8K breaky heart
It’ll empty your wallet and fill up your wall, but prepare to fall hard for Samsung’s ultra-sharp telly
[ Words Simon Lucas ]
£7999/ stuff.tv/Q950TS
As reasons to splurge on a new TV go, the UK launch of Disney+ coinciding with the Prime Minister telling us to stay indoors is a pretty compelling one. But coming up with an excuse to spend eight thousand pounds on said TV is a little trickier… unless, of course, the set in question turns out to be somewhat future-proofed and sounds incredible.
Samsung has been one of the major pushers of 8K for a couple of years now, yet its 2020 range seems - at first glance - no more compelling than last year’s. They’re still expensive, there’s almost no native content around (Japanese broadcaster NHK had planned to broadcast the Tokyo Olympics in 8K), and it’s not like every home has even taken up 4K yet.