The world’s first 8K TV valued at 9 million rubles – Russian newspaper

Japanese corporation Sharp announced “prelaunch readiness” to selling the world’s first TV LV-85001 with a fantastic resolution of 8K (7680h4320 points is 33.2 megapixels) . Price will also be fantastic: at the current rate is 9 million rubles, or 133 thousand dollars.

The official release and specifications published on the website of the manufacturer.

Sharp is positioning LV-85001 as a “tool for businesses, which can display a large amount of information at a time “.

The gadget has a panel with the image processor X8-MEP, with four-color system and an aspect ratio of 16: 9. Diagonal panels 85 inches, resolution – 104 pixels per inch. Color depth is 12 bit. To send a signal to the 8K need to use just four interface HDMI 2.0, says The Verge. The viewing angles – 176 degrees, the contrast of 100,000: 1. Refresh Rate – 120 Hz. Dimensions 1809x1049x75 mm (without stand).

In Japan, the TV will go on sale starting from October 31, 2015, immediately after the National Electronics Show CEATEC. Date of start of sales in other countries is not yet known.

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In theory, such supertelevizor can buy an ordinary person, including a resident of Russia. However, experts agree that at this stage it would be a novelty, not only can not afford, but do not need. First, the world has no television in this resolution – even the Japanese are planning to start test broadcasting in 8K only next year. Full scale is broadcast in this resolution Sharp plans to start to the Summer Olympic Games to be held in Japan in 2020.

Second, the ruble value of this television is comparable to the cost of four-room apartment in Moscow, and twice as much as all the selling today Russia’s “top” models of TV. According to “Yandex Market”, the cost of the most expensive TV in Moscow did not exceed 5.5 million rubles.

Therefore, LV-85001 is only appropriate to use as a monitor for demonstrations and presentations, experts conclude. Accordingly, its “target audience” is mainly the business community.

Recall that the new standard interface Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.4a, support the conclusions in the resolution of television images 8K, presented industry producers’ organization, Video Electronics Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) in February this year.