Black and white was okay. Tube were great. Flat screen good enough…
Television companies have quietly given up on pushing 8K televisions, in recognition that consumers generally seem to consider 4K televisions more than sufficient for their needs, and virtually no native 8K content is even made available. The first 8K television prototype to debut at CES was all the way back in 2012, and came from Sharp. It wasn’t until 2018 that Samsung released the first 8K televisions, going for $3,500 in the United States. Last week, it was reported that LG Display is cutting off production of 8K LCD or OLED panels, meaning that the first and only company with an 8K OLED TV display has pulled out of the business. As of September 2024, there were one billion 4K televisions sold; by comparison, only 1.6 million 8K televisions have sold since 2015, peaking in 2022.
Scharon Harding, Ars Technica
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