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We've had the technology for a while now to make an 8K HDR 120 Hz OLED monitor. The panel tech exists, the scalers exist, the ports and cables also both exist.
by jiggawatts 3y ago
We've had the technology for a while now to make an 8K HDR 120 Hz OLED monitor. The panel tech exists, the scalers exist, the ports and cables also both exist.
We'll have this available for purchase any decade now... any decade. Soon, perhaps as early as the 2030s, 2040s tops!
All joking aside, I'm tempted to create a GoFundMe page for this and see if there's other people out there interested in convincing a panel manufacturer to print some 8K monitor-sized OLEDs...
- p1necone 3y agoI've got the opposite request. I'd love a native 720p oled of a decent size for playing Switch (and PS3/360, I've got a bit of collection) games on. It's probably a niche market, but most games on the switch run natively at somewhere between 720 and 1080p and look awful scaled up to 4k.
- foldor 3y agoWhy not 1440p with integer 2x scaling?
- p1necone 3y agoIt's very uncommon to find a monitor or TV that actually does non filtered integer scaling, most apply a blurry bilinear scale that looks awful. And afaik there are no external HDMI pixel doublers on the market, I would buy one in a heartbeat. Native 720p does look slightly better than integer scaling to 2x because of subpixel stuff, and generally liking that LCD look. But integer scaling would be enough really.
- teruakohatu 3y ago> And afaik there are no external HDMI pixel doublers on the market, I would buy one in a heartbeat. Sounds like a fun project, you should build one.
- p1necone 3y agoI did look into it a little bit, I think the reason none exist is because it's actually pretty difficult. Taking in a 720p hdmi signal and pixel doubling to 1440p or tripling to 4k and outputting that as a valid HDMI signal without adding more than a frame or two of lag would require custom chips. Although maybe a software solution involving a gpu might be possible?
- simias 3y agoFPGA is probably a safer bet if you want to minimize latency. Implementation is left an as exercise for the reader.
- teruakohatu 3y agoInteresting. Did you investigate FPGAs?
- kimburgess 3y agoTake a look at the HDFury products. The X4 should do what you need with those lower resolutions.
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoOr maybe Nintendo should upgrade the 2014 Android SoC of the Switch so games could run on modern resolutions. There must be TVs or scalers out there you can buy that are used by retro gamers and let you runt 1:1 scaling on modern TVs. Or you can emulate the Switch games and run them at natively higher res. Either way, I'm sure there are solutions for you out there instead of display manufacturers having to go back 20 years in time to serve an outdated gaming console. Just a thought.
- p1necone 3y agoIt wasn't a serious suggestion for a product, I'm aware there's no market for it.
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoWhy not buy an older second hand 720p TV?
- p1necone 3y agoI have one, but it's a pretty crappy LCD panel, OLED would be nicer.
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoLook for plasma TVs instead. I have an old 42" 720p Samsung plasma TV at my parents house and it beats all 1080p LCDs in contrast, sharpness and response time. Perfect for vintage gaming. Pretty sure you could get one dirt cheap on the used market.
- bonestamp2 3y agoSince most computer OSs keep some things in the same place all day, wouldn't you get a lot of burn in with an OLED?
- marceldegraaf 3y agoWhile most monitors these days have some protection built in to combat burn in, I believe it's still an issue, yes. It's why Monitors Unboxed (a brilliant YouTube channel, by the way) doesn't recommend[1] using an OLED monitor like the Asus ROG Swift PG42UQ for productivity work. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNBmFJ68SCw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNBmFJ68SCw
- klausa 3y ago_Do we_ have the cables and ports? AIUI 8K HDR 120 doesn't fit in DisplayPort 2.1 without DSC.
- sand500 3y agoJust buy a 8K tv?