Microsoft to support 8K video resolutions with Windows 10

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Microsoft is looking beyond 4K with Windows 10 and bringing 8K support to the OS, years before TVs, monitors and content for that display resolution become widely available.


The 8K support for Windows 10 will be for displays larger than 27 inches, according to a slide presented at Microsoft’s WinHEC trade show in Shenzhen, China, last week.

Large-screen TVs based on the 8K resolution have wowed many at trade shows like CES, but it’s still many years away from adoption. Users are still moving to from conventional HD to the new 4K standard, and it could be many years until PC displays start supporting 8K.

All major TV makers have shown prototype 8K displays. Japan’s NHK is testing 8K broadcasts in time for the 2020 Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo.

8K displays will show images at a 7680 x 4320 resolution. Support for 8K will be built in to Windows 10 for PCs, and 8K monitors will need to be attached to display ports. PC makers may also come out with 8K all-in-ones in the future.

TV makers have already proposed a new SuperMHL connector for 8K video, and the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has proposed the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.4a standard to support 8K in laptops, mobile devices and PCs.
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It's amazing how fast display technology is advancing but I think 4K will be the standard for many more years before 8K takes hold.
 
I mentioned this on a different thread but an 8K display on a 27" monitor (~ 25" horizontally) will have ~ 300 PPI and smaller displays with pixel density as high as 515 PPI have been on the market since 2014. Currently, there are no 8K sources to speak of but, with HEVC, one should be able to stream 4K at 10 Mbps and thus 8K at ~ 35-40 Mbps and that's the broadband speed that can be purchased in pretty much any market with cable and/or fiber connection. Meaning that, if someone wanted to stream 8K image tomorrow, he could.

Plus, there are 8K cams that will be shown at the NAB as well.
 
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I think 8K monitors will take many years before they are as common as 4K UHD monitors in 2015. I have a 28" 4K UHD Dell, 39" 4K UHD Seiki TV and 50" Samsung 4K UHD TV.
 
New Samsung Galaxy 6, whose specs have been published on major news sites today and which will be officially announced on April, 10, will have a 2.5K 5.1" display, which comes out to 557 PPI. On a 65" diagonal TV, it will be ~ 33,000 pixels or ~ 16K.
 
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