Omdia's Paul Gray reacts to our op-ed from a few weeks ago on the speed of technology adoption applied to 8K. He pokes some holes in our reasoning, but also has an exciting vision of video's "orthogonal shift" to something new: live events experienced together around a huge 8K display. Read ben Schwarz's interview of Paul here.

RED has unveiled their latest camera – the RED V-RAPTOR 8K VV DSMC3 cinema camera. Key highlights are the new sensor that can capture DCI-8K at 120 fps and the affordable price: $24,500 which is available now on B&H. To support the launch, the RED team and distinguished DPs staged a live Q&A session that featured over 1000 attendees. RAPTOR joins the 6K KOMODO camera in the new DSMC3 line. Read More

Reported here by TV Technology is a new Atomos Ninja V+ firmware that supports 8K ProRes RAW recording with a Canon EOS R5. If you're reading this on Tuesday morning, you might still have time to sign up to listen to Atomos and content creator Levi Allen live on the 7th of September talking about the first-ever content shot in 8K Apple ProRes RAW here.

BT Sport’s Jamie Hindhaugh and Tiledmedia’s Rob Koenen join host Jake Smith to talk about delivering 8K virtual reality (VR) with 360° views to sports fans on mobile devices. Jamie and Rob go into detail about the bit rates, hardware decoders, software, compute power, and other components necessary to bring such high-resolution video, including customized replays, to users. Read the article here.

Samsung has launched a Labor Day sale that runs through Sept. 15 in the U.S. Price reductions of $1,200 or $600 are offered on the QN900A Samsung Neo QLED 8K Smart TV and QN800A TV lines. take a look here.

Planar Lifestyle Display Deliver Unmatched Visual Experience (217" 8K microLED display)