UST (Ultra Short Throw) projectors have become popular alternatives to flat panel TVs and long throw projectors due to their huge screen sizes, relatively simple installation and affordable prices. Until now, UST projectors have topped off their resolution at 4K. But that is changing now with the introduction of a new 8K resolution UST projector from Samsung: the Premiere 8K.
Featuring four times the number of pixels as a standard 4K projector this new model from Samsung will offer oodles of detail, high brightness and contrast due to a laser light source and a number of advancements to ease the set-up process.
One of the trickiest parts of UST projector setup is getting the focus and screen geometry correct. The Premiere 8K will include automatic focus, automatic keystone and automatic leveling to ensure that the projected image is perfectly optimized for its specific placement and screen.
The Premiere 8K projector will also feature Samsung's robust Smart TV platform and a premium Dolby Atmos sound solution designed by Harman Kardon (which is now a Samsung company).
As to how the Samsung will create that 8K resolution, we believe it will be using the rumored new 0.94" DLP DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) from Texas Instruments. It will use quad pixel shifting to generate a full 8K resolution image from that 4K imaging chip. Pixel shifting is commonly used in DLP projectors today to increase the resolution from 1920x1080 pixels to 4K (using the 0.47" DLP chip) or from 2716x1528 pixels to 4K (using the 0.67" DLP chip), but to do 8K resolution, this projector will need a higher resolution imaging device.
The 0.94" TI DMD was sort of already announced by Hisense as being part of their upcoming 8K UST projector but neither Hisense nor Texas Instruments (nor Samsung) have confirmed any details about the device. We expect more information to become available as these projectors get closer to production.
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