The Rise of 8K: A New Era in Display Technology

The advent of 8K resolution is transforming the display technology landscape, offering a more immersive and realistic viewing experience. According to Dr. Park, who has attended 8K summits, the main difference between 4K and 8K lies in the mass and volume metrics. While 4K focuses on details, 8K is about creating a better optical illusion that makes images appear more real.

One of the key benefits of 8K is its ability to create sharper perceived edges, making objects stand out from their backgrounds. The effects are noticeable, with 8K images seeming more detailed and vibrant than 4K ones. Additionally, shadows in 8K have less of the "stepping effect" that was present in earlier resolutions, creating a more gradual transition between light and dark areas.

Dr. Park's experience with both 4K and 8K TVs side-by-side has convinced him of the superiority of 8K. He notes that while there are still challenges to overcome, such as the lack of native 8K content, the progress made in this area is significant. Professional cameras have been shooting in 8K since 2015, and many movies have used these cameras to capture footage that is then rendered down to 2K or 4K for final output.

Even Sony is working on an 8K camera, and Canon has announced a new camera that will shoot in 8K. These developments indicate that the industry is moving towards a more widespread adoption of 8K technology. Furthermore, advancements in chipsets like the MediaTek S900 have made 8K upscaling more efficient and effective.

The AI-powered upscaling capabilities of these chipsets are particularly noteworthy. By using machine learning algorithms to analyze images and fill in missing pixels, they create a more seamless viewing experience. This technology has improved significantly since the days of 4K upscaling, which often resulted in noticeable artifacts and less-than-stellar image quality.

For streaming services, new codecs are being developed to reduce file sizes and bandwidth requirements while maintaining high-quality video. The latest royalty-free AV codec from Google is gaining attention, with Google's products like Chrome, Android, YouTube, Vimeo, and Netflix already supporting it. Additionally, the MediaTek 1000 chipset has become the first hardware decoder of this new codec, paving the way for its widespread adoption.

Gaming is also poised to benefit from 8K technology, with upcoming consoles from Sony and Microsoft expected to support 8K resolution. The price point may be higher than previous generations, but it's already decreasing, making 8K displays more accessible to consumers. Samsung has released the Q90 series of TVs, which features an 8K LED display and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, available for around $2,400.

