{"id":107867,"date":"2016-10-13T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T08:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=107867"},"modified":"2016-10-13T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T09:04:16","slug":"this-prototype-8k-120hz-monitor-is-the-future-of-pc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/107867-this-prototype-8k-120hz-monitor-is-the-future-of-pc-gaming","title":{"rendered":"This prototype 8K 120Hz monitor is the future of PC gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the PC gaming world is busy trying to grasp 4K gaming, Sharp has gone ahead and built a prototype 8K 120Hz monitor.<\/p>\n

The device was showcased at the CEATEC technology show in Japan, where PC Watch<\/a><\/strong> captured some images of the monitor.<\/p>\n

This resolution is currently far beyond the average PC gamer’s reach, but it does show that resolution is no longer a limiting factor on gaming graphics quality, as the 8K panel features four times as many pixels as a 4K panel.<\/p>\n

The monitor makes use of a new transistor material to deliver both unprecedented resolution and contrast range.<\/p>\n

Check out the specifications and details below:<\/p>\n

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Specifications<\/h3>\n

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Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Display<\/strong><\/td>\n27-inch IPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Resolution<\/strong><\/td>\n7,680 x 4,320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Refesh Rate<\/strong><\/td>\n120Hz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pixel Density<\/strong><\/td>\n326 ppi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brightness<\/strong><\/td>\n1,000 nits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Technology<\/h3>\n

While the 8K resolution is certainly impressive, it is not the most important feature of the prototype monitor.<\/p>\n

Above a resolution of 4K, increasing resolution and subsequently pixel density starts to have diminishing returns, and more visual improvement can be found in other areas.<\/p>\n

The Sharp prototype monitor accounts for this by meeting the contrast and colour range standards for HDR<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At resolutions this high, the wider range and contrast that HDR delivers will make a far more noticeable difference than simply increasing pixel count.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are no HDR gaming monitors widely available for purchase, and while they may begin appearing on the market soon, they will only be accessible to high-end gamers with 4K-capable hardware.<\/p>\n

The monitor uses a new\u00a0semiconductor material called IGZO<\/strong>, which boasts electron mobility up to 50 times higher than that of silicon.<\/p>\n

Sharp’s prototype monitor is certainly impressive, and its ability to deliver 8K HDR visuals at a refresh rate of 120Hz gives us an idea of what to expect from gaming monitors in the next few years.<\/p>\n

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Now read:\u00a0Everything you need to know about buying a gaming monitor in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sharp’s prototype gaming monitor is the next step for PC gaming display technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":107869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585,7],"tags":[22741,14016,2664,21905,15713,15397,2635,17560,11140],"class_list":["post-107867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","category-hardware","tag-120hz","tag-8k","tag-gaming","tag-hdr","tag-monitor","tag-pc","tag-prototype","tag-resolution","tag-sharp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}