8K Association announces specs and certification program for 8K projectors

8K Association Announces Specifications and Certification Program for 8K Projectors

BEAVERTON, OR — The 8K Association (8KA), a not-for-profit trade organization composed of key technology companies in the consumer and professional 8K ecosystem, today announced completion of performance specifications and the launch of a certification program for 8K projectors. This latest performance standard is another milestone for the Association, who this year brought the 8K message to a number of global trade events and also released a new highly regarded technical White Paper.

The work conducted by the 8KA’s technical and certification committees – whose members include representatives from AUO, Google, Hisense, Intel, MediaTek, Novatek, Panasonic, Samsung, TCL, TPVision and Xperi – focused on several factors, including critical performance areas that help define the overall 8K visual and aural experience. These new specifications will help to deliver a premium end-user experience:

• Full 8K resolution, which reproduces faithfully all of the details found in the original image.
• Brightness and Contrast, which ensures that details remain vivid, even in the brightest highlights and deepest shadows.
• Wide Color Gamut, that defines the range, accuracy and consistency of the colors a projector can reproduce.
• High-Dynamic Range (HDR), which complements these attributes by enhancing the projector’s brightness and contrast even further.
• 8K Upscaling, which leverages advanced algorithms to convert lower resolution content to near 8K quality.
• Immersive Audio, that utilizes the latest multi-channel & Next Generation Audio (NGA) formats to create sound fields that complement 8K video.

To further underscore the importance of this, the 8KA will also be administering a performance certification and logo program which will help promote the key benefits that 8K projectors can provide, to both manufacturers and consumers alike.

According to 8K Association president Bill Mandel, “Over the past year, experts from some of the industry’s leading companies worked tirelessly to develop these 8K projector specifications and certification program. Their work will help to ensure that future 8K display devices deliver an unparalleled level of super realism and immersion”.