TV resolutions are a jumble of letters and numbers like 4K, 8K, 1080p and UHD, among others. Most new TVs are 4K, but is that the same as UHD? Is a 8K TV twice as good as a 4K TV? Spoiler for that ...

If you’ve shopped for a new TV, monitor, laptop, or game console over the last decade or so, you’ve probably seen the phrase “4K UHD” on most web pages, ads, and product boxes you’ve come across.

Television resolutions have become a moving target in the last ten years—every time a consumer decides to jump in with both feet and buy the apparent latest model, better screens seem to appear on the ...