8K TVs Are Stunning Engineering Feats. You Shouldn’t Buy One.
created: June 16, 2025, 9:31 p.m. | updated: June 21, 2025, 3:57 a.m.
By that time, 8K TVs were much more reasonably priced, but still in high-end territory.
I got my initial glimpse of the first mainstream 8K TVs a little before that, in late 2019.
To make up for the lack of content in their original resolution, 8K TVs will upscale lower-resolution footage to match theirs.
That’s a lot of coin, especially considering the lack of native 8K content I mentioned above.
Rather than spending so much money on one 8K TV, consider investing in an excellent 4K TV and a soundbar, or a full surround sound system.
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