8K televisions certainly aren't mainstream just yet -- some would argue that even 4K displays aren't quite mainstream yet -- but it's been confirmed that the PS5 will support 8K graphics. In Wired's PS5 info blowout article, it's stated that Sony's next-gen device will be able handle 8K resolution, but right now, it's obviously unclear how extensive this support will end up being.
We suppose the real story here is that yes, the PS5 sounds like a technical beast. Alongside advanced visual and audio features, the PS5 will also house a "specialised" solid-state drive, and allow for PS4 backwards compatibility. On paper, it's sounding like everything we could want from the PS4's successor.
Again, it'll likely be some time until 8K finds its way into most people's homes, but it's good to know that if you want to go high-end over the next few years, the PS5 will have you covered.
[source wired.com]
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Our eyes have yet to open.
Man, I just bought a 4K HDR TV a few months ago and people are already talking about 8K.
Slow down world, you're going too fast!
@Deadlyblack don't worry it's just the tech companies showing off for now.
yet to believe if many games will even be made with 8k capabilities.
@jdv95 Yeah, it's just crazy hearing about 8K already.
Still don't have a 4k tv yet, my wife doesn't like the way the picture looks, probably b/c most people watch cable TV which isn't 4k and is upscaled poorly, so 8k is certainly not on the radar.
On the bright side, bring on the 8k tvs, will only help drop the prices on 4k tvs even more.
What's the optimal size and seating distance for an 8k TV, 108" minimum screen size sitting 12' away? I'll start doubling the size of my house first thing tomorrow. 😂
Edit: Article on 8k TV since it's fairly new for most of us.
https://www.cnet.com/news/8k-tv-what-you-need-to-know/
I was wrong about the seating distance, 85" TV sitting only 3 feet away to see the difference between 4k and 8. So I don't need to double my house size, only all my doors to get it in.
"...you'll need to sit 3 feet or closer (to a screen that's more than 7 feet diagonal) to see all the detail of 8K, and 5 feet or closer to see the full benefit of 4K. In other words, from further than 5 feet away you won't be able to see any benefit of an 8K TV compared to a 4K TV. And that's at 85 inches."
I sit about 8' away from a 52" 1080p TV. Doesnt' look like I'll gain much at that distance from a 65" 4k screen.
holy hell! now 8k?
Who's getting an 8K TV anytime soon? not everyone even has a 4K set and frankly I think it'd be a waste of resources even targeting such a resolution and given the performance of even the top end graphics cards today I guess this'll be upscaling and nothing more.
If the PS5 can do 4K 60fps I'll be very impressed
To support 8k, it means the PS5 will have a HDMI 2.1 port as that is required to output 8k. It could be deceptive though as 8k content could be super-sampled down before outputting at 4k - technically its still supporting 8k as its not saying this 8k content can't run on this hardware. I doubt they would say its supporting 8k but not able to output at that resolution. Therefore I believe this is confirmation of HDMI 2.1
I feel like 4k will still be the main target, more likely 8k up scaling.
@ShogunRok Japan started the first 8K broadcast in December last year, so this makes sense for a Japanese company to future-proof their console.
If the PS5 can handle 8K with a decent frame rate, it should be able to handle 4K/60 FPS quite well
Beast.
I didn't even know 8K graphics were a thing. I still haven't even gotten 4K.
8K TV's are quite a way off being in the average household.
Give me 4K 60fps and I will happilly throw money at the console on launch day.
@BAMozzy "Therefore I believe this is confirmation of HDMI 2.1"
As I mentioned in a previous reply to you, article isn't written to cover the minutiae of every last nitty gritty tech detail so HDMI 2.1 seems about the extent of the 8k confirmation. Not expecting any games running natively in 8k, what would they even cost to develop, how large would they be, and how much work would it take to get them running on a Switch? Switch is too popular right now to be left behind completely for every game. Though Sony 1st party won't have to care. Still seems like too much work though for the limited amount of 8k tvs out there the next 6 years. PS6 yes.
Here's an article about 8k and HDMI 2.1 for anyone interested.
VR is in there as well.
https://www.techradar.com/news/new-faster-hdmi-21-cables-are-on-the-way-heres-what-you-need-to-know
Damn, we may finally have a PC killer on our hands...
forget 8k about 20k. 4k is not even 100 percent popular yet.i say this year it's gettting better.word up son
Maybe I’ll buy 8K tv when ps5 pro arrive
I’m still rocking 1080p.
