Now Sharp is taking subpixel counts farther into the stratosphere. The company’s highest-end 4K sets, which launch this Spring, come packed with 66 million subpixels—about 42 million more than your average RGB-only 4K television. The company says it will put the new UH30 “Beyond 4K Ultra HD TV” panel next to the 85-inch native 8K TV Sharp has showcased at its booth the past few years. Showgoers can compare and contrast the image quality for the two sets.
Keep in mind that subpixels are not the same thing as pixels, which is one reason why Sharp isn’t billing this as an 8K set. But according to Sharp, the new TV can reach an effective resolution of 7680 x 4320 with some source material. The company says the set will be able to upscale 4K content to something even higher-def than 4K—which is a necessity, as no 8K content is available.
