I don't want to be like a party pooper, but there is no 8K nor 4K nor 2K (1920 * 1080) footage anywhere.
Here is from CMSE web site.
By reading the source code of the website, I found the original file
I downloaded it and examined and played it. It is 1536 x 810 which is less than 2K. Also the bit rate is only 1.3Mb/s (h.264) which is very low meaning it is aggressively compressed. So you see lots of blocks and blurs. The file is only 22MB. A decently compressed 8K of such length would be 160 times larger at h.264, close to 3.52GB. 16 times of pixels and 10 times bitrate.
Hosting a piece of high quality 8K video even only 2 minutes long is not easy task for a non-video-professional web site such as CMSE.
I am quite disappointed of CMSE's PR work in this case. The source footage is 8K, but by releasing a heavily downgraded footage due to limitation of IT resources, the PR outcome is bad. 1. It diminishes the achievement of the equipment. 2. It gives people the feeling that 8K is no better than their 10 year old TV. 3. For the worst, it gives internet trolls the "evidence" of "China's 8K tech is just trash".
I would have expected CMSE not to release anything if they can not find a professional video hosting platform.
