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Samsung is about to launch 8K TVs:
https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/qled-8k-tv/
There is very little source material in 8K resolution, a situation which will not change materially in the next year or so.
However, what reviewers like about this TV is its ability to «upsample» to 8K, so that 4K and lower-res material looks better than on existing TV sets. One reviewer example:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnar...-8k-tv-review-the-future-is-now/#6c8db95e4f2b
In other words, a fast computing chip plus some artificial intelligence is supposed to work its magic.
Doesn’t this remind us a bit about hi-res and upsampling in music? What strikes me is that all the TV reviewers like the upsampling to 8K better than no upsampling. And we know that our visual senses are comparatively better than our hearing senses. Which makes me wonder if this upsampling magic should work for audio as well; why shouldn’t it?
Of course, upsampling doesn’t give the viewer or listener more information; so there are other things at play than bringing a set amount of information from A to B.
Is there anything to learn from the world of TVs and 8K monitors that is relevant for audio? Or are visual and audio tools so different that analogies are not helpful for our understanding of human perception?
Any thoughts on 8K TVs? Progress or just marketing?
https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/qled-8k-tv/
There is very little source material in 8K resolution, a situation which will not change materially in the next year or so.
However, what reviewers like about this TV is its ability to «upsample» to 8K, so that 4K and lower-res material looks better than on existing TV sets. One reviewer example:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnar...-8k-tv-review-the-future-is-now/#6c8db95e4f2b
In other words, a fast computing chip plus some artificial intelligence is supposed to work its magic.
Doesn’t this remind us a bit about hi-res and upsampling in music? What strikes me is that all the TV reviewers like the upsampling to 8K better than no upsampling. And we know that our visual senses are comparatively better than our hearing senses. Which makes me wonder if this upsampling magic should work for audio as well; why shouldn’t it?
Of course, upsampling doesn’t give the viewer or listener more information; so there are other things at play than bringing a set amount of information from A to B.
Is there anything to learn from the world of TVs and 8K monitors that is relevant for audio? Or are visual and audio tools so different that analogies are not helpful for our understanding of human perception?
Any thoughts on 8K TVs? Progress or just marketing?