Germany's first fully integrated 8K IP entertainment service to kick off
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Based around ADVA optical networking gear


ADVA Optical Networking announced that the German digital service provider Exaring has deployed its technology in Germany's first fully integrated platform for IP entertainment services.

The next steps for 4K film and broadcast delivery
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CES panel: HDR is the bigger "value-added" technology


During CES, we attended a discussion panel on the market outlook for 4K television sets presented by a handful of researchers and entertainment industry executives driving content adoption.

AMD Radeon Pro hits tops 90FPS on 8k raw
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Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:52

AMD Radeon Pro hits tops 90FPS on 8k raw

It's a miracle!

AMD's Radeon Technologies Group made the world’s first public demonstration of its upcoming Radeon Pro SSG solution. 

8K broadcasts of the Olympics expected
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Tuesday, 08 March 2016 13:46

8K broadcasts of the Olympics expected


Hi-res boredom other than the crowd shots


It looks like Japanese who have 8K tellies in time for the Rio Olympics will actually have something to watch in August.

First footage from 8K RED WEAPON Vista Vision camera shows up
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Full-frame, 8192x4320p, up to 75fps with 70mm lenses

At the end of January 2016, the first RED WEAPON 6K Magnesium cameras began shipping to professional videographers worldwide, a few months after the first RED 6K Woven Carbon Fiber and Forged Carbon Fiber hit the streets. The Irvine, California-based company then released its flagship RED WEAPON 8K Vista Vision camera at the end of 2015. Now, we have some of the first original footage from its 8K 35mm flagship at the smoothness of full-frame, ultra-high 32-megapixel resolution.

Changhong shows off 98-inch 8K 98ZHQ2R "Full UHD" display at CES 2016
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Needs DisplayPort 1.3 connector for native 8K playback

Changhong (Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd.), the second largest manufacturer of televisions in China, unveiled its own 98-inch 8K "Full Ultra High Definition" (FUHD) monster on the show floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center last week and took no shortcuts in competing against similar offerings from LG, Samsung and Hisense.

Hisense shows off 98-inch 8K ULED 3.0 MU9800U at CES 2016
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8K "Full Ultra High Definition" TV, now officially coined “FUHD”

While reading HDVideoPro Magazine in passing at the Sands Expo hall in Las Vegas, we stumbled upon an interesting marketing trick on how 8K will be presented to the general public roughly four to five years down the road from now – for the early adopters, at least.

LG to unveil 98-inch 8K Super UHD television at CES
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7680x4320p is now production-ready with High Dynamic Range

LG, the world’s largest panel maker, is set to make a splash at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by unveiling its first production-ready 8K television set. Last September at IFA in Berlin, the company showed off the 98-inch prototype in all its 8K glory, but it was not ready for production.

8K will rule the world by next Tuesday
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Wednesday, 23 September 2015 10:07

8K will rule the world by next Tuesday


It must be true an analyst said it

Analysts have a habit of getting ahead of themselves, but this report is a dandy. HIS claims that 8K will be with us soon thanks to the fact that it will be used for the broadcasting of the Japanese 2020 Olympics.

Sharp readies 8K production telly
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Wednesday, 16 September 2015 12:29

Sharp readies 8K production telly


Nothing to see here


Sharp is already preparing to sell the world's first production 8K television which can offer eight times the resolution of standard HD.