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Apple Expected to Launch New iMacs With Improved Processors and Display Quality This Quarter

pearvsapple said:
They are finally keeping up with TVs by using phosphor LEDs for wider-than-OLED color gamut. Pointless though, as DCI P3 and Adobe RGB are useless. It's either sRGB or full Rec 2020.
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Only if your goal is to consume media, instead of creating it.
Adobe RGB and wider gamuts make a big difference for photo editing for example.
 
Wide color gamut only matter when they can get it to cover the full Rec 2020 color gamut, which is what everyone is pushing for. Quantum dot prototypes can already reach ~93% of Rec 2020. The future will be glorious.
 
macs4nw said:
Hold on just a little bit longer. It looks like Apple has been waiting all this time for the DisplayPort 1.3 standard, combined with Skylake, (which will support Thunderbolt3), both of which are necessary for 5k. DisplayPort 1.3, which was finalized last Sept, by itself can only do 4k.

In the current retina iMac, Apple got around this limitation by ignoring the standards and fusing two DisplayPort 1.2 pipes internally with a custom timing controller (TCON), but this obviously wouldn't work for external displays. With Skylake now just around the corner, the time is right and Apple could release 5k TB monitors, and my guess is they will do so fairly soon, so you may get your wish before too long.
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Very interesting, thanks for the info. But that would mean I'd need a computer with Skylake right? Would it work on Haswell with TB 2?
 
Lame is all I can say and that is due to still using HDDs and no GPU. Such a ripoff for a gimped machine. The screen is amazing though. Apple should just sell the screens separately and not sell a crap computer. I'd buy a whole bunch of those screens.
 
macs4nw said:
Hold on just a little bit longer. It looks like Apple has been waiting all this time for the DisplayPort 1.3 standard, combined with Skylake, (which will support Thunderbolt3), both of which are necessary for 5k. DisplayPort 1.3, which was finalized last Sept, by itself can only do 4k.
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This will be interesting to follow. Dp1.3 do support 5k easily, but TB3 won't support dp1.3 by itself, but typeC could. Will Apple be the first to implement dp1.3 to typeC? We'll see...
 
Menopause said:
Very interesting, thanks for the info. But that would mean I'd need a computer with Skylake right? Would it work on Haswell with TB 2?
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From your original post I'm not sure if you're talking about an iMac with additional external monitor, or a MacPro, but either way YES, in a normal straightforward set-up, to display 5k you need TB3 (which has now switched to the new USB-C connector btw), which will show up on Skylake.

But if you must, 5k can however be accomplished with Haswell if you have at least two TB2 ports (which incorporate MiniDisplayPort 1.2), using a dual-cable DisplayPort setup.

Personally I'm very excited by the new USB-C standard which is supported by over 700 companies, and these reversible little ports are going to show up on just about anything from desktops and laptops to peripherals and cellphones. Now that the latest ThunderBolt iteration has switched to the USB-C connector, the debate over TB vs USB can finally be over, and everyone can enjoy their preferred interface, whether that's USB3.1 or ThunderBolt 3, the USB-C connector does it all, DisplayPort, HDMI, 100 Watts of power, USB, and VGA or Ethernet.

USB-C is all set to become the premier connector for the foreseeable future. TB3 over USB-C is still at the top of the heap as far as speed and bandwidth are concerned but with expected licensing fees and the price of the chips to still be pricey, it will probably remain more of a professional solution, with many people instead opting for the cheaper USB3.1 interface. Exciting times.....
 
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The display on my RiMac is excellent. The only complaint I have with it is the black level. Black is just a bit too close to dark gray in appearance for my taste on this display. Maybe this will be improved.
 
TB2 has dp1.2 and TB3 has dp1.2. Why there would be difference in handling 5k monitors?
Black level issue is about IPS or VA panel type. VA gives deeper blacks, but viewing angle is more limited.
 
How about offering a truly "anti-glare" screen for us graphics professionals who have to stare at our screens and push pixels for countless hours non-stop every day? There's still entirely too much glare on the current models of iMacs and display panels. Enough already.
 
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JXShine said:
maybe they will finally smarten up and put ssd as the default configuration. Oh who am I kidding, apple really needs money, they have to continue with the 5400rpm HDD or else they can't fund their spaceship campus.
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SSDs still have a much higher failure rate; No thanks as a default. I love to use them and hate to sell them to customers even though I make more on them.

What they need to do is to start stocking more than 1 configuration. Upgraded CPU with SSD, perhaps. It doesn't really make sense. People will buy the higher end box if they have them in stock.
 
toke lahti said:
TB2 has dp1.2 and TB3 has dp1.2. Why there would be difference in handling 5k monitors?
Black level issue is about IPS or VA panel type. VA gives deeper blacks, but viewing angle is more limited.
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TB3 can carry two DP1.2 connections in a single cable. So, a 5K ThunderBolt Display would need only one cable instead of two.
 
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