8K video: what the future looks like

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

A couple of days ago, I teased you with Sharp’s announcement of the world’s first 8K video screen. Today, I got the chance to see it with my own eyes on Sharp’s 85in (7ft!) LCD screen. I can summarise the following blog post in one word: wow.

A little recap: 8K video means 33 million pixels of high definition loveliness. They’re going to need to invent a new definition superlative, because high, super-high or ultra-high won’t do it justice. The screen has a resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 – 16 times as many pixels as a Full HD screen.

The picture quality is gobsmacking. There’s no point in me even trying to take photos of the screen because my DSLR sensor hasn’t got the resolution to do it justice. You’ll have to take my word for it.

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Forget Full HD, here comes 8K

Monday, January 9th, 2012

While we spent yesterday getting mildly excited about the prospect of Full HD tablets, Sharp entered the Vegas spirit by raising the resolution stakes considerably today.

At the end of its CES press conference, the company revealed that its stand at CES will include an 85in 8K display containing no fewer than 32 million pixels.

To put that in perspective, that’s the equivalent of 16 Full HD screens.

We’ll be sure to drop by the stand when it opens tomorrow (Tuesday).

The Japanese take on Microsoft’s Kin smartphones

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

I’m lucky enough to be in Tokyo courtesy of Sony’s VAIO division for a whistle-stop tour of its HQ and design centre, and hopefully to get an early sighting of some new products. The tour doesn’t kick off until later today, so – with my body having decided to wake me up at 5am – I browsed through the local edition of the Herald Tribune and meandered across this story.

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Sharp PC-Z1 MID: first look

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

This year’s IFA trade show has seen all manner of amazing gadgets and boundary-pushing technology unveiled – but, unsurprisingly, there haven’t been many MIDs on the menu.

Don’t tell Sharp that the MID is dead, though – it’s just introduced a brand-new MID device at this week’s IFA Berlin trade show: the PC-Z1.

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