Sharp comes with 80″ television with 66 million subpixels

Sharp presented a television that contains more pixels than regular 4k televisions at the CES trade show in Las Vegas on Monday. The manufacturer uses a technology that splits each pixel.

The television is called the Aquos Beyond 4K UHD TV and has an 80 “screen, Sharp announced at the electronics fair. According to the manufacturer, thanks to the artificial sharing of pixels, the television offers no fewer than 66 million sub-pixels, which would be 42 million more pixels. than the regular UHD televisions.

Sharp says the Aquos Beyond 4K UHD TV will be available to consumers this year, but a price has not yet been announced, according to US media. According to the Japanese electronics giant, the television offers a resolution that is close to the successor of 4k, namely 8k. In addition, a TV viewer would no longer be able to see the difference between television images and the real world.

Sharp has been using the so-called Quattron technique for dividing pixels for some time to artificially increase the resolution. Last year, for example, the company introduced televisions that had a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels, but still had 16 million subpixels. With the Quattron technology, Sharp adds a yellow pixel to the standard RGB combination, which should improve the image quality.

In addition to the 80″ model, Sharp also announced on Monday that it is updating its existing Aquos line. This includes the UB30, UE30 and UH30 series. The first series will come with TVs in 43″, 50 formats. “, 55″ and 65”. In the United States, the cheapest model will be available at the end of this spring for about $750, but nothing is known about a European release for all mentioned series.

Unlike the UB30 series, the more expensive UE30 line and the UH30 line have Android TV. This means developers can develop apps for TVs using the same SDK as the Android mobile version. The UE30 line will be available in 60″, 70″ and 80″, while the UH30 series will only be available in 70″ and 80″ sizes.

Sharp’s Aquos Beyond 4K UHD TV, Photo: Digital Trends/Ryan Waniata