While the 4K resolution appears to be the new standard in the near future, a lot of displays and televisions being sold at the moment are still marketed as having a Full HD resolution. However to keep up with the times, YouTube recently started to experiment offering 4K video to its users, although this proved to be a rather horrible experience for those whose computers can’t support it.
That being said it looks like if you thought the stutter and load times for a 4K video was bad, it looks like YouTube has upped the ante by introducing support for 8K videos. Yup, this is a resolution that has yet to become fully mainstream but it seems that YouTube plans on staying ahead of the curve rather than play catchup.
Now according to YouTube, they told the folks at 9to5Google that apparently 8K video has been supported since 2010, although it was only recently that they started to offer the option and label in their videos this “earlier this year”, although admittedly this is the first time that many have noticed it there.
The video that demonstrates the 8K resolution is dubbed Ghost Towns which was recorded on a RED Epic Dragon 6K camera, and stitched together using Adobe After Effects. You can check out the video above for yourself but unless you have the necessary hardware to be able to support a smooth 8K playback, chances are you will be experiencing a very, very choppy video.
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