Rumor: LG plans to release 8k TV next year

LG plans to launch an 8k TV next year. It would be the first time that the manufacturer releases a television with such a resolution. LG would like to show a prototype at the CES electronics fair next month of an 8k screen on 55 “.

It is unknown what the characteristics of the 8k TV that LG would like to release are, but according to Cnet, the prototype has a diagonal of 55″. The resolution of the prototype is 7680×4320 pixels, giving the screen 33 million pixels. That is four. times as much as a 4k TV and sixteen times as much as a current full-HD TV, bringing the number of pixels per inch to around 160.

LG would choose an RGBW layout with the prototype, with a white subpixel in addition to red, green and blue sub-pixels to increase the brightness of the screen. The 55″ screen should therefore reach 500 cd/m².

LG would show the prototype at CES, an electronics fair that takes place in early January in the American city of Las Vegas. It would not be the first time that the manufacturer shows an 8k prototype at a trade fair, but it is the first that the screen is ‘only’ 55 “. The prototype that LG and Samsung both showed at IFA had a diagonal of 98. “.