- Warner Bros has scanned more than 20 films in 8k
- Scan from the movie, including 70 mm
- But is there any point at 8k on the transmission?
One of the great disadvantages of the best 8K televisions is that there is a small beautiful 8K content to see. But Warner Bros’s latest news suggests that good things are approaching. More than 20 good things, in fact, as a beginning.
Speaking at the NAB 2025 event this week, Warner Bros said he has scanned more than 20 films in 8K. As Flatpanelshd reports, he did not named the movies, but said he was scanning films filmed in a movie, including films filmed in 70 mm, in 8K. That is a combination for home cinema.
The study has previously associated with Samsung to deliver 8K movies for Creed III, Barbie, Blue Beetle, Dune: Part two, Wonka and Aquaman and the lost kingdom. And Apple is also producing an entertainment of 8K, although so far it focuses on Vision Pro.
The news that more 8k entertainment is approaching is excellent, but something is still missing before we can believe that the future of 8K is really coming.
8K home entertainment: what is missing
The great question that remains is: how will we get our entertainment of 8K so that makes jumping to 8K really worth it?
There is a huge disk-shaped hole in the high quality domestic entertainment ecosystem: Blu-ray exceeds 4K and there are no plans for an 8K successor.
The answer could be an online video, but no, since it is currently being delivered by the main transmission services: Transmission services use compressed video formats, and that is anathema for the type of people who care enough for the image quality to buy a television or 8K TV or projector, and pay the 8K movies.
The bits rate for 8K is huge, so much that IEEE has produced a role in this regard. If it is delivered through Netflix or the other best transmission services, it would come with such compressed colors that the additional resolution would be meaningless compensation. If we can have a higher bits rate transmission, I prefer that we have 4K of better quality, closer than you get from the best 4K Blu-ray players.
Speaking of that, the answer could be KaleidesCape. The firm performs high-end films transmitters and also offers downloads, and its films are delivered from the same quality as 4K Blu-Rays. He has just joined the 8K United 8K Alliance to “play a fundamental role in the configuration of the future of premium house.” An equivalent 8K movie of Qobuz’s Hi-RES audio downloads could be convincing, although it could also be very expensive.
However, it is clear that something is needed, because the 8K content shortage is clearly worrying television firms and keeping low sales numbers: Sony has silently confirmed that it is moving away from 8K television manufacturing for the moment and other manufacturers such as LG have not announced new 8K models for some time.
I am excited about the idea that 8k quality movies are available at home, but they need to reach people in a way that makes them superior to what we have now, or everything will be useless.
