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Even though you can’t see it, 8K is here

  Ever since NHK proposed the notion of an 8K screen in 1995, there have been discussions about whether one could see it. There’s also been a discussion about what is 8K or what does it even stand for?  Well, 8K is equivalent to 16 HD TV screens. Huh? Well, why isn’t it 16K then? The 8 in 8K refers ...

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  Ever since NHK proposed the notion of an 8K screen in 1995, there have been discussions about whether one could see it. There’s also been a discussion about what is 8K or what does it even stand for?  Well, 8K is equivalent to 16 HD TV screens. Huh? Well, why isn’t it 16K then? The 8 in 8K refers to the number of scan lines of an HD screen. An HD (i.e., “1K”) screen has 1080 scan lines, everyone knows that. So, if you stacked them on top of each other you’d get 4 times 1080 or 4320 scan
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