Don't hold your breath waiting for 8k. This monitor is great for it's intended purpose, but there really is little point to 8k video or gaming unless we start using really giant monitors and TVs. 4K is already great, to make 8K worth the upgrade on a TV you'd probably be looking at 100+ inch TVs.

You have nothing to worry about. 8K is a long ways off. 4K has been around for a while now but only last year did it really start getting talked about by a more mainstream audience. Also the best GPUs currently wouldn't be able to handle it. If a 4K TV is what you're looking at, it's a safe buy.

And NHK have been working on 8k and 16k for about 20 years, I got to see these in the labs in Japan long ago, That doesn't mean they will ever become mainstream products.

We are really hitting increasingly diminishing returns after 4k, you need really giant screens for 8k to be worthwhile. They would be much better off focusing on improving contrast ratios and color depth at this point.

How is 4k a waste? It not even main stream yet. Don't even want to know how much this cost. Even the best PCs struggle with 60fps and 4k and you want 8k already? Patience my friend.