While no one is making any content for the new tech, that is not the biggest problem the technology faces. Not only are we talking about huge amounts of cash to buy a set, or the fact that to stream 8K requires more bandwidth, the fact is that there are few people who could tell the difference between 4 and 8k without testing equipment.

A few years ago Roger Clark calculated the approximate resolution of the human field of view to be around 576 megapixels or nearly 72 times the resolution of 4K.

In Clark’s view, the biggest factor that helps TVs make a more accurate image isn’t necessarily their resolution, but its dynamic range capability, or the ability of current 4K HDR TVs to display greater contrast in the dark and bright parts of an image.

“The biggest jump at the moment — and it’s a huge jump — was from HD SDR to 4K HDR. The jump from 4K HDR to 8K HDR will be a much smaller delta. There will be some noticeable difference. So basically if you upgrade from a 10-year-old old HD TV to a modern 4K TV you will notice a difference but from 4k to 8k not so much."

The only people likely to ever bring 8K content is streaming media. While it varies by service, compressed 4K video requires a bitrate of 25 Mbps. This means 8K will require a bitrate of around 100 Mbps until more aggressive compression standards can be developed.

So even if Netflix put out an 8K service you are going to need some pretty good bandwidth from your ISP. Sure 5G might provide an answer but that is a few years away yet.

But didn’t Sony and Microsoft say that their respective PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles will support 8K, sure they did… But none have said how particularly when they can’t manage 4K gaming at anything close to 60 frames per second.

So manufacturers must know this, so it is possible that 8K, like 3D, is just another gimmick that manufacturers to boost their average selling price.