It is just over a week since the Olympic Games in Brazil ended and we are already starting to talk about the next Olympic Games, at least as far as technology is concerned. The Japanese public broadcaster NHK has just announced that it is working to broadcast the next Olympic games to be held in Japan in the year 202 in 8k quality, also known as Super Hi-Vision. Shortly after the announcement, the Japanese manufacturers Sony and Panasonic have announced that they are already working to launch televisions with 8k resolution before the celebration of these Olympic games.
In the last Olympic Games in Brazil, the Japanese public broadcaster NHK has been broadcasting some of the most important tests in 8k in the testing phase, but currently on the market we can find televisions that offer this quality with the fingers of one hand. At the moment The only TV available in the market in 8k quality is sold by Sharp, in the model that it launched at the end of last year at a price of $ 157.000. At this price few televisions of this type have been sold but during the past games they have been seen in different establishments in Japan, when NHK was broadcasting in the maximum quality that this device supports.
For all of you who are a bit lost with the issue of resolutions, you should know that the 8k resolution is four times the existing 4k quality that has already become quite popular in the market, although there are very few broadcasts in this quality. This resolution logically requires four times more bandwidth than 4k resolution, a bandwidth that is already quite high. Sony and Panasonic have reached an agreement as published on the Japanese stock exchange to collaborating with the public broadcaster NHK has developed the necessary technology, including cameras and other components to be able to offer all the Olympic games at 8k resolution.