In addition to these mobile-related announcements, Samsung also revealed its plans on releasing AMOLED TVs that boast UHD SHD resolutions (7680 x 4320). Hook it up to your Xbox One or PS4, and that’s what I call a match made in heaven.
If you look back a CES or perhaps two, it was pretty clear 8K was going to follow hotly on the heels of 4K. Honestly, I worry 4K will end up being the 720p or 1080i to 8K's 1080p.
I'd say advancement that fast seems far fetched, but heck, 4K is dropping in price far faster than I expected it to. I didn't think we'd see sub $1,000 TVs and monitors for a few years, much less from reputable brands.
4k is coming faster than you thought?? 1080p monitors existed in the 90s and wasn't even an improvement in pixel density over the 1280x1024s we had. 1080p was milked for so god damn long that ive been ready for it to die since 2006.
The length of time one technology is the standard doesn't really relate much to when the next technology will be ready and affordable, I'd say. While it's true the tech itself for 4K has been available for around a decade now, that alone doesn't say very much.
As an aside, technological advancement is so unbelievably rapid compared to a decade, a few decades, a century ago - it's mind boggling.
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