A Key Building Block for 8K and Beyond: The Magic of NVMeoF

Slashgear | January 11, 2019

CBS has announced big plans for its Super Bowl LIII broadcast, including 8K cameras and the use of augmented reality. The network will have 115 cameras at the game, with “multiple” of them being 8K cameras intended for “dramatic close-up views” of the game action, according to the company. This will be the first time any US network has used 8K cameras to present the game.In addition to deploying 8K cameras for its Super Bowl broadcast, CBS will have 16 cameras with 4K capabilities at the game, plus another nine Sony 4800 camera systems that will be positioned around the football stadium. These cameras will be used to provide additional angles during the game, as well as super slow motion playback and up-close, cut out perspectives while retaining a high resolution.More than 25 cameras will be flanking each of the endzones, three super slow motion cameras will be at the goal posts, and 14 cameras will be built into the pylons along the field side. As a result, more than 50 camera feeds will be produced from the endzones, covering all possible angles to present viewers with looks at the action, wherever it may happen.

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slashgear | January 11, 2019

It may seem like early days for 8K, but TV-makers are keen to get even higher resolution sets on your agenda – and for you to open your wallet – even before many have upgraded to 4K Ultra HD. A group of the biggest names in TV hardware and display manufacturing – including Samsung and TCL Electronics – have joined forces to create the 8K Association.As you might expect, its purpose is fairly straightforward: convince us that the time is ripe for 8K. The 8K Association – or 8KA as it will be known – won’t just be focused on consumers considering a TV upgrade, however. It’ll also be pushing professionals to bring 8K into their workflow, too.It’s been founded by Samsung Electronics, Panasonic, Hisense, and TCL Electronics on the consumer electronics side, along with AU Optronics, one of the leading panel suppliers. Samsung Display “is also in the process of joining,” the 8KA says.Together they’ll be forming a nonprofit organization, that will try to explain why 8K is the way forward. It’ll also be responsible for securing 8K native content for members to use, and enabling communication within the 8K ecosystem to help with the route to commercialization. Perhaps most important, though, the 8KA will also focus on how viewers will actually access 8K content.

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The Verge | January 07, 2019

Sony is supersizing the Master Series lineup of TVs it first launched last year in New York. Here at CES tonight, the company introduced new Z9G 8K (LCD) and A9G 4K OLED TVs that feature big displays. Actually, “enormous” is a better word for the Z9G, which comes in 85-inch and 98-inch models, while the A9G will be available in more standard 55-, 65-, and 77-inch sizes.Both new lines include the same Picture Processor X1 Ultimate as the first wave of Master Series TV, and Sony says it “has a unique algorithm specially developed for 8K that can intelligently detect and analyze each object in the picture, resulting in exceptional detail and contrast for a more realistic picture that represents the creators’ intent.” The monstrous Z9G is Sony’s first consumer-bound 8K TV, and the company has created a lot of new technology to get optimal picture from its 33 million pixels.

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