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New 27-Inch 5K Display From Dell Rekindles Thoughts of Retina iMacs

Amazing that they have already exceeded the bandwidth of one displayport 1.2 port. With displayport 1.3 almost finalized, they really should have waited to release this with support for that new standard.
 
Damn this could be an expensive few months - I'm ready and waiting to upgrade my iPhone AND iPad, and also hoping they'll announce a 4K iMac. Not to mention the iWatch - if they do announce one, I daresay I'd find it just too hard to resist. So I'm stoked for Tuesday, but my wallet isn't :p
 
crsh1976 said:
4 or 5k iMacs displays powered by a mobile GPU... nice, I can't wait for the lag, and subsequent chip meltdown in one of those tight cases with poor ventilation.
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In iMac there will be no lag because there are all discrete GPU probably the top ones like 970M-980M
The lag was on the first generations of Macbook pro because of the iGPU HD4000

you can't compare HD4000 with 9xxM Nvidia
 
Freyqq said:
Amazing that they have already exceeded the bandwidth of one displayport 1.2 port. With displayport 1.3 almost finalized, they really should have waited to release this with support for that new standard.
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Takes a while to get that in to production though. NVIDIA have just released the latest version of Quadro and they are still DP 1.2; so the last 3 versions are in a similar place.
 
jayducharme said:
Seems like an intermediary step. 8k is already hitting the market and will become standard in a year or two. Why not just get a 4k monitor for now? Are the extra pixels in a 5k really worth it?
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If you're working on 4k files in After Effects, yes. This would let you view your work at 100% size, and still have room for menus and the timeline round the edges.
 
I'd just settle for an updated design of the Thunderbolt Display at the current resolution, frankly. I refuse to buy an "old" monitor that is thicker than the iMac. See footnote.
 
It took TWO display ports to drive this monitor- getting any sort of performance out of an iMac at that resolution is going to be tricky I would think- if it's possible at all currently given space/heat restraints. Time will tell.
 
vpndev said:
No way does it make sense to do this for an iMac. Monitors last for years and years (my Cinema Displays are 6 and 8 years old).

Apple would do this for a standalone but not for an iMac. A few people would buy one but not enough to make it worthwhile.
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The same reasoning applies to the current iMac, but enough people buy that.

I changed from an iMac, but regret it. The format works so well for me that I intend to return when I next change my computer, subject to it being a retina display.
 
It's all a complete waste of time for the iMac until amateur video and broadcast TV reaches this degree of resolution and the price of the screen drops by a factor of 10. But there will always be the bauble-wearers who will be the only few buyers.
Plus my iMac fries itself trying to cope with the current graphics load. It would need liquid helium cooling in that ludicrously small case to keep from vaporising.
 
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jayducharme said:
Seems like an intermediary step. 8k is already hitting the market and will become standard in a year or two. Why not just get a 4k monitor for now? Are the extra pixels in a 5k really worth it?
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If you are doing 4K video development this is an ideal monitor. As for 8K don't be too certain that it will arrive that quickly.
 
jayducharme said:
Seems like an intermediary step. 8k is already hitting the market and will become standard in a year or two. Why not just get a 4k monitor for now? Are the extra pixels in a 5k really worth it?
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8k become standard in a year or two? I'd like to know where you live. In most places, 1080p isn't even properly rolled out yet and 4k won't be for a while.
 
brdeveloper said:
Another yellowish, uneven display with a huge pixel count? No, thanks!
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Maybe these Retina Dell's are better. I took a chance with the 24" Dell UP2414Q and it's amazing. No tint. Even backlighting. Beautiful display. But I had a Dell U3014 that had uneven backlighting and an uneven pink tinting. Hopefully this 27" one will be as nice as my UP2414Q.
 
Is anyone waiting for the new and thinner iMac? No, people want new super high def screens. It would be nuts to buy any TV, monitor or device now unless it had the latest in screen tech.
 
jayducharme said:
Seems like an intermediary step. 8k is already hitting the market and will become standard in a year or two. Why not just get a 4k monitor for now? Are the extra pixels in a 5k really worth it?
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What are you gonna do with an 8K screen in your home?

And, 4K monitors are only just starting to become more mainstream.
 
jayducharme said:
Seems like an intermediary step. 8k is already hitting the market and will become standard in a year or two. Why not just get a 4k monitor for now? Are the extra pixels in a 5k really worth it?
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Yes, can you imagine telling your friends that you only have a 4K monitor, when they all have 5K monitors? They'll laugh at you for having less pixels, no one wants that.
 
What a seriously dull and office like background image for such a high res monitor that will be used for creative purposes!
 
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