The pixels are the dots that make up a picture. The more pixels […]

Over on our 8K Association website, we have published an article that delves into the challenges of making 8K projectors, following the announcement of the first ‘native’ 8K LCOS chip by Sony at Display Week.

TechRadar reviewed the $10,000 77″ LG Z3 8K OLED TV and were blown away by the image quality. The set is a lot cheaper than it was, although still out of the reach of many. We have previously written about the challenges of making 8K OLEDs on the 8K Association website. It’s not so much […]

At the recent SID Display Week, one of the interesting trends was the number of 3D displays. These take advantage of the ability of display panel makers to make panels with 8K or even higher resolution. BOE showed two 16K panels that were demonstrating 3D. The human perception system uses a lot of different ways […]

Respected source of information for the professional and custom installer market, CE Pro, highlighted in a special report that 8K is the top trend for installers in 2024. We re-published the article and gave a link to the full report on our 8K Association website.

According to TechRadar “Nvidia’s entry level GPU can handle 66 million pixels, enough to feed two 8K monitors — but it is its tiny 70W power consumption that will get jaws dropping”. The new workstation GPU is built on Nvidia’s ADA architecture. The site said “The new GPU is equipped with four Mini DisplayPort 1.4a […]

Studio Kiwa in Korea, has published on YouTube a number of high quality 8K streams of piano pieces. The 8K Association is reaching out to the group to find out more about the productions.

On our sister site, we published an article with details of and reaction to Samsung’s 8K activities at CES 2024 when it showed its new 8K Premiere projector and the latest processing in its Neo QLED 8K TVs. Reviewers have been impressed.

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 expensive, so if you know of an alternative let him (and us) know! Part of his frustration is the way that MacOS handles menus.

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 passthrough, it will support 4K at 120Hz for gamers. The Onkyo TX-SR3100 incorporates Dolby Vision and HDR10+ technology and has a wide range of video (ALLM, VRR, QFT […]

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 acknowledging the relative lack of native 8K content, he has endorsed the view that upscaled 4K can look better on an 8K TV than on a 4K set and […]

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 safety regulations in the UK was a real challenge. So I was impressed when I saw a new modular concept cable from Pure Fi that was […]

The Nofilmschool.com website tested the new Fujifilm GFX100 II and one of its conclusions was that the output in Prores “… graded and edited like butter on a M1 Mac. Even the 8K footage”. That’s good news for those thinking of using the camera for 8K capture!

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 discussion.

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.

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 following the launch in China. Chris Chinnock of Insight Media saw the image quality from a 4K native chip with ‘wobbulation’ to create 8K and […]

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 Association, that brands often put their highest specifications and functions into their flagship TVs. Auracast has been described as “… a clever way of turning Bluetooth devices like […]

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 model and uses an IPS LCD. There are details of the specification in the linked article.

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 do not natively support these higher resolutions.

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

The photography blog, Petapixel.com looked at three 8K cameras to decide which one they liked most. There are some interesting comments about the level of PC power needed to edit 8K video without using proxies and other techniques.

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.

Samsung previewed a monster new 57″ ‘8K’ (that is 8K horizontally, but just half the full 4K vertically) LCD monitor for gamers at CES and now retail pricing (€3,249 -around $3,000+ tax) has been listed in Europe. The Odyssey Neo G9 curved monitor will only have half the pixels of an 8K TV because of […]

Atomos has been one of the companies that has helped to democratize high quality content creation and its latest Ninja Ultra monitor/recorder has added support for up to 8K30p ProRes RAW for high quality capture from 8K cameras. Check for more details here.

Which? is the UK’s leading independent consumer magazine and recently had a look at 8K TVs. After looking at the technology and current sets, it points out that the up-scaling in the best sets can make up for the relatively low level of content.

At the 8K Association we often reference the work that was done to show that 8K is needed to get close to the look of reality. Now a firm, LiquidView, in San Francisco is creating 24/7 image reels displayed as artificial ‘windows’ for residents that have unsightly views outside their real windows. There’s an article […]

Digital photography blog Petapixel interviewed executives from Fujifilm about (among other things), the place of 8K in video capture. Fujifilm is the only supplier of APS-C cameras with 8K support at publication time. After the discussion, the three factors for the use and support of 8K identified were: There is also a link to a […]

A curious YouTuber, Joey Austin, wondered if you could edit 8K RAW files on an old(er) 2020 iPad Pro. He has published his conclusions in a video here. He used an excellent iPad video editing app called Lumafusion (which has also been used by the 8KAssociation for editing its videos!). As NHK has previously reported, […]

The latest “Oppenheimer” movie was shot mainly on IMAX and Panavision 65mm cameras according to an article in IndieWire. The film versions were printed onto 70mm film for display, but in digital theaters, the film was scanned at 8K and then downscaled for display to match the 4K digital projectors that are currently installed. (Image:The […]

Uprise RI, based in Rhode Island in the US, has adopted native 8K resolution for its YouTube channel and started its coverage with a video of the Fourth of July fireworks in Cumberland, RI. The organisation previously used FullHD recording.

The Sphere entertainment venue in Las Vegas has started operation and gathered comment from news providers around the world. The first major event at the Sphere will feature rock band, U2, in September. Additionally, the company says it’s the world’s largest spherical structure at 516 feet wide and 366 feet tall. It seats 17,600 people, […]

NHK has previously confirmed to us that 8K editing is possible with older MacBooks, but now Apple has updated its Mac Pro high end workstation with its M2 Ultra chip which can support 22 streams of 8K ProRes playback. The performance is said to be dramatically higher than the previous Intel-based Apple Pro. Apple added […]

At the Computex Trade show in Taiwan, ASRock announced a new 55″ monitor for gaming with 8K resolution and support for 60Hz refresh with HDR1000 certification and 1,200:1 contrast. Pricing and delivery dates are not yet available.

In an interesting interview with a team from Canon’s imaging business, PetaPixel asked about the firm’s support of 8K video capture. Canon confirmed that helping its customers ‘future proof’ their content by enabling capture and display in 8K. The firm also highlighted that the processors and displays needed for 8K will become more affordable and […]

We posted the news about the widely rumored launch of the Nikon Z8 mirrorless hybrid camera, which brings many of the features and much of the performance of the flagship Z9 to a lower price point. We spotted this detailed article about the camera which supports 8K60p using 4:2:0 H.265 or 8K30P with 4:2:2 H265. […]

Dealerscope reported that TCL has launched its premium 2023 TV models in the US including the C825, an 8K miniLED model with the latest backlight technology and the C825 QLED 8K which adds quantum dot color and Dolby Vision HDR support. TCL’s AI-PQ artificial intelligence algorithm optimizes picture quality in real-time. The 2023 TV models […]

Techradar and others reported that Apple is releasing its Final Cut Pro app for recent high end iPads. The app will allow editing of 8K ProRes video if you have an iPad Pro with the most recent M2 chip from Apple. The app will be available on a monthly ($4.99) or annual ($49) subscription from […]

YouTube reviewer Dustin Abott looks at the Fujifilm X-H2 which can capture 4:2:2 Prores 8K at 30fps with 10 bits of color or 8K RAW with an external recorder. The camera is based on the APS-C specification and offers very good value, he believes. He also has a ‘deep dive’ review here.

On our sister site for the 8K Association, we published an article about the capture of the NASA Artemis launch in 8K.