Display makers: more 8K TVs will be released in 2019

Personally, I completely fail to the importance of 8K resolutions TVs due to pixel density and viewing sizes. Let alone the bandwidth needed on DisplayPort but also the zero content for it, however, the market seems to be making a move towards it. 

DigiTimes now reports that several panel makers will in 2019 partly switch to producing LCD panels for televisions with 8K resolution. First a quick reality check: 8K is four times the size of 4K, and sixteen times the size of 2K or 1080p. If you were to measure the resolution in megapixels, 8K 7680 × 4320 is 33.2 Megapixels.

TVs these days are pretty much 43-inch or larger and nearly all of them have a 4K panel. By 2018, some 110 million units have been sold, with more than 40% of the total number of televisions sold having a 4K resolution. In 2019 that percentage would increase to 47 percent. Next year, the transition to screens with the four times as high resolution should start, reportedly players include Samsung, LG, Innolux, AU Optronics, BOE Technology and CSOT (China Star Optoelectronics Technology).

Digitimes -- Digitimes reports that several panel Although the production of 8K TV panels is about to take off in 2019, initial shipments will be limited due to a lack of SoC solutions, low yield rates and high production costs, said the marketing research firm, which also estimated global 8K TV panel shipments to reach 300,000 units in 2019 for a penetration rate of 0.1%. Judging from the production roadmaps of individual companies, 65- and 75-inch models will be the mainstream sizes of the 8K LCD TV segment as players including Samsung Display, Innolux, AU Optronics (AUO), BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) all plan to roll out TV panels in these two sizes to cater to growing demand, said sources. Samsung and Innolux are expected to focus on 82-inch 8K panels; AUO and CSOT may roll out 85-inch models; and Sharp is to release 70- and 80-inch models. However, LG Display, Samsung, BOE and CEC are also likely to launch 98-inch 8K panels, the sources indicated. Meanwhile, LG Display will remain the sole supplier of large-size OLED TV panels in 2019, and the company's OLED TV panel shipments are expected to reach 3.7 million units in the year, buoyed by the planned kick-off of its new 8.5G OLED line in China in the second half of the year.akers will in 2019 partly switch to producing LCD panels for televisions with 8K resolution.