Troy Powers

AV Systems Support Lead, Northwestern University

Company Type

AV/IT Integration End User IT/Software Development Live Events/Meeting Planning Media Other Video/Film Production

Department

AV Management Consulting Customer Service Design Engineering Facilities Management Installation IT Product Management Project Management

Language

English

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May 08, 2025

While I appreciate the enthusiasm for 8K, I’ll be honest—I’m not interested. When a manufacturer brings it up to me, I usually laugh and stop listening. Why? Because content is king. And where is the 8K content? Honestly, for the higher ed vertical I’m still asking, where’s the 4K content?

I don’t want 8K. I don’t even want 4K. The reality is that these ultra-high resolutions often shrink down our content elements so much they become unusable in a classroom setting. Nobody is designing educational content with these resolutions in mind, and the end result is often worse, not better, for teaching and learning.

So until and unless display manufacturers get content creators on board to actually design and deliver meaningful, high-res educational content, please stop trying to sell me anything above HD. I’m only going to downscale it anyway.