I was looking at cameras and it had me wondering whether TV's are becoming like cameras? Remember the pixel wars? 3, 6, 8, 10, 16...Mega pixels? Or even computers? There's always a sweet spot with performance to cost.
We're seeing 8k even though 4k is still in it's infancy. There's still not a ton of content out there for 4k but 8k is already here. When I bought a larger TV I went 4k. IMO, the HDR is the best part of 4k content. Other than that, I'd really have to nitpick to see the resolution difference between high quality 1080 and 4k. Also, at this price point there was no point in not going 4k.
We saw 1080 mature. It's the broadcast standard now. Even the high channels like METV are transmitting in 1080. As mentioned, 4k is not there yet in content let alone broadcasting. The questions are:
Do we expect 4k to fully mature or or they going to go straight to 8k or ? ? Which wouldn't be bad for the current 4k user.
By the time 8k (or 4k) really gets going is 16k/32/etc going to come out with new ways besides just resolution to make the pictures look better? Yes, I know 16k is out. With digital photography, early on I would skip a generation. Now I'm to the point of looking at improvements in other associated technology, focusing, iso performance, etc. Megapixel wise the cameras are pretty much all at a resolution for me to make very large prints.
How long will it take before a new display resolution becomes like where we're at with 1080? Or have we hit the point where it's like buying a camera or computer? For the masses it's more about the sweet spot in pricing.