Dell to intro 5K UltraSharp monitor at below $2,000

by Ryan Martin on 19 November 2014, 10:46

Tags: Dell (NASDAQ:DELL)

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qaclqb

Add to My Vault: x

The display market hasn't even had a chance to properly get to grips with 4K monitor technology and already Dell is preparing to crank things up a notch with its UltraSharp 5K panel.

Announced back in September, the 27in Dell UltraSharp UP2715K was initially expected to hit the market with a sizeable $2,499 MSRP, but new reports suggest Dell’s 5,120 x 2,880-resolution display will actually cost below $2,000. The new price contradicts Dell’s own website which lists the product for $2,499.

The UP2715K offers an impressive 220DPI; a number that’s almost unheard-of for a PC monitor. Colour accuracy is on a similarly top-draw level thanks to the 10-bit IPS panel used that delivers 99 per cent of Adobe RGB and 100 per cent of sRGB coverage. Those features alone merit the UP2715K for use among photographers, videographers and other professionals engaging in colour-critical workflows.

The rest of the key specifications include 178-degree viewing angles, an 8ms response time, 350 nits of brightness and a 1000:1 static contrast ratio. To run at 60Hz, with its native 5,120 x 2,880 resolution, the UP2715K requires that two active DisplayPort connections are used. If that requirement cannot be met then the resolution can be capped at 4K at 60Hz, or the native resolution can be displayed with a lower refresh rate, both of which are possible on a single cable.

The UP2715K is certainly a niche product but it’s great to see display technology pushing forward. Will you be picking up a 4K or 5K monitor anytime soon? Or are you still waiting for the technology to mature?



HEXUS Forums :: 9 Comments

Login with Forum Account

Don't have an account? Register today!
So if you would like to buy this and run it at 60Hz - 5,120 X 2,880 you would also have to buy a new graphics card if your present one has only one Displayport. Makes it kind of market limited.
But, pushing the tech along…there always has to be someone first!
Surely, with the amount of time that HDMI has been available now, we can run a 5120 x 2880 resolution on one cable?

How much bandwidth is actually needed to display a resolution like that?
Hoonigan
Surely, with the amount of time that HDMI has been available now, we can run a 5120 x 2880 resolution on one cable?

How much bandwidth is actually needed to display a resolution like that?

Ah but that HDMI standard must be supported by thousand pound graphics cards and £5 DVD players, so it's a bit tricky to get everyone on board.

Anyway let's get some numbers flying. If Displayport 1.2 (released in 2009) with 17Gbit/s and HDMI 2.0 (released 2013) with 14.4Gbit/s of bandwidth can just about handle 60Hz UHD (which is 8.3 megapixels), and this new panel is 14.75 megapixels, we're going to need… well, a huge amount of bandwidth. Apparently Displayport 1.3 supports this resolution and it was released in 2014. HDMI 3.0 isn't even announced yet so we're going to have to wait another few years for that to come about.

TL;DR Single cable for driving this? Wait for Displayport 1.3 in… 2015 probably.
My piggy bank can't keep up with these K upgrades!