Will we see an 8k iMac?

[Baldwin]

Hello, good afternoon.

Probably you know that in the CES 2015 event, Sharp and other brands have introduced the world highest resolution: 8k.
Well, LG announced that a new iMac 8k will arrive this year. You can see it here: http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/06/lg-pu...ill-release-imac-8k-with-8k-screen-this-year/.

This can be a Little bit stupid because actually there are no components to support that resolution fluently (But Windows 10 will). That's why I think this is a Little bit strange.

I'd like to know if this is true because if I'm right LG posted that in the April Fool day. Also, when you try to enter the official link to that post (to verify if the information is true) YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION: April Fools?
Do you think that Apple is going to launch an 8k iMac?

And also I'd like to know why we cannot see the LG oficial page where it says that stuff (http://lgdnewsroom.com/). The page is like "invisible".

April fools?

This is the image to the oficial post by LG.

A few hours ago I was trying to see why cannot we see the content of that page and the browser says: "The browser can connect to the page, but the web rejected to show information, you must be logged to see the info". If you try to connect you'll see that the web is totally White (you don't have permission to watch the page).

Open Google Translator and try to translate that page to another language. Your browser will told you the message I writte before: "You must be logged to watch the content".
What's happening? Did LG make a mistake?

I hope you can help me.
Thanks.

 

[Baldwin]

Anyone knows if it's true?

 

[Rakehellion]

Does anyone know if an unconfirmed rumor is true? No, we don't.

 

[SKORPI0]

Anyone knows if it's true?

Of course, October 2018. :sneaky:
Intel i9 12-core @ 5GHz, AMD GPU 16GB(DP 1.4), 64GB DDR5 memory, 32" (7680×4320), OSX 11 Mount Everest.

 

[Kadarin]

Anyone knows if it's true?

Apple would announce something like this at a press event, at which point you would know when it would be available for purchase.

To drive 8K at any reasonable framerate, you'd need video cards with significant video ram and performance. Not sure you're going to get that out of something that will fit within the physical and thermal limitations of the iMac.

But it sure would be cool.

 

[StinkyPinky]

They only just did 5K so I doubt it.

 

[KeithP]

Did you read that article? The LG document said, in part,...

Apple has also announced that they will release the ‘iMac 8K’ with a super-high resolution display later this year.

Clearly this is false. Apple has made no such announcement. The likely scenario is whoever at LG was writing this document was basing their information on old information about the 5K document and either they made a typo or there was a typo in their source material.

And yes, I believe this has been covered before.

-KeithP

 

[redheeler]

Anyone knows if it's true?

It won't be happening anytime soon. With 5K still fairly new, the effort and expense of fitting 8K into a 27" display isn't worth it at this point. Not to mention that the quality gain won't be nearly as much as 1440p to 5K.

The only new iMac display I expect to be announced later this year is a 21.5" 4K one.