Sony Showing Processor Capable of 8K HDR With 10,000 Nits of Peak Brightness

Sony is using CES to showcase a prototype of its “X1 Ultimate” processor for future TVs, said CEO Kazuo Hirai at Sony’s Monday pre-CES news conference. The X1 Ultimate has twice the “real-time processing power” of Sony’s existing X1 Extreme processor, he said. X1 Ultimate “optimizes and delivers unprecedented picture quality, whether it’s for a 4K, 8K, LCD or an OLED panel,” he said. At Sony’s CES booth, the X1 Ultimate prototype “processes 8K HDR in real time” at up to 10,000 nits of peak brightness, he said.