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Originally Posted by Stephen
8K TVs been around for years. But there really is no need to even think about them. There is no actual content in 8K available on any TV platform.
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Well, yes, sort of. Not mass produced and priced in the tens of thousands of pounds range so not something you would see in the TV section of your local ASDA. Content is available on YouTube for instance but, again, not really mainstream. It's a case of buyer beware again, earlier 8K models will have relied on HEVC and won't have taken advantage of more efficient codecs now available (AV1 etc). Roku is building AV1 into newer models of its high end devices and Netflix is rolling out AV1 for high end TVs. As you say though, there is no need to even think about buying them. If someone feels they absolutely must have an 8K TV, probably better to wait a few years until the newer codecs become mainstream. Then buy a much bigger house to take full advantage of the format...
https://discover8k.com/finding-8k-content/
No doubt we'll see people arguing in future that they really need 8K to watch That's TV or for their 24" kitchen TV but we aren't there yet.