The vast majority of the population hasn’t even adopted a 4K display, and yet Sharp has already released its own 8K display. To be fair, this $130,000 monitor is meant for professional use, and isn’t supposed to be used by regular consumers, so it’s not all that crazy. Even so, it’s hard to imagine 8K being adopted anytime soon, especially since most people are more than happy with 1080p and even 720p.
Sharp has demonstrated Super Hi-Vision 8K displays before (as seen above during CES 2015), but today in Japan it announced an 85-inch version is going on sale October 30th. Dubbed the LV-85001, it’s a monitor (it has a tuner so you could call it a TV, but that can’t actually receive 8K video) for professional use only, mostly since there aren’t really any broadcasts or content to watch in 8K. Coming in at 16 times the resolution of 1080p screens, the 7,680 x 4,320 pixel LCD panel uses Sharp’s IGZO technology. To actually watch any 8K video, you’ll need to plug into all four of its HDMI inputs at once just to have enough bandwidth. If you’re interested (and why wouldn’t you be, even though there’s almost nothing to watch), just contact Sharp’s business-to-business sales unit, and bring along a check for 16,000,000 yen, or about $133,034 US.