Every bead of sweat, bulging vein and straining sinew on the faces of the world's top athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will be beamed to viewers in ultra-sharp 8K resolution next July.
It promises to be a watershed moment for the next big thing in the television business - 8K television sets that offer four times the number of pixels as existing 4K models and hence a higher degree of visual fidelity.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 03, 2019, with the headline Pixel perfect? But the next-gen technology and TV makers face obstacles. Subscribe