Your next workstation could pack as many pixels as today’s leading 8K televisions. The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has approved a new Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.4a standard that will support 8K resolution screens. New all-in-one computers and mobile devices, including laptops, will start supporting the higher resolution as early as 2016.
The new eDP 1.4a standard will replace the 1.4 standard that was released in early 2013. eDP 1.4a enables a “higher video data transfer rate for increased panel resolution, greater color depth and higher refresh rates.”
8K displays will support a resolution of 7680 X 4320 pixels. For comparison, Apple’s current iMac with 5K Display currently drives more than 14.7 million pixels on its 5120 X 2880 screen on the iMac’s 27-inch panel. That gives the iMac with 5K Display a pixel density of 218ppi. For comparison, a similar sized panel 8K display will give you a 326 ppi while a standard 1080p display offers just 82 ppi.
More pixels mean more power
There is a lot to get excited about with an 8K panel on a high-end laptop, a business mobile workstation, or a portable gaming rig. More pixels will make images and videos that are optimized for the …read more
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