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The latest Embedded DisplayPort standard will help pave the way for future ultra-high resolution displays and better battery life when it adds support for 8K screens starting in 2016.
The new Embedded DisplayPort Standard version 1.4a was announced by the Video Electronics Standards Association this week, enabling higher video data transfer rates, greater color depth, and higher refresh rates.
The new DisplayPort standard will support embedded panels with up to an 8K resolution of 7,680 by 4,320 pixels. Devices using the new eDP 1.4a standard are expected to hit the market by 2016.
In addition to support for 8K-resolution screens, eDP 1.4a will also feature "Multi-SST Operation" to support a new type of display architecture dubbed "Segmented Panel Display." According to VESA, this will enable thinner, lighter, and lower-cost panels that use less power.
That means that even though 8K displays are unlikely to hit the market in laptops anytime soon, the new eDP 1.4a standard could still benefit high-resolution screens like the Retina displays featured in Apple's MacBook Pro lineup.
Finally, eDP 1