16K resolution is a
display resolution
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution i ...
with approximately 16,000 pixels horizontally. The most commonly discussed 16K resolution is , which doubles the pixel count of
8K UHD in each dimension, for a total of four times as many pixels. This resolution has 132.7
megapixel
In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest point in an all points addressable display device.
In most digital display devices, pixels are the ...
s, 16 times as many pixels as
4K resolution
4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of approximately 4,000 pixels. Digital television and digital cinematography commonly use several different 4K resolutions. In television and consumer media, 38402160 (4K UHD) is the domina ...
and 64 times as many pixels as
1080p resolution.
As of June 2022, 16K resolutions can be run using multi-monitor setups with
AMD Eyefinity or
Nvidia Surround.
History
In 2016,
AMD announced a target for their future graphics cards to support 16K resolution with a refresh rate of 240Hz for "true immersion" in
VR.
Linus Tech Tips released a series of videos in 2017 attempting to play video games at 16K using sixteen
4K monitors.
In 2018, US filmmaker Martin Lisius released a short
time-lapse film titled, "Prairie Wind" that he produced using a 2-camera
Canon EOS 5DS system he developed. Two still images were stitched together to create one pixel image and then
rendered as 16K resolution video with an extremely wide aspect ratio of . This is among the first known 16K videos to exist.
Innolux displayed the world's first 100-inch 16K8K () display module at Touch Taiwan in August 2018.
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
introduced a commercial 16K display at NAB 2019 that is set to be released in Japan. It is made up of 576 modules (each ) in a formation of 48 by 12 modules, forming a screen, with aspect ratio.
On June 26, 2019, VESA formally released the
DisplayPort 2.0 standard with support for one 16K (-pixel) display supporting 30-bit-per-pixel
4:4:4 RGB/
-color
HDR video at a refresh rate of 60
Hz using
DSC video compression.
See also
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Virtual reality
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10K resolution digital video formats with a horizontal resolution of around 10,000 pixels, aimed at non-television computer monitor usage
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8K resolution digital video formats with a horizontal resolution of around 8,000 pixels
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5K resolution digital video formats with a horizontal resolution of around 5,000 pixels, aimed at non-television computer monitor usage
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4K resolution
4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of approximately 4,000 pixels. Digital television and digital cinematography commonly use several different 4K resolutions. In television and consumer media, 38402160 (4K UHD) is the domina ...
digital video formats with a horizontal resolution of around 4,000 pixels
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2K resolution digital video formats with a horizontal resolution of around 2,000 pixels
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High-definition television
High-definition television (HD or HDTV) describes a television system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. The term has been used since 1936; in more recent times, it refers to the ...
(HDTV) digital video formats with resolutions of or
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Graphics display resolution
References
{{Computer display standard
Digital imaging
Display technology
Film and video technology
History of television
Television technology
Television terminology
Video signal
Ultra-high-definition television