- Warner Bros has scanned over 20 movies in 8K
- Scanning from movies, including 70 mm
- But is there any point for 8K over streaming?
One of the major disadvantages of the best 8K -TVs is that there is precious little 8K content to look at. But Warner Bros’ latest news suggests that good things are coming. Over 20 good things, in fact as a start.
Warner Bros, who spoke at the NAB 2025 event this week, said it has scanned over 20 films in 8K. As Flatpanelshd reports, it did not name the movies, but it said the scanned movie that was filmed on film including movies filmed at 70 mm in 8K. It is a combination of the home theater sky.
The study has previously joined forces with Samsung to deliver 8K movie trailers to Creed III, Barbie, Blue Beetle, Dune: Part Two, Wonka and Aquaman and the lost rich. And Apple also produces 8K entertainment, albeit with a focus on Vision Pro so far.
The news that there is more 8K entertainment is big, but there is still something missing before we can think that the 8K future is actually coming.
8K Home Entertainment: What’s missing
The big question that is remaining is: How do we actually get our 8K entertainment in a way that makes jumps to 8K actually worth it?
There is a huge, disc-shaped hole in the high quality ecosystem: Blu-ray tops out at 4K and there are no plans for an 8K subsequent.
The answer may be online video, but not as it is currently provided by the major streaming services: Streaming services use compressed video formats, and it is Anathema for the kind of people who are interested in image quality to buy an 8K TV or projector, and to pay for 8K movies.
Bitrate for 8K is huge, so much that IEEE has produced a paper about it. If delivered via Netflix or the other best streaming services, it would come with such compressed colors that the extra resolution would be a meaningless trade -off. If we can have a higher bitrate streaming, I’d rather we just had 4K of better quality, closer to what you get from the best 4K Blu-ray players.
When we talk about it, the answer could be Kaleidescape. The company manufactures advanced movies streams and also delivers downloads, and its films come with the same high quality as 4K Blu rays. It is just connected to the connected 8K alliance to “play a key role in the design of the future of Premium Home Cinema”. An 8K film equivalent with Qobuz’s Hi-Res sound transfers could be compelling-even it could also be very expensive.
However, it is clear that something is needed because the lack of 8K content clearly worries the TV companies and keeps sales numbers low: Sony has calmly confirmed that it is going away from 8K TV making for the time being and other manufacturers like LG have not announced new 8K models for some time.
I am excited about the idea that 70 mm movies on 8K quality are available at home, but they have to reach out to people in a way that makes them superior what we have now or it will all be meaningless.