While there are still challenges to overcome in the transition to 8K, Dr. Park believes that it's essential to continue pushing the boundaries of technology. The benefits of 8K go beyond just pixels per inch; they offer a more immersive viewing experience that simulates how our brains process visual information. As we move forward, it's exciting to think about what innovations and advancements await us in this new era of display technology.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthere's no shortage of people out there talking about how dumb 8k is and honestly having seen 8k TVs next to 4k ones on many many occasions I can tell you there is a difference and those people are actually just using measurements and kind of things that tell part of the story and not the entire thing so after I've gone down a very deep rabbit hole of scientific studies I think I can explain what it is they're missing and y8k is not pointless so in this episode of Dakota the explainer series here on my channel let's talk about why a Kay does look different and the science behind it personally I partnered with media tech to do this video as they are the number one chipset supplier to all Smart TVs and actually there is 70% of all TVs globally so the chances are the TV you have in your living room is actually powered by one of their chipsets so needs to say they're experts in the TV field so the first obvious benefit of a que that most people can at least agree on seems to be the drastic pixel density increase when we're talking about larger TVs for example if you have a 55 inch 4k TV versus a 55 inch 8k TV that pixel density goes from 80 pixels per inch to 160 pixels per inch and that's a huge difference obviously so it's easy to see why a Kay is great for any screens especially over a certain size there's no real arguments there now where it seems that people start to get negative about 8k is if there's a TV smaller than a certain size they'll simply say that you cannot see the difference between them maybe not that surprising to hear but that was also the argument that was given by a lot of people for 4k versus 1080p I'm sure most of you can tell the difference between a 4k and a 1080p TV even at the smaller sizes that according to a lot of those rules technically should not be possible right and I can tell you that you'll also see difference between 4k and 8k as well so why is that well it turns out that our visual capabilities are a lot more complex than that of the Snellen visual acuity chart that everyone likes to use to prove their 4k vs. 1080p and now 8k versus 4k theories and that's because we haven't often forgotten about component behind our eyes that is what is actually doing all the processing and manipulating of that raw data our brains now essentially our vision system and how we see the world also includes a ton of optical illusions and by that I mean things that we all perceive but we cannot scientifically measure they are simply interpretations by our brain and there are a number of these that we can absolutely see a positive change in even when they're hard to measure when we increase resolution from 4k to 8k and even beyond the first of these is vernier acuity this phenomenon is sometimes refer to as hyper acuity as it goes beyond our visual acuity or our normal ability to see now there's a live test on the internet that I thought was fun that you guys can check out later if you want and I'll leave a link to below but essentially you click the buttons on the demo to determine where the gap in the circle is facing this is for the visual acuity and then you choose which sign you think the top line in the pair on the right is in relation to the other this is for vernier acuity now as you get the answers correct the land alt see as it's called the thing on the left and the two lines randomly adjust position and get smaller and smaller what eventually happens is that when you can no longer see the gap in the C on the left you are still able to tell that the lines are offset even to the point where they are off by fractions of a pixel which shouldn't be possible by the usual visual measurements and goes well beyond just pixels now because your TV is made up of lines of dots this has an effect as resolution goes up and we'll get into that in a sec fun fact by the way the thought around why we have this ability to see things in relative position to one another better comes from the needing to see prey or predators in the wild safe hiding in tall grass okay so the next optical illusion that I need to bring up is called Mach banding now Mach banning is the phenomenon that when you take colored bands and a gradient and put them next to each other the brain for some reason makes the edges of each appear brighter on one side and darker on the other even though the luminosity is the same across the band overall this makes for sharper perceived edges and also a higher perceived brightness in the center and higher contrast the difference between the center and the edges none of this again can be measured but it is the way that it always looks to our brains and eyes so with more resolution even with the same luminosity edges seem sharper colors seem brighter and so does contrast and lastly the simple fact that there are a lot more pixels helps with gradients looking smoother this helps curved objects look more like a continuous surface rather than a section one a basic idea of wine these are all the case and other optical illusions as well is that our brains are not used to seeing the world in pixels so they always try to process the pixel-based images into the analog non pixel way the world actually is and these things happen during that process so the more pixels that we have the less you have this offset the brighter and more contrasted things look the smoother the gradients are the less our brains have to process at all and the more real and pleasing to the brain and image look and it's not just all theory in a study conducted by dr. jung kyung parc of iwo women's university in seoul 120 subject whose eyesight was verified were shown the same collection of 16 images and 3 videos on to 65 inch TVs side-by-side one for K and one 8k they were both set to 500 nits of brightness and the test subjects were 9 feet from them they were then surveyed after and the findings backed up all of these concepts over all subjects rated the 8k images as 35% better image quality was rated at 30% better and depth perception was rated as a crazy 60 percent better now the most fascinating part of this study was that rather than pointing out the increased sharpness or contrast of the image associated with higher resolution participants highlighted the main differences to be those related to sensory perception so they described images depicted on the 8k screen as objects looking cooler warmer more delicious heavier etc essentially the effects I mentioned made objects seem more 3d lut items were better separated from their backgrounds thanks to sharper perceived edges shadows and colors had less of that stepping effect and we're more gradual in other words the images just seemed more real dr. Park said at an 8k summit in New York that I attended a while with 4k it was all about details with 8k we're talking about mass and volume metrics this is not something you can measure