Next year I’ll join the 4K train.
I think a Naughty Dog game at 8K would literally melt my eye balls.
I've only just got a 4K TV. Although I don't have a Pro or any sort of 4K channels on my TV. Yes, I'm stupid but if the PS5 runs PS4 games in Pro mode then I'd be very happy to go back and play games like RDR2 again. That's if digital games are transferable ofc but given the PS3/PS4 and PS Vita crossbuy history, I'd certainly bet on it.
If it can handle native 4k at 60 fps, I'll take it!!
I was hoping for 9K. Too bad.
Pfft. Anything less than 12K is unacceptable. Might as well be playing on a Game Boy.
@playstation1995
Funnily enough the next step change after 8k will be 11k. The technology is already prototyped. At 11k the detail is great enough the viewing becomes naturally 3D. Without the need for silly glasses. Word up son, roll on the future technologies
@Deadlyblack
Did you know there is also 16K TVs being worked on now too?
Do we even need 8K TVs?
Honestly, if we could get 1080p/60fps as a universal standard on the platform, that'd be awesome. Allow a performance mode for people who care about higher resolutions.
I haven't even got a 4k tele let alone 8k lol at least it will hopefully give time for 8k telle's prices to coming down by the time the PS5 is out.
@gingerfrog nobody have a 8k tv.just focus on 4k 60fps with her.but now with Ray tracing.etc ps5 will be amazing and a powerhouse.i believe ps5 will be a 4tb and 14 teraflops.word up son
@gingerfrog ps5 is a juggernaut. 14 teraflops.word up son
When you buy a new 4k TV for a PS4 pro and then PS5 is coming...feelsbadman.
But seriously...I'm hyped.
I best start saving now!
If anything it would most likely just be 8K upscaled but I’d expect every game to be running at native 4K with optional 30/60fps.
Man my cinema is still in 4k!! Feels like just as 16-bit killed the arcades, next gen will kill of the cinema!
@Ralizah lets bump that up 1440p and i agree. 😁
@Xaessya
Can't wait until I can buy a 32K TV. Hopefully the PS7 will be able to go up to 40K.
I doubt there's an actual benefit to 8K over 4K except maybe high end photo applications in a professional setting.
@Deadlyblack I doubt we’d ever see that kind of resolution as we would never be able to see the difference, it would be a waste of tech as there will be a limit to what the human eye can see, it would be interesting if we ever see graphics in games as close to what we see in real life though.
Diminishing returns. That is what I am seeing here. I remember the jump from SD to 720p and then 1080p HD, THAT was a very noticeable and very nice jump! Especially as devices started using HDMI cables instead of the old analogue cables. But though I do have a 4K TV and a PC that can (if I don't mind the fan screaming in agony) run 4K, it only feels like a minor upgrade watching 4K video. I've seen 4K and 8K TVs in stores and even with the Demo videos designed to show them off, it is once again, only a minor improvement, and I would argue, less noticeable still.
@bbq_boy Naw, people have been saying movie theaters are on their way out for decades now. But you'll never be able to have that experience of seeing a new movie on a screen that size in your home. Even with top of the line TVs and home theater sound systems, the biggest TV you can reasonably have at home is still dwarfed by a movie theater.
@rjejr
"Still don't have a 4k tv yet, my wife doesn't like the way the picture looks"
+1
My launch PS4 and 1070Ti I had in the living room can't do 4k anyway - so was fine with it.
This is exciting news, hopefully it means that most PS5 games will be made in 4K with stable/solid 60 fps!
I can certainly dream it anyways...
@Luna-Harmony They won't really drop in price for a fair few years. Besides 8k is only really meant for 85"+ TVs. The technology is a way of improving the image quality on larger screen TVs. As such it's not something that will appear on small TVs. That and the fact there's not really any 8k TV content available yet, and not likely to be for a long long time, you're not missing out on anything.
I got my first 4K TV about 5 months ago. I don't watch much cable aside from sports games, so I've been able to make some great use of 4K with Netflix, YouTube, and of course my PS4 Pro. Content looks terrific... so good that I don't see a reason to get a higher resolution anytime soon.
remember that demo of gran turismo sport running at 8K on a sony TV at a tokyo electronics convention a few months back on a 440" screen or something ridiculous..
Just the way the PS3 was a "full hd" console I suppose. Hold your horses Sony, get a good price, good exclusives and solid frame rates.
