Issue #85 | December 20, 2022 - Next issue after CES 2023

Why 8K OLEDs and QD-OLEDs are So Difficult to Make

A recent news item from Korea caused some excitement in the 'gadget' press. An ephemerous press release from a U.S. company called Kateeva, which makes large inkjet printers, said that it had supplied the printers to a leading QD-OLEDs manufacturer for 8K TVs and high-resolution monitors. Only one company is making QD-OLED displays, Samsung Display Corp (SDC), so no great detective work was needed to determine whom they had supplied. Bob Raikes' article is here.

8K Monitors at CES

In a recent announcement by AMD of its RX7900 series, Samsung teased us with the news of a new 8K wide aspect monitor to be shown at CES 2023. Bob Raikes predicts what this might be in his article on our Discover8K site here.

How Wi-Fi Progress Helps 8K Distribution

Wi-Fi matters for consumers and pros alike; with OFDMA, Wi-Fi 6 has already improved efficiency enabling more 8K transmissions within the home and for professional workflows. In this article, based on some Wi-Fi expertise from SoftAtHome, Ben Schwarz also looks into what Wi-Fi 7 might bring to 8K distribution.

NHK Highlight VVC Advances for 8K

At IBC this year, NHK demoed 8K video encoding using one of the latest features in the VVC codec (H.266), Multi-Layer Coding. One broadcast stream acts as a 'base layer' while additional layers add the information needed for 4K, and a further layer boosts that up to 8K. All three layers are required to show 8K. Bob Raikes's article is here.

Colorfront Unlocks New Cloud-based Effects and Creation on AWS CDI

This latest news from Colorfront enables their streaming servers to use the AWS Cloud Digital Interface (CDI) to support the sharing of uncompressed video assets between applications running on AWS. The first program supported is Autodesk Flame, which is a VFX, finishing, and color-grading application running on AWS. Such capabilities allow native 8K assets to remain in the cloud with easy access and collaboration on local devices. See the press release here.

Summary of 8K Association Activities

Chris gave a talk on progress and activities by the 8K Association at the 4KHDR Summit in Malaga. He updates us on all the workgroup activities, 8K content, marketing, certification, and specification initiatives, Display Daily listened to the talk and summarised it here.

Review – Is Raptor 8K Drone Really Worth It?

Fujifilm X-H2 with 30fps, 8k video capture. YouTube review

Lost Bullet 2 – Shot on RED Monstro 8K