

Japan's public broadcaster NHK was the first to start research and development of 4320p resolution in 1995. NHK and Hitachi demonstrating their 8K camera at the 2013 NAB Show Despite this,įilmmakers are pushing demand for 8K cameras due to their ability to capture better 4K footage. Until major content sources are available, 8K is speculated to become a mainstream consumer display resolution around 2023 as mentioned in UHD forum Phase-B recommendations.
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By 2018, Red Digital Cinema camera company had delivered three 8K cameras in both a Full Frame sensor and Super 35 sensor. Īs of 2018, few cameras had the capability to shoot video in 8K, NHK being one of the few companies to have created a small broadcasting camera with an 8K image sensor. The demand is expected to drive the adoption of video compression standards and to place significant pressure on physical communication networks in the near future. In 2013, a transmission network's capability to carry HDTV resolution was limited by internet speeds and relied on satellite broadcast to transmit the high data rates.
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However, TV manufacturers remain optimistic as the 4K market grew much faster than expected, with actual sales exceeding projections nearly six-fold in 2016. It is predicted (2018 forecast by Strategy Analytics) that 8K-ready devices will still only account for 3% of UHD TVs by 2023 with global sales of 11 million units a year. The feasibility of a fast transition to this new standard is questionable in view of the absence of broadcasting resources. At CES 2019, the first 8K TVs were unveiled. TV manufacturers pushed to make 4K a new standard by 2017. ĨK display resolution is the successor to 4K resolution. 8K UHD ( 7680 × 4320) is the highest resolution defined in the Rec. Example 8k footage from the International Space Station (select "WebM source" from the menu to view).ĨK resolution refers to an image or display resolution with a width of approximately 8,000 pixels.
