Sharp comes with 80 “TV with 66 million subpixels – Tweakers

Sharp Monday at the CES trade show in Las Vegas presented a television that has more pixels than regular 4K TVs. The manufacturer makes use of a technology that splits each pixel.

The television called Aquos Beyond 4K UHD TV and features a 80 “screen, as did Sharp publicized at the Consumer Electronics Show. According to the manufacturer offers television thanks to the artificial parts of pixels than 66 million sub-pixels, which 42 million pixels would be more than the regular associate professor TVs.

Sharp says the Aquos Beyond 4K UHD TV this year for consumers appears, but a price has not been disclosed according to US media. According to the Japanese electronics giant television provides a resolution that comes close to the successor of 4k, namely 8k. In addition, a TV viewer would be no difference can see more from television images and the real world.

The so-called Quattron technology for sharing pixels Sharp has long used to artificially increase the resolution. So the company came last year with televisions that admittedly had a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels, but still 16 million sub-pixels counted. At the Sharp Quattron technology adds to the standard rgb combination a yellow pixel to which the image quality would improve to come.

In addition to the 80 “model Sharp also announced Monday that its existing Aquos Updating line. These are the UB30-, UE30- and UH30 series. From the first series appear TVs with sizes 43 “, 50″, 55 “and 65″. In the United States, the cheapest model At the end of this spring available for about $ 750, but on a European release Nothing is yet known for all of said series.

The more expensive UE30-line and the UH30-line have in contrast to the UB30 series about Android TV. This means that developers can develop apps for televisions with sdk same as those for the mobile Android version. The UE30-line is available in 60 “, 70″ and 80 “, while the UH30 series only in 70 “and 80″ appears on the market.

The Aquos Beyond 4K UHD TV from Sharp, Photo: Digital Trends / Ryan Waniata