There’s no 8K video being created, but having 16 times the resolution of a standard HD screen gets you bragging rights.

Samsung reveals new Neo QLED 8K televisions

4K video is so yesterday.

Okay, I’m being facetious, but the fact that Samsung held an event today to promote new televisions and focused on its line of Neo QLED 8K screens tells you where things are headed.

And I must say that from a distance, these new televisions are very slick indeed. The are also priced accordingly.

The QN800B, for example, is $4,600 in 65-inch, $6,300 in 75-inch, and $8,500 in 85-inch.

The premium QN900B is $7,000 for the 65-inch, $9,000 for the 75-inch, and $12,000 for the 85-inch model.

Samsung’s QLED screens use mini LEDs with a proprietary backlight dimming system that delivers darker blacks than standard LED screens.

And while there’s virtually no 8K programming (there’s precious little 4K programming, to be honest), these televisions upscale the image to approximate 8K. That’s more than 30 million pixels and its four times the resolution (7680 × 4320) of a 4K screen (3840 × 2160), which is four times the resolution of high definition (1920 × 1080), which didn’t really become popular until the mid 2000s.

We’re at the very beginning of the shift to 8K so there’s no need to rush out and get one of these televisions. But it’s neat to see what the manufacturers are doing.