8K OLED TV: LG's first 8K resolution model hits stores this week

The television market 8K will win a strong competitor this week with the arrival of the first 8K OLED TV da LG in South Korea. The company is ready to compete in this new market, which is currently dominated by its fellow countryman. Samsung and its QLED 8K.

8K OLED TV

The LG, called the 88Z9, comes equipped with a panel OLED de 88 inches and the second generation of its Alpha 9 processor, which now comes with the nickname of Alpha 9 8K, and promises to make intelligent upscaling of images through Deep Learning technology (machine learning, in Portuguese). In practice, content with resolutions lower than 8K will be converted and can be viewed in a higher quality than originally proposed. Deep learning will also be used to improve the sound quality of the TV, bringing Virtual Surround 5. and support for Dolby Atmos technology.

The TV has the biggest panel OLED already produced by LG, bringing the resolution of 7680 x 4320, which is an image quality with 4 times more pixels than a 4K panel. According to what was reported to the The Verge, TV arrive in South Korea with a price of 50 million WON, something close to 35 thousand euros. The first buyers, those who buy now in June, will have a discount and take to 8K OLED TV home for 40 million WON, which is equivalent to a discount of around 5 thousand euros. The forecast is that this model will reach the European and North American markets by the end of this year.

LG OLED 8K vs Samsung QLED 8K

A LG 8K OLED TV arrives to bring competition to TVs QLED 8K from Samsung, which have been on the market for some time and bring a greater variety of models and prices, starting with 65 inches and having their largest version with 82 inches. The Samsung model is already available in the international market, including in Brazil, and it arrives here with prices from 22 thousand reais in its smaller version, while its largest model has a suggested price of 65 thousand reais.

Making a simple conversion of the 50 million WON, we easily pass from the 150 thousand reais 88 inches offered in OLED TV 8K, which in addition to being expensive, still needs a huge room to contain the television.

Source: The Verge