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Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by Nokinside on Saturday December 01, 2018 @02:51PM (#18578546)
What you saw was the limitation of display technology, not the potential in 8K. 70 mm IMAX is equivalent to something like 12K (5-perf) or 18K (15-perf).

What is needed is better display technology to exploit the 8K.

Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by bigdubs on Saturday December 01, 2018 @03:00PM (#18578592)
Or giant screens. The problem is density not resolution.
Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by isostatic on Saturday December 01, 2018 @04:17PM (#18578989)
But your eyes can’t see the whole screen. Even at 40 degreees you lose detail at the edges.

Give me 120fps and HDR before 4K, let alone 8k

Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by Baeocystin on Saturday December 01, 2018 @04:49PM (#18579173)
Anecdata, I know, but I am much happier with my 165Hz, 2560x1440 monitor than my same-sized 60Hz 3840x2160 screen sitting next to it. The extra fluidity given to mouse motions, text/window scrolling, etc is a much bigger improvement to usability than I would have initially guessed it would be.
Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by quxbar on Saturday December 01, 2018 @05:24PM (#18579376)
Do you mind sharing what model that 165hz monitor is?
Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by Baeocystin on Saturday December 01, 2018 @05:56PM (#18579516)
It's the Acer Predator G-Sync monitor from a couple of years ago that I picked up during a Costco sale. At the time I paid ~$500, not sure what they're going for now. It's been great. Wish I'd gotten two of them.

[edit] picture of the Costco inventory card, http://i.imgur.com/hNWgFt7.jpg

Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by voltagex_ on Saturday December 01, 2018 @06:37PM (#18579735)
What card(s) are you driving it with?
Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by Baeocystin on Saturday December 01, 2018 @06:46PM (#18579792)
Plain-jane EVGA GTX 1080SC. So chosen because it was the only 1080 I could find at the time that only needed a single additional power header, I was building a mini-ITX based workstation, and space for wires was at a premium. No complaints, though, it's held up like a champ.

(This is the card: https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-08G-P4-... )

Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by roywiggins on Saturday December 01, 2018 @03:28PM (#18578737)
When you're stretching a movie across an IMAX-sized screen, you really want the pixels. I can't fit an IMAX screen in my living room though, so I can't really see the benefit.
Re:8K is now being broadcast in Japan by kurthr on Saturday December 01, 2018 @10:46PM (#18580667)
And unless the movie was designed for that IMAX field of view, it's going to look some combination of ridiculous and terrible.