Technological advancements are never ending as there is always one breakthrough or another in close succession. South Korean multinational electronics company, LG, has announced that it had developed the world’s first 88-inch 8K OLED display which comes with 33 million pixels (7680×4320 pixels) which is 16 and 4 times larger than the pre-existing FHD (1920×1080) and UHD (3840×2160) displays respectively. OLEDs are self-emissive, optimal for 8K panels, and does not need backlights. These abilities make it retain its slim nature and it is not really affected by aperture ratio.
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of LG Display, In-Byung Kang, said
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The successful development of the world’s first 8K OLED display is a milestone for the 8K era and underscores the exciting potential of OLED. OLED is clearly a next-generation technology leader and for this reason, LG Display is accelerating its research and development into OLED so that we can provide differentiated products to customers and markets.
The panel design uses LG’s Display in-house innovations coupled with a solid processing capability to produce an 8K resolution OLED display. This display emits delicate images with unrivaled picture quality. The 88-inch 8K OLED display will be showcased at the Las Vegas Convention Center (CES) 2018 in the coming days.
I want 1
The price of this stuff might be off the roof
Might? The price will be over the sky
they need to work on 4k 120Hz+, 1ms IPS HDR monitor…Not on technology that is 10 years fast forward..
a TV with no content available..for 8K.. except for that wallpaper they created for display