LG 98-Inch 8K Super UHD TV Ready For Production

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I wonder when we’ll be able to use these 7680x4320p beasts as monitors.

Last September at IFA in Berlin, the company showed off the 98-inch prototype in all its 8K glory, but it was not ready for production. This time, it should be featured on the show floor with the latest firmware, Web OS 3.0 and all of the company’s proprietary HDR, color and contrast enhancement features for an optimal viewing experience.
 
A single DP2.0 would be able to drive that at 30 hz, maybe 60.
 
What's the point of these? I mean they're almost no 4K content and 4K TV's have been out for a few years now. I can't imagine seeing any 8K content for at least 10-15 years. Gaming would be pointless.

I guess the only use would areas such as enterprise, medical or video/photo editing.
 
mobusta1 said:
What's the point of these? I mean they're almost no 4K content and 4K TV's have been out for a few years now. I can't imagine seeing any 8K content for at least 10-15 years. Gaming would be pointless.

I guess the only use would areas such as enterprise, medical or video/photo editing.
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I see it as a good thing...if a bunch of manufacturers jump on 8K HDTV production and get any possible kinks and quirks ironed out in the first couple/few generations while bringing innovation and added features to successive generations, then we consumers will have solid product choices that won't be $5000+ when 8K content becomes widely available.
 
mobusta1 said:
What's the point of these? I mean they're almost no 4K content and 4K TV's have been out for a few years now. I can't imagine seeing any 8K content for at least 10-15 years. Gaming would be pointless.

I guess the only use would areas such as enterprise, medical or video/photo editing.
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1 percenters who have a living room larger than 25 feet in any direction.

But it's a good thing. The response to your complaint about no 8K content is the old "build it and they will come" trope. As we've already seen with 4K content, if nobody makes the hardware, the content doesn't get made, so you have to make the hardware first.
 
All hail the early adopters who pay 10× today so we can all afford them tomorrow. We really shouldn't make fun of these products and the guys who buy em since they're investing in our future in a sense. Go get em Bill, Carlos, Larry and Mark!
 
Would love one right now as a PC monitor, but I don't think a single HDMI port will drive one at 60Hz right now, and most likely won't have a DP port on it. Will DP 1.3 provide 60Hz at 8K or not?
 
all of the company’s proprietary HDR, color and contrast enhancement features for an optimal viewing experience.
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Urg, no thanks. I bought an LG a while back and found their "enhancement features" couldn't be turned off, even though they completely butchered the image. LG's customer service were useless and in the end I threw the thing to the dump. It was completely worthless.

I'm hoping somebody else starts making OLED screens because I'd never buy an LG again.
 
Miikun said:
All hail the early adopters who pay 10× today so we can all afford them tomorrow. We really shouldn't make fun of these products and the guys who buy em since they're investing in our future in a sense. Go get em Bill, Carlos, Larry and Mark!
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That and these products are a GREAT way for the highly wealthy to put tons of cash back into the economy. bring 'em on, I say!
 
KazeoHin said:
That and these products are a GREAT way for the highly wealthy to put tons of cash back into the economy. bring 'em on, I say!
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Let's make home electronics federal tax deductible, we'll make it back in sales tax and on the guys who make a commission. Push the economy along. But honey, I needed those 2tb ssds to buy down my taxes in April!
 
Mr Milquetoast said:
Urg, no thanks. I bought an LG a while back and found their "enhancement features" couldn't be turned off, even though they completely butchered the image. LG's customer service were useless and in the end I threw the thing to the dump. It was completely worthless.

I'm hoping somebody else starts making OLED screens because I'd never buy an LG again.
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Why didn't you just return it to wherever you bought it like a normal person? What kind of tard tosses an expensive TV in the trash because they can't figure out the settings?
 
Cmdrmonkey said:
Why didn't you just return it to wherever you bought it like a normal person? What kind of tard tosses an expensive TV in the trash because they can't figure out the settings?
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I'm sure "Dump" is just a term for the in-law quarters, kid's room, or Goodwill among the upper classes. :D

Though I have been burned before where you spend a month arguing with tech support after following their instructions which were plainly wrong, and the store won't take it back past 30 days; I try not to shop at Frys anymore.
 
I won't buy a LG TV either but I'll buy another one of their monitors.
 
mobusta1 said:
What's the point of these? I mean they're almost no 4K content and 4K TV's have been out for a few years now. I can't imagine seeing any 8K content for at least 10-15 years. Gaming would be pointless.

I guess the only use would areas such as enterprise, medical or video/photo editing.
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The only thing I can see a use for would be a video wall for marketing or entertainment. That may be their target audience for this.
 
I just looked up the physical size. It's definitely not for the average person as it won't even fit through a standard doorway. You'd have to buy this with a new house or take out a wall just to get it in the house. I assume this is targeted for a commercial market.
 
bomni said:
I just looked up the physical size. It's definitely not for the average person as it won't even fit through a standard doorway. You'd have to buy this with a new house or take out a wall just to get it in the house. I assume this is targeted for a commercial market.
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Where are you finding specs? A 98" screen would only be about 48" tall, so fitting it through a door shouldn't be an issue.
 
Have not heard of WebOS being used in a while.

Great OS. Sad to see palm go.
 
I can see it for document display, but otherwise I think 8k is DOA. We hardly have content infrastructure capable of 4k as it is, and I don't really want to encourage people to keep buying discs for things; it makes the environment cry.
 
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