Samsung confirms the arrival of 8k television without screen edges
Samsung has officially confirmed the arrival of an 8k television with virtually no screen edges. The TV, of which images came out earlier, should become a new standard, and also has a new way to upscale content.
According to the Korean branch of Samsung, the new television has the so-called Infinity design, which is the name for almost screen borderless televisions; only at the bottom is a thin bezel around the screen. According to the manufacturer, this is a new standard, which indicates that the design without bezels will also be used for other televisions in the future. Furthermore, the TV, with type designation Q950TS, is 15 millimeters thick.
Samsung also talks about a processor with artificial intelligence that is used, among other things, for upscaling content with a resolution lower than 8k. Part of this is ScaleNet, a technique where content can be compressed to be sent over connections with too low bandwidth to stream 8k. Once arrived at the TV, it is brought back to 8k by the processor.
The AI processor is also used for sound; for example, a technique has been built in that can follow objects on the screen, whereby the sound is reproduced to the left or right of the speakers depending on the position of the object. Samsung states that in this way a 5.1 surround experience can be simulated with the TV speakers.
Furthermore, support for the AV1 codec is mentioned; YouTube uses this video codec to show 8k footage. Picture-in-picture capability is also built in, and there’s a ‘digital butler’ that Samsung says can control other devices. This concerns devices that are connected with WiFi or Bluetooth, but also older devices that are not connected to the internet. You can talk to the television via Bixby, Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.
Samsung is going to show its 8k television without screen edges at the CES fair. There may also be more known about the availability. The arrival of the television was already confirmed last week by the leakage of promotional material for the CES fair.