[monadic6]

Why is it 8k and not 16k? I thought it was proportional to the logarithm of the number of pixels.

[tverbeure]

We went from 1920 wide to 3840 to 7680.

A step of 4x give or take in number of total pixels each time.

It’s a logical progression?

But either way, 8K is already pushing the limits of what today’s video transports can carry. 16K is currently impossible.

Uncompressed 8K/60Hz requires >64% of the max BW of DisplayPort 2.0 (which is not even on the market yet.) That’s why he needed 2 DP cables.

You can check out video timing requirements here: https://tomverbeure.github.io/video_timings_calculator

[AnthonBerg]

I believe it's the result of the semi-random crystallization of the effective consensus about what word to use. Partly also what feels like "the next one after".