Even with the paucity of content and the inability of most people to see the benefit of the upgrade, 8K TVs are still a fairly new, premium product. That comes at a premium cost, sometimes as much as double the price of a comparable 4K TV.
The best way to compare prices of 4K TVs vs. 8K TVs is to use TVs from a comparable model series. Samsung has both 4K and 8K TVs available as part of its Neo QLED series, so that seems like as good a place as any to start. At 65 inches, the starting size for Samsung’s 8K TVs, there are two 4K TVs in the Neo QLED series: The 65-inch version of the QN85C that retails for $1,999.99 and its counterpart among the QN90C models, which has an MSRP of $2,799.99. At 8K, that retail price goes up to $3,499.99 for the 65-inch iteration of the QN800C and a whopping $4,999.99 for its 65-inch QN900C cousin. As this is being written, Samsung does have a sale on these models, but even at discounted prices, the 8K TVs are still around double the price of their 4K cousins.
The difference is even more stark if we take a look at LG’s TVs. Samsung’s fellow South Korean electronics behemoth has TVs at both resolutions in its PUA Series, with 77 inches being the overlapping size. In that case, the 8K version retails for more than three times the price of the 4K version: $9,999.99 for the 8K panel as opposed to $3,299.99 for the 4K one.