It's such a big waste of processing power to render in these resolutions, because our eyes cannot really see the difference in any of the exisiting TV size. Heck, even 4k is barely distinguishable from full HD - search in Google how close you need to sit and what 4k tv size you need in order to see any difference...
Investments in better lighting models, anti aliasing and more in HD gives much more prominent results. But 4K and 8K sounds more impressive when marketed to people, unfortunately
@Eldritch Ok thank you i did not know this info.
Meanwhile 4k oled tv's keep coming down i price that's great for gamers.
@Agramonte My wife woke me up this morning and told me the TV was on the fritz again, so we may be getting a 4k TV sooner rather than later whether she likes it or not.
It really is amazing to me how popular 4k TVs have become, it's hard to buy a big screen TV that isn't 4k these days, yet people mostly use them to watch cable TV, which in the US is still mostly 1080i and 720p. There is very little 4k content to watch on all of the 4k TVs people are buying. Very little streaming in 4k, possibly b/c a lot of the US still doesn't have the necessary 25Mbps bandwidth for it to work effectively. (And even some people who have that bandwidth to their homes are trying to stream over 11Mbps Wi-Fi.) And very little 4k discs as well. And I can't imagine too many people outside of Xbox owners even have a 4k player. The Superbowl has never been broadcast in 4k. I don't think any of HBO's signal - cable, Now or Go - are in 4k, not even for season 8 of GoT. All of these people clamoring for 4k TV's but they aren't watching anything thats actually in 4k. Amazing what marketing can do.
Bigger is better though, so at least when my 52" TV gives out I have an excuse to buy a 65" one. And the base PS4 does HDR on some games, so there's that. Certainly no point in buying a PS4 Pro now if PS5 will be backwards compatible in a year or so.
@rjejr Yeah, we've had our SONY TV for over 13 years now. It has been a rock. We had it when we moved in to this apartment. So i am sure she also attached to it (like her tiny microwave from college). I replace tech every chance I get
We also have 1st gen ChomeCast on both our TVs ( they to old for Smart) tied to an iPadMini we keep all our apps on. So I don't even think they do 4K regardless.
New games on PC have the "internal resolution" option. So I set it at 120% to 140% and my 1080p TV looks really sharp. Not sure a 65 inch would even fit in our 2bdr City apartment - we probably get a tan from it 😂😂😂
Not sure if you saw... Wonder if it will be $19 on Mobile 🤔
https://gematsu.com/2019/04/ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana-coming-to-smartphones-worldwide
@Agramonte Ys 8 would devour my $50 Samsung phone but thanks for the link and the info.
I discussed the new TV situation w/ my wife today - she thinks it may be the surround sound system instead as she really doesn't want the new tv - and wondered what the Switch will look like output to a 4k TV? I bought a 1080p TV b/c I bought a PS3, and the Wii, not Wii U that looked great, looked horrible on it. Noticeably worse than it did on my old 32" SD tv. Son wo I'm afraid of getting a 4k TV and having my Nintendo games look a mess again.
Maybe instead of making a Switch Pro they should make an upscaling dock? They sell upscaling DVD players for like $20.
Highly doubt I will be taking advantage of this, very pleased with how my PS4 looks on my 1080P 32”.
@jdv95 Just tech companies showing off? What exactly does that mean? The thing is real and will most likely be out late next year. Stop being a paranoid millennial.
@rjejr Stop copying and pasting a bunch of nonsense by idiots who don't know what they're talking about. All you have to do is view a 4K tv vs standard HD to notice the difference from any distance.
All these idiots who post about how you can't see in 4K or 8K are absolutely clueless. If you can't tell the difference between higher resolutions, you wouldn't see a difference between 8 bit games and modern games.
Resolution makes a difference. Not only will we get a change in visuals, we'll get a change in how games play.
@SegaFan7 "you wouldn't see a difference between 8 bit games and modern games."
Too often, sadly I don't.
Funny enough, my comment was on seeing the difference between 8 bit and 8k graphics, but I'm not certain if I'm seeing your point. =o)
I'm guessing you're commenting on violence in games, which I agree with. In no way does violence in games influence behavior, but I think it reflects a problem with people that they're so flippant about it. I think that games were less violent then with some exceptions, though.
Then again, maybe you have a different point altogether. What game is that you posted the picture of?
@Heavyarms55 you're right! It all depends on the quality of movies. I'm at the avengers end game (3rd day) and queues are humongous still. Saying that though 4k screens is quite old at the cinemas now...
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