but it is something you can see with 8k you're moving on to a better optical illusion and honestly I've seen it myself I was a skeptic I didn't really believe it that much either but I've sat in a room with a 4k and an 8k TV side-by-side with the same features in the same environment etc and the a K TV just looks better and of course that doesn't mean that 8k does not still face challenges there is still a lack of native 8k content but just as there was when 4k was released and I actually would venture I have to say there were a little more poise to have more 8k content than we were back then with 4k I mean there plenty of professional cameras that started coming out way back in 2015 and then onward all shoot in 8k and they've been used to do so on some movies they are just then rendered down to 2k and 4k in the final output and even now we have bones the chewed 8k and Canon as there are five camera on the horizon that also says it shoots in 8k being can bet Sony is working on one - if Canada's there's just more and more ways to capture 8k content now even beyond that though while 4k upscaling from back in the day honestly didn't look that great the 8k upscaling that I've seen on TVs has been way better than I expected and that's in a big part thanks to chipsets like the media tech s900 that has AI capabilities built in to help with this along with boosting picture quality in general and it's that new machine learning aspect that has actually made the upscaling and filling in of the missing pixels based on a constantly updated database of images so much better than it was we were talking about 4k UPS game and for streaming services there are even new codecs that are being worked on beyond HEV C which is what we are starting to see now to further reduce the file sizes and bandwidth needed for a case streaming and downloading the one everyone is excited about right now is the royalty-free AV one from Google that is already supported by Google's products like Chrome Android YouTube etc but also Vimeo and Netflix media text immensity 1000 chipset is now even the first to support hardware decoding of this new codec already which is a necessary step for the better adoption of it in general and gaming is already going to be an 8k pretty soon thanks to the new consoles from Sony and Microsoft coming this year that will both support that and the price while also still at premium tiers as again it is always that way with new tech is already starting to come down actually you can get a Samsung Q 908 k-q LED TV that is Wi-Fi six built in even thanks to their partnership with Nia Tech for as little as two thousand four hundred and ninety nine dollars right now in some versions and while that is a lot to compare to a new cheaper 4k TV it's not as big of a jump as what we saw with 4k and 1080p and it'll only come down more and more and so while yes 8k faces some challenges just as 4k did but to say that it's pointless and we shouldn't even pursue it is just dumb it's not just about pixels per inch and even though that is still a benefit of it it's more about getting one step closer to having our brain view the images on a TV screen in the same way that abused images through a window there your eyes Percy I'm excited for AEK and beyond frankly but let me know what you guys think in the comments below I always love hearing from you guys and if you likes video please thumbs up it or share its greatly appreciate it also check out the rest of channel feel like we'll see there please subscribe and ding the bell next towards subscribe so you get notified when I do new videos also there's a link below to my email newsletter goes out once a week you can subscribe to that there to get all of the videos that happen here on YouTube plus other tips and tricks and fun stuff that's on the website that doesn't necessarily make it here the video as always done regardless thanks for watching youthere's no shortage of people out there talking about how dumb 8k is and honestly having seen 8k TVs next to 4k ones on many many occasions I can tell you there is a difference and those people are actually just using measurements and kind of things that tell part of the story and not the entire thing so after I've gone down a very deep rabbit hole of scientific studies I think I can explain what it is they're missing and y8k is not pointless so in this episode of Dakota the explainer series here on my channel let's talk about why a Kay does look different and the science behind it personally I partnered with media tech to do this video as they are the number one chipset supplier to all Smart TVs and actually there is 70% of all TVs globally so the chances are the TV you have in your living room is actually powered by one of their chipsets so needs to say they're experts in the TV field so the first obvious benefit of a que that most people can at least agree on seems to be the drastic pixel density increase when we're talking about larger TVs for example if you have a 55 inch 4k TV versus a 55 inch 8k TV that pixel density goes from 80 pixels per inch to 160 pixels per inch and that's a huge difference obviously so it's easy to see why a Kay is great for any screens especially over a certain size there's no real arguments there now where it seems that people start to get negative about 8k is if there's a TV smaller than a certain size they'll simply say that you cannot see the difference between them maybe not that surprising to hear but that was also the argument that was given by a lot of people for 4k versus 1080p I'm sure most of you can tell the difference between a 4k and a 1080p TV even at the smaller sizes that according to a lot of those rules technically should not be possible right and I can tell you that you'll also see difference between 4k and 8k as well so why is that well it turns out that our visual capabilities are a lot more complex than that of the Snellen visual acuity chart that everyone likes to use to prove their 4k vs. 1080p and now 8k versus 4k theories and that's because we haven't often forgotten about component behind our eyes that is what is actually doing all the processing and manipulating of that raw data our brains now essentially our vision system and how we see the world also includes a ton of optical illusions and by that I mean things that we all perceive but we cannot scientifically measure they are simply interpretations by our brain and there are a number of these that we can absolutely see a positive change in even when they're hard to measure when we increase resolution from 4k to 8k and even beyond the first of these is vernier acuity this phenomenon is sometimes refer to as hyper acuity as it goes beyond our visual acuity or our normal ability to see now there's a live test on the internet that I thought was fun that you guys can check out later if you want and I'll leave a link to below but essentially you click the buttons on the demo to determine where the gap in the circle is facing this is for the visual acuity and then you choose which sign you think the top line in the pair on the right is in relation to the other this is for vernier acuity now as you get the answers correct the land alt see as it's called the thing on the left and the two lines randomly adjust position and get smaller and smaller what eventually happens is that