LG Display Claims Apple Will Release the 'iMac 8K' Later This Year

[hamiltonDSi]

Lol not happening. When has Apple ever made a revision that quickly?

iPad 3 was replaced by the iPad 4 after 6 months.

 

[RobertMartens]

I'm sorry, you thought I was serious..... And you believe this rumour.... Owww bless!

Are you serious now? That would make one of us.

 

[MH01]

Are you serious now? That would make one of us.

Ha ha ha nicely played sir.... Nicely played.... 1:21am going to bed ....

 

[johnnyturbouk]

They might never update the Thunderbolt display. It's such a niche product these days, they can hardly be bothered with the R&D.

As for 8K what graphics card will they be using in an iMac to drive it? Sounds like a resource hogger to me, and what about content. Finding decent 4K content is hard enough, but 8K? At what point does it make no difference but to a few eagle eyed users?
I'd rather they concentrated on a wider more constant colour gamut with a matt screen than more pixels.

Nah, I'll skip it. 16K is where it's at.

16K

i'm waiting for 128K with my google enhanced retinas.

 

[maknik]

MR: This article's main image comparing sizes is very wrong in multiple ways -- please fix it!

 

[cknibbs]

Glad someone mentioned this, you are the first one to mention this, I also saw that right away.

Me too - why even bother with the visual representation of its not to scale?

 

[MacBH928]

8K?
4. The only reason they are increasing resolution is for you to replace your computers and TVs, other wise factories would have to close because we do not need such resolutions in our day to day, people are having a blast watching Youtube videos and Vines, what mater is the message of the content, not the resolution of it.

Maybe Apple can add a decent GPU to run games like Battlefield HardLine as a reason for us to upgrade instead from jumping from 4k-->8K resolution.

 

[Brien]

I'll wait for 16k.

 

[wikiverse]

Finding decent 4K content is hard enough, but 8K? At what point does it make no difference but to a few eagle eyed users?

The answer to this is that at 6 feet (average viewing distance is 7-10 feet for TV) a 65 inch television is retina display at 1080p.

Most cinemas with digital projectors only show 2K.

Since almost all high value content is created for one of these two delivery methods, there is no incentive for distributors to even release 4K content.

In addition, a lot of television shows (and movies) are shot on the Arri Alexa camera which only records in 1080p, so they're just upscaling anyway.

 

[Jeaz]

I'd rather they'd make it 30" and curved, than remain at 27" and 8k.

Curved TV is just a gimmick, but curved monitors for personal use would be beneficial.

 

[CFreymarc]

I'm waiting for 32K screens.

 

[jermy4]

This seems unlikely since they just released the 5k display not all that long ago.

 

[Apple fanboy]

The answer to this is that at 6 feet (average viewing distance is 7-10 feet for TV) a 65 inch television is retina display at 1080p.

Most cinemas with digital projectors only show 2K.

Since almost all high value content is created for one of these two delivery methods, there is no incentive for distributors to even release 4K content.

In addition, a lot of television shows (and movies) are shot on the Arri Alexa camera which only records in 1080p, so they're just upscaling anyway.

And distance to the screen is the part most people simply don't understand. I'm currently typing on an iPhone 6+ 6 inches from my face. If I say that close to an iMac, I couldn't see the whole screen!

 

[LordVic]

You are really stretching my vocab here. I do believe it is "touts".

Why yes, Yes I did.

Thx

 

[RightMACatU]

Well the Nth Star Wars collection is not yet available in 4k, forget 8k LOL!

 

[giebe]

I doubt it. They released a 5K iMac, with doubled pixels of a normal iMac. So the next logical step would be 10K for iMac. But 5K is already sharp as hell.

If they really plan something in 8K, then I believe it's rather an Apple TV instead of an iMac.

 

[johnnyturbouk]

Maybe Apple can add a decent GPU to run games like Battlefield HardLine as a reason for us to upgrade instead from jumping from 4k-->8K resolution.

Exactly, it was odd apple used the AMD Radeon R9 M290X; this was certainly no sloth, but not the best candidate for the 5k Imac, the upgrade to M295X was a non-brainer, unless, even for the most menial of tasks. I wish they had gone with the Nvidia GTX M980s with 8gb vRAM. This resulted in me deciding to wait for the next generation model, and i am honestly glad i waited. Although the machine is very impressive, with a gorgeous display, i have read numerous postings complaining about the base model, and I am more than content with my current set-up: MBP + dell monitor.

 

[Gwendolini]

In addition, a lot of television shows (and movies) are shot on the Arri Alexa camera which only records in 1080p, so they're just upscaling anyway.

Not with ARRIRAW.

 

[Johnf1285]

Great, more LG crap displays in the iMac. 8K pixels worth of ghosting, image retention, light bleed and dirty-screen-effect

 

[LordVic]

Maybe Apple can add a decent GPU to run games like Battlefield HardLine as a reason for us to upgrade instead from jumping from 4k-->8K resolution.

I think you're under the impression Apple cares at all about gaming in any way.

They don't.

Not a single computer they have is intended for any form of gaming outside of quick gaming desktop Apps like you have on the i-devices.

 

[D-Dave]

I'm not sure whether 8K vs. 5K on the same 27" screen would actually give you any advantage.

You may be able to skip installing any heating in your office...other then that I am with you

 

[3282869]

If this is true, the iMac will basically support better resolutions in two model revamps than the flagship Mac Pro. Hmmmm.

If they really plan something in 8K, then I believe it's rather an Apple TV instead of an iMac.

Huh, that's an interesting point. What are the currents "rumors" on an actual flatscreen versus an updated Apple TV? Has Apple all but officially stated no on a stand-alone television system? If not, that would be very interesting.

 

[morespce54]

So the screen "nK" is the new cpu GHz, right?

 

[uid15]

Appallingly embarrassingly bad journalism... and MR *HAD* to post it?

Moronic isn't even close. This site is ridiculous, try watching "Macbreak weekly" and get some balanced, informed and rational education.

Better go, the tooth fairy is popping in for coffee.

 

[juanm]

The year is 2022, and Apple announces the latest iPhone, at 4K resolution, the latest iMac at 16K resolution, and the latest AppleTV at 1080p resolution, because, you know, "the other technologies are not mature enough".