8K - What is it, who offers it and what is the average cost?

Life-like rendering of a 3D image complete with eyelashes and rosy lips.

Have you heard about 8K?

It is the newest photo enhancement technology capable of using your 3D or HD ultrasound image to transform it into a life-like picture with enhanced detail of your baby. This technology is an enhancement (a manipulation of an already existing 3D or HD image of your baby). Most ultrasound businesses that offer the 8K technology are actually getting your permission to send your picture off to a third party (that owns the rights to the technology) for their transformation of your photo. You can actually contact the 8K company yourself, for a fee, and receive your 8K photo from that third party company. These companies request that you upload the best quality picture of all the ones you have, pay for the process and then get your new 8K photo in a fairly short turn-around time frame. Though 8K companies charge different prices, the average is $20-$40 for one photo, depending on how much "enhancement" (or manipulation) is needed to clean up the photo. You send your photo file to them in jpeg format by email and receive your new 8K photo back in jpeg format via email.

Womb With a View (Lancaster) now has a relationship with RealBabyUltrasound. This company allows you to preview your 8K picture for free before you purchase it; that way you know exactly what you are receiving. This relationship allows our in-office purchasing clients to contact RealBabyUltrasound and receive a discount with their cart. The main benefit of their app vs. any competitors is that (1) you (the client) get the 8k image in 2 minutes (automatically), (2) you can choose the skin color and (3) they offer remarkable quality. Though there are many companies out there, we have taken the time to look into this one and believe it is worth your consideration. Our recommendation should not supersede your due diligence with your research but rather give you an option that we have researched.

We believe in sharing with our clients all new information, technology and new options in our 3D/HD ultrasound world. RealBabyUltrasound.com has given us a discount code. If you are a client of ours, ask at the front desk to receive your discount code or call us. Once we have verified that you came to our shop, we will gladly share the code with you for a 30% discount on an 8k photo. If you have more questions, please give us a call.