when you can no longer see the gap in the C on the left you are still able to tell that the lines are offset even to the point where they are off by fractions of a pixel which shouldn't be possible by the usual visual measurements and goes well beyond just pixels now because your TV is made up of lines of dots this has an effect as resolution goes up and we'll get into that in a sec fun fact by the way the thought around why we have this ability to see things in relative position to one another better comes from the needing to see prey or predators in the wild safe hiding in tall grass okay so the next optical illusion that I need to bring up is called Mach banding now Mach banning is the phenomenon that when you take colored bands and a gradient and put them next to each other the brain for some reason makes the edges of each appear brighter on one side and darker on the other even though the luminosity is the same across the band overall this makes for sharper perceived edges and also a higher perceived brightness in the center and higher contrast the difference between the center and the edges none of this again can be measured but it is the way that it always looks to our brains and eyes so with more resolution even with the same luminosity edges seem sharper colors seem brighter and so does contrast and lastly the simple fact that there are a lot more pixels helps with gradients looking smoother this helps curved objects look more like a continuous surface rather than a section one a basic idea of wine these are all the case and other optical illusions as well is that our brains are not used to seeing the world in pixels so they always try to process the pixel-based images into the analog non pixel way the world actually is and these things happen during that process so the more pixels that we have the less you have this offset the brighter and more contrasted things look the smoother the gradients are the less our brains have to process at all and the more real and pleasing to the brain and image look and it's not just all theory in a study conducted by dr. jung kyung parc of iwo women's university in seoul 120 subject whose eyesight was verified were shown the same collection of 16 images and 3 videos on to 65 inch TVs side-by-side one for K and one 8k they were both set to 500 nits of brightness and the test subjects were 9 feet from them they were then surveyed after and the findings backed up all of these concepts over all subjects rated the 8k images as 35% better image quality was rated at 30% better and depth perception was rated as a crazy 60 percent better now the most fascinating part of this study was that rather than pointing out the increased sharpness or contrast of the image associated with higher resolution participants highlighted the main differences to be those related to sensory perception so they described images depicted on the 8k screen as objects looking cooler warmer more delicious heavier etc essentially the effects I mentioned made objects seem more 3d lut items were better separated from their backgrounds thanks to sharper perceived edges shadows and colors had less of that stepping effect and we're more gradual in other words the images just seemed more real dr. Park said at an 8k summit in New York that I attended a while with 4k it was all about details with 8k we're talking about mass and volume metrics this is not something you can measure but it is something you can see with 8k you're moving on to a better optical illusion and honestly I've seen it myself I was a skeptic I didn't really believe it that much either but I've sat in a room with a 4k and an 8k TV side-by-side with the same features in the same environment etc and the a K TV just looks better and of course that doesn't mean that 8k does not still face challenges there is still a lack of native 8k content but just as there was when 4k was released and I actually would venture I have to say there were a little more poise to have more 8k content than we were back then with 4k I mean there plenty of professional cameras that started coming out way back in 2015 and then onward all shoot in 8k and they've been used to do so on some movies they are just then rendered down to 2k and 4k in the final output and even now we have bones the chewed 8k and Canon as there are five camera on the horizon that also says it shoots in 8k being can bet Sony is working on one - if Canada's there's just more and more ways to capture 8k content now even beyond that though while 4k upscaling from back in the day honestly didn't look that great the 8k upscaling that I've seen on TVs has been way better than I expected and that's in a big part thanks to chipsets like the media tech s900 that has AI capabilities built in to help with this along with boosting picture quality in general and it's that new machine learning aspect that has actually made the upscaling and filling in of the missing pixels based on a constantly updated database of images so much better than it was we were talking about 4k UPS game and for streaming services there are even new codecs that are being worked on beyond HEV C which is what we are starting to see now to further reduce the file sizes and bandwidth needed for a case streaming and downloading the one everyone is excited about right now is the royalty-free AV one from Google that is already supported by Google's products like Chrome Android YouTube etc but also Vimeo and Netflix media text immensity 1000 chipset is now even the first to support hardware decoding of this new codec already which is a necessary step for the better adoption of it in general and gaming is already going to be an 8k pretty soon thanks to the new consoles from Sony and Microsoft coming this year that will both support that and the price while also still at premium tiers as again it is always that way with new tech is already starting to come down actually you can get a Samsung Q 908 k-q LED TV that is Wi-Fi six built in even thanks to their partnership with Nia Tech for as little as two thousand four hundred and ninety nine dollars right now in some versions and while that is a lot to compare to a new cheaper 4k TV it's not as big of a jump as what we saw with 4k and 1080p and it'll only come down more and more and so while yes 8k faces some challenges just as 4k did but to say that it's pointless and we shouldn't even pursue it is just dumb it's not just about pixels per inch and even though that is still a benefit of it it's more about getting one step closer to having our brain view the images on a TV screen in the same way that abused images through a window there your eyes Percy I'm excited for AEK and beyond frankly but let me know what you guys think in the comments below I always love hearing from you guys and if you likes video please thumbs up it or share its greatly appreciate it also check out the rest of channel feel like we'll see there please subscribe and ding the bell next towards subscribe so you get notified when I do new videos also there's a link below to my email newsletter goes out once a week you can subscribe to that there to get all of the videos that happen here on YouTube plus other tips and tricks and fun stuff that's on the website that doesn't necessarily make it here the video as always done regardless thanks for watching you\n"