Here Comes 8K
Sharp Electronics showed an 8K TV at CES. That’s 7,680×4,320 pixels (that’s 33 megapixels). But, they’ll never ship it.
Why?
Well, Sharp exited the consumer TV business earlier this year. But, the commercial AV version will be ready to ship next month — at least in the U.S. It will ship in Europe and Asia in early 2016.
So what good is it?
Well, although the first real 8K content won’t arrive until the 2020 Olympics from Tokyo (the 2020 games will be broadcast in 8K, actually), imagine the collaborative applications where you an display 1080p and 4K natively at the same time!
The 84” Sharp LV-85001 will debut next month will be about $135,000 and will be difficult to send signals to as no one actually makes 8K-capable signal distribution gear, or cables, for that matter.
And don’t think that LG, Samsung or Sony are sitting back watching Sharp take the resolution lead. All of them claim they’ll ship 8K next year, too.