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LG Accidentally Leaks Apple iMac 8K Is Coming Later This Year

Posted by samzenpus on from the going-big dept.

An anonymous reader writes LG accidentally revealed in blog post that Apple is planning to release a 8K iMac later this year. This news comes as a surprise as the leak came from a different company rather than Apple. LG is one of Apple's biggest display partners and has already demonstrated 8K monitors at CES in Las Vegas. They note that the panel boasts 16 times the number of pixels as a standard Full HD screen.

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  1. Too many pixels = slooooooow by gweihir · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, 4k is already overkill in most situations. 8k is just fetishism. And it may well be worse, as all those pixels have to be controlled somehow.

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    1. Re:Too many pixels = slooooooow by cruff · · Score: 4, Insightful

      8k is just fetishism.

      And yet an 8k monitor would be very useful for viewing the complete image of many DSLR cameras without scaling or subsetting, with room for controls and menu bars or panels to be also visible. I'd probably get one for this reason.

    2. Re:Too many pixels = slooooooow by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      4k on a 32" monitor isn't even "retina" by Apple's original standard, let along near the limit of human vision. The original iPhone retina display was 325 PPI, which if scaled to 32" would result in an 8k display.

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  2. Well, that's game over for LG. by YuppieScum · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Apple have a history of shutting out suppliers who have loose lips.

    Maybe they'll start buying their panels from Samsung...

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