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AU Optronics this year will start delivery of 8k panels
AU Optronics has announced that it will start supplying 8k (7680 x 4320) panels this year. These will be large image panels intended for use in televisions.
Deliveries will take place as soon as the first half of 2018, writes Digitimes . The panels will be made in 65 and 85inch sizes. The display technology used, however, is not clear, AU Optronics mainly focuses on LCD panels. AU Optronics (AUO) will begin to ship 8K TV panels in sizes ranging from 65- to 85-inch in the first half of 2018, while also ramping up shipments of all-screen displays for handset applications, according to Liao Wei-lun, president of AUO's video products business group.
Shipments of TV panels in 65-inch and above sizes will be a major focus of AUO as global sales of 65- and 70-inch TVs and display products are expected to grow 40% and 50% on year, respectively, in 2018, Liao reasoned.
The penetration rate of 65-inch and above sizes of 8K TVs will start gaining momentum in 2018 and reach 10% in 2020, Liao said, adding that AUO will begin volume production of 8K TV panels soon to cash in on the emerging trend.
Demand for 4K TV panels will also remain strong in 2018 as the penetration of 4K TVs is expected to hike to over 40% in 2018, from 30% a year earlier, with 4K displays becoming a standard for 50-inch and larger TV products in the year, Liao added.
Meanwhile, AUO will expand the applications of its LTPS panels from handsets and notebooks to non-consumer devices such as automotive and in-car infotainment devices, according Chen Hung-hsiang, president of AUO's mobile device business group.
AUO's shipments of all-screen handset panels are expected to register multi-fold increase in 2018, with all-screen models accounting for over 80% of its total handset panel shipments, Chen said.
AUO will begin to ship related panels for automotive-use interior rear view mirrors in the first half of 2018 and other panels for in-car infotainment devices before the end of the year, Chen indicated.
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#5522311 Posted on: 02/23/2018 02:41 PM
cause the screen is still @8K, no matter the signal.
how many channels match your 1080p tv in signal quality? none.
either its interlaced or lower res (for P content)..
cause the screen is still @8K, no matter the signal.
how many channels match your 1080p tv in signal quality? none.
either its interlaced or lower res (for P content)..
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#5522328 Posted on: 02/23/2018 04:00 PM
cause the screen is still @8K, no matter the signal.
how many channels match your 1080p tv in signal quality? none.
either its interlaced or lower res (for P content)..
Well, we're at a time where people are switching over to other mediums that actually support 1920x1080 or higher, with progressive scan (in particular, just about any streaming service, like Netflix or Hulu).
RealNC makes a good point. The industry is still struggling to transition to 4K. To my knowledge, even 2160i content is pretty uncommon. Aside from some YouTube videos (which have terrible compression) and a handful of movies, there just isn't enough content where 4K is worth getting, at least to me anyway.
Meanwhile, consider people who aren't watching shows or movies:
The 1080Ti is the cheapest single GPU you can get that can play games at 4K@60FPS (sometimes not even 60FPS). A lot of other applications don't scale to 4K nicely, either. So whether you're trying to have fun or do something productive, 4K is still un-optimized. And yet, here we have 8K.
Aside from a handful of special-use cases, I just don't know who would get an 8K display and not immediately regret it. Even if you're filthy rich, it's not nice being able to buy a product and not being able to properly take advantage of it. It's kind of like replacing a BMW with a Ferrari - the car might be faster, but despite the performance and price difference, you're still stuck in traffic. Though the BMW is a cheaper car, you're not really losing out when driving that instead. By the time there's enough 8K content to make one of these displays worth getting, it won't be considered a luxury anymore. I'm not necessarily saying that matters, but, the point is AU Optronics is kind of wasting their money designing and manufacturing something too far ahead of its time. But, not my problem.
Anyway, I understand that "8K content won't be made if there aren't any 8K displays" but, as I implied earlier, we're struggling to get sufficient 4K content (hell, there's not even enough 1080p content). We should be taking our priorities incrementally.
cause the screen is still @8K, no matter the signal.
how many channels match your 1080p tv in signal quality? none.
either its interlaced or lower res (for P content)..
Well, we're at a time where people are switching over to other mediums that actually support 1920x1080 or higher, with progressive scan (in particular, just about any streaming service, like Netflix or Hulu).
