Early adopter: Microsoft's Windows 10 will support up to 8K displays - ExtremeTech
8K: A not-so-imminent standard It’s easy to forget just how long it’s taken to bring 4K displays to market. The first UHD displays were built in 2003. the SMPTE released the UHD standard in 2007. With 4K displays only now starting to take significant market share across multiple display segments, the advent of 8K is going to be years away. As this graph shows, the benefit of 8K displays will accrue primarily at the largest display sizes. All else being equal, a larger display is harder to manufacture correctly than a smaller one, which is one reason why we saw high-resolution products roll out across smartphones years before they came to tablets or computers. If we assume that most people sit at least eight feet from the screen, that means you need a TV of at least 65 inches to be “worth” upgrading to 8K from 4K. At an eight-foot distance, a 45-inch screen is noticeably better than 720p. Then there’s... Content providers are clearly planning a stop at 4K , and much of the United States’ terrestrial cable is still broadcasting at 72op, to say nothing of 1080p HD. Microsoft is hedging its bets for 2D content display on small screens much more than... Source: www.extremetech.com
