BOE has showcased a massive 110-inch 16K TV which is a great and refreshing alternative to projectors. The TV prototype was presented at the SID Display Week 2023 in Los Angeles. The BOE 16K TV offers greater display clarity over the lower 4K and 8K models. The prototype offers a four-fold increase in pixels above an 8K screen and 16 times the pixels count over a 4K TV.
The unveiling of the new BOE 110-inch 16K
TV coincides with the Chinese company’s 30th Anniversary celebration. The SID
Display Week 2023 brings together a rich collection of cutting-edge resolution
screens. The prototype is about the same size as home theater projectors but
with a more powerful 16K resolution. The leading home theater projectors cannot
boast of anything near a 16K resolution.
The prototype has a pretty underwhelming
maximum brightness of 400 nits compared to up to 1,400 nits from the best
projectors and TVs. The frame rate on offer for the BOE prototype is 60Hz while
some current TVs offer up to 120Hz. The prototype also comes with an LCD panel
as opposed to an OLED, QLED, or Mini-LED. It has to be stated that this is
still a prototype and could possibly not make its way to the market.
The BOE 110-inch 16K TV prototype has 16
DisplayPort cables which look quite clumsy. It would seem that the flipside of
a 16K screen trumps the benefits. There is a little sprinkling of models/
prototypes with 16K screens. The BOE 16K TV prototype may have a long
trajectory if it is to transit into a production model. It is however interesting
that the TV could be a stepping-stone to more developed models. Maybe in the
nearest future, we will get a true 16K model with excellent features and few
drawbacks.
