When we talk about improvements in the performance of the tablets, we check how manufacturers do not focus on one feature, but that they undertake gradual changes with the aim of achieving more balanced terminals possible. Obviously, this is the road map to be followed to get on the one hand, success, and on the other, the best experience possible use by users. A tablet with a very powerful processor means nothing if low count with autonomy as a model with a large screen, hinders the viewing of images if you do not have a resolution commensurate with its size.
On other occasions, I have counted as some firms, they are dedicated to design and produce devices convertible or 2 in 1 in order to revive its sales figures in a sector that has been a while showing signs of saturation and depletion by consumers. Virtual reality, also has become one of the chosen by brands to launch new terminals that adapt to the current context. However, one of the breakthroughs that we see from the end of this year, will come from an increase in the resolution of the panels. Then we will see what changes we can see in this feature, at least in the short term, and how it will impact on the future of our tablets.
The current situation
Firstly, we must have an idea the closest possible what we are currently seeing in the sector. Today, and as we have stated on other occasions, the diversification is a factor with too much weight. In the field of the image, this translates into terminals ranging from 7 inches or even less, to the new generation of devices that exceed the 18 and the Samsung Galaxy View is an example of that. On the other hand, the High-definition, which until a couple of years ago was something that only a few manufacturers, has become very quickly with a turnaround that makes currently, almost all marketed tablets have this feature and increase it up to 4 K or Quad High Definition. Once again, companies like Samsung, Lenovo and especially Sony, are the pioneers.
The future: 8K
A few months ago I had about the pros and cons of the HD formats in our tablets and smartphones and commented, higher resolutions should go linked to an improvement of other features like the processor, GPU and battery so that they were able to withstand a higher parameters in terms of image. On the other hand, you said that an improvement of this feature may not have a significant impact on the display of the contents due to own physiology of the human eye, that could not distinguish more images when a certain threshold is exceeded. However, this is not an impediment so that, from the end of the year, we begin to see tablets with an approximate resolution of 7680 × 4320 pixels, i.e. 8 K. With it, improving the sharpness also comes from increasing the density of pixels, from the 400-500 points per inch we are accustomed to seeing in current models, up to 850 approximately.
Who is incorporating it?
We might think that remarkable breakthrough in the field of image could come from the hand of large companies that already made history in such a while ago. However, experimentation with the 8 K comes from some Chinese firms among which we highlight Tianma, a mark practically unknown, at least in our country and which has recently featured in the Display Week in San Francisco, one of which will be their tablets star and intends to be the first sector to incorporate this new development and that at the moment , only know that you have this resolution within a panel of 10.4 inch.
The big jump in the sector?
As in many other aspects of consumer electronics, time and users experiences, are those who determine the success or failure of own terminals but also, of the progress that we are seeing in them little by little. In the case of the 8 K, it is still early to ensure that you will be the future characteristics of image if we bear in mind that currently, 4 k content are coming to a quiet rhythm and tablets capable of supporting these resolutions, are more than which they were little more than one year ago, but that still does not represent the bulk of the devices found in the market.
After learning more about what can be one of the trends that can follow the sector in the coming years and intends to be one of the keys to the recovery of the sales figures, do you think that the 8 K will have a massive implementation and that it will be the great leap forward in terms of the performance of image, or however do you think that something will be which will count only the terminals high and at one higher cost? You have available more information as for example, other changes that we are seeing in this field in 2016 so that you can say to yourselves.
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