RealNC makes a good point. The industry is still struggling to transition to 4K. To my knowledge, even 2160i content is pretty uncommon. Aside from some YouTube videos (which have terrible compression) and a handful of movies, there just isn't enough content where 4K is worth getting, at least to me anyway.
Meanwhile, consider people who aren't watching shows or movies:
The 1080Ti is the cheapest single GPU you can get that can play games at 4K@60FPS (sometimes not even 60FPS). A lot of other applications don't scale to 4K nicely, either. So whether you're trying to have fun or do something productive, 4K is still un-optimized. And yet, here we have 8K.
Aside from a handful of special-use cases, I just don't know who would get an 8K display and not immediately regret it. Even if you're filthy rich, it's not nice being able to buy a product and not being able to properly take advantage of it. It's kind of like replacing a BMW with a Ferrari - the car might be faster, but despite the performance and price difference, you're still stuck in traffic. Though the BMW is a cheaper car, you're not really losing out when driving that instead. By the time there's enough 8K content to make one of these displays worth getting, it won't be considered a luxury anymore. I'm not necessarily saying that matters, but, the point is AU Optronics is kind of wasting their money designing and manufacturing something too far ahead of its time. But, not my problem.
Anyway, I understand that "8K content won't be made if there aren't any 8K displays" but, as I implied earlier, we're struggling to get sufficient 4K content (hell, there's not even enough 1080p content). We should be taking our priorities incrementally.
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#5522334 Posted on: 02/23/2018 04:10 PM
Honestly I'd rather them focus on improving panel uniformity, contrast, image retention/burnin (OLED) HDR/expanded color gamuts/etc over 8K. Hell I'd go as far to say that I'd rather watch content on my 65" LG C7 in 1080P HDR/DV than 4K non-HDR/DV at normal viewing distances. I could see 8K maybe for productivity purposes, like 5K for native 4K video editing + interface - but an 8K TV I couldn't justify getting.
Honestly I'd rather them focus on improving panel uniformity, contrast, image retention/burnin (OLED) HDR/expanded color gamuts/etc over 8K. Hell I'd go as far to say that I'd rather watch content on my 65" LG C7 in 1080P HDR/DV than 4K non-HDR/DV at normal viewing distances. I could see 8K maybe for productivity purposes, like 5K for native 4K video editing + interface - but an 8K TV I couldn't justify getting.
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#5522404 Posted on: 02/23/2018 07:56 PM
@schmidtbag
my point was, why is it ok when ppl buy 1080p tvs in the past +10y, as almost all cable content is (even now) 720p, or worse 1080i,
and does not match the tv's capabilities, but when its a UHD tv, its all of a sudden important to match the screen res with the signal (res).
anyway, running the same signal (1080p), a decent 4k panel will look better, as thats how i sold most my tvs,
by showing the same signal (1080p) on two identical screens (except res).
doubt that anyone of the customers spend about 800-100$ more for something you 'cant" see.
and most UHD streaming like netflix, will look basically like running a movie on BD, when it comes image quality.
at least when i watched blacklist back then.
and you dont have to run games at that res, i tried a 50 in UHD as moni, and desktop/gaming running at 1080p was without any lag,
and i didnt see any need to run it at UHD, even at 3ft distance.
so for anyone that has the money, why not.
same as the ferrari.
as soon as traffic is gone, we know who will have more fun driving...
@schmidtbag
my point was, why is it ok when ppl buy 1080p tvs in the past +10y, as almost all cable content is (even now) 720p, or worse 1080i,
and does not match the tv's capabilities, but when its a UHD tv, its all of a sudden important to match the screen res with the signal (res).
anyway, running the same signal (1080p), a decent 4k panel will look better, as thats how i sold most my tvs,
by showing the same signal (1080p) on two identical screens (except res).
doubt that anyone of the customers spend about 800-100$ more for something you 'cant" see.
and most UHD streaming like netflix, will look basically like running a movie on BD, when it comes image quality.
at least when i watched blacklist back then.
and you dont have to run games at that res, i tried a 50 in UHD as moni, and desktop/gaming running at 1080p was without any lag,
and i didnt see any need to run it at UHD, even at 3ft distance.
so for anyone that has the money, why not.
same as the ferrari.
as soon as traffic is gone, we know who will have more fun driving...
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Looks good. I want one.
As for the panels, what's the point? Or is there 8K content out there already?