Sharp released the AQUOS 4K Next 4K LCD TV, with a 4K LCD panel employing Sharp’s proprietary 4-colour*1 technology for combining red, green, blue, and yellow sub-pixels to enable 8K-equivalent resolution*2, as well as the world’s first*3 8K upscaling circuit for rendering 8K images. *1 Sharp’s 4-colour concept was designed for use with displays; it differs from the conventional three-primary-colour concept of light and colour. *2 Evaluation Sharp released the AQUOS 4K Next 4K LCD TV, with a 4K LCD panel employing Sharp’s proprietary 4-colour*1 technology for combining red, green, blue, and yellow sub-pixels to enable 8K-equivalent resolution*2, as well as the world’s first*3 8K upscaling circuit for rendering 8K images. *1 Sharp’s 4-colour concept was designed for use with displays; it differs from the conventional three-primary-colour concept of light and colour. *2 Evaluation of the resolution of a brightness signal manipulated by Sharp using a 7,680 (H) x 4,320 (V) resolution chart. Not compatible with external device input of 8K resolution (video) or receiving of 8K broadcast. *3 As of May 21, 2015; for commercially available 4K LCD TVs with an 8K upscaling circuit.
