16K resolution is a

display resolution The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor, or other display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resoluti ...

with approximately 16,000 pixels horizontally. The most commonly discussed 16K resolution as of 2025, is , which doubles the pixel count of

8K UHD Ultra-high-definition television (also known as Ultra HD television, Ultra HD, UHDTV, UHD and Super Hi-Vision) today includes 4K UHD and 8K UHD, which are two digital video formats with an aspect ratio of 16:9. These were first proposed by ...

in each dimension, for a total of four times as many pixels. This resolution has 132.7 megapixels, 16 times as many pixels as

4K resolution 4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of approximately 4,000 pixels. Digital television and digital cinematography commonly use several different 4K resolutions. In television and consumer media, 38402160 (4K UHD) with a 16:9 asp ...

and 64 times as many pixels as

1080p 1080p (1920 × 1080 progressively displayed pixels; also known as Full HD or FHD, and BT.709) is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the sc ...

resolution. As of May 2025, 16K resolutions can be run in prototype displays, large public displays or using multi-monitor setups with

AMD Eyefinity AMD Eyefinity is a brand name for AMD video card products that support multi-monitor setups by integrating multiple (up to six) display controllers on one GPU. AMD Eyefinity was introduced with the Radeon HD 5000 series "Evergreen" in September ...

, or

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Surround or Mosaic Technology.

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In 2016,

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announced a target for their future graphics cards to support 16K resolution with a refresh rate of 240Hz for " true immersion" in VR. Linus Tech Tips released a series of videos in 2017 attempting to play video games at 16K using sixteen 4K monitors. In 2018, US filmmaker

Martin Lisius Martin Lisius is an American filmmaker and storm chaser. He founded Stormstock, StormStock, a weather and climate stock footage collection, in 1993, and Tempest Tours, a storm chasing expedition company, in 2000. In 2018, he produced and directed ...

released a short

time-lapse Time-lapse photography is a technique in which the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than the frequency used to view the sequence. When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and th ...

film titled, "Prairie Wind" that he produced using a 2-camera

Canon EOS 5DS The Canon EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R (marketed as the EOS 5Ds and EOS 5Ds R in Japan) are two closely related digital SLR cameras announced by Canon on February 6, 2015. Both are professional full-frame cameras with 50.3-megapixe ...

system he developed. Two still images were stitched together to create one pixel image and then rendered as 16K resolution video with an extremely wide aspect ratio of . This is among the first known 16K videos to exist. Innolux displayed the world's first 100-inch 16K () display module at Touch Taiwan in August 2018.

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introduced a commercial 16K display at NAB 2019 that is set to be released in Japan. It is made up of 576 modules (each ) in a formation of 48 by 12 modules, forming a screen with a aspect ratio. On June 26, 2019, VESA formally released the

DisplayPort DisplayPort (DP) is a digital interface used to connect a video source, such as a Personal computer, computer, to a display device like a Computer monitor, monitor. Developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), it can also car ...

2.0 standard with support for one 16K (-pixel) display supporting 30-bit-per-pixel 4:4:4

RGB The RGB color model is an additive color model in which the red, green, and blue primary colors of light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three ...

/ -color HDR video at a refresh rate of 60 Hz using

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video compression.

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, an entertainment venue located in

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, opened with a wraparound interior

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screen on September 29, 2023. According to Sphere Entertainment, the screen within the theater is 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m²) and supports a 16K (-pixel) resolution, making it the highest resolution LED screen in the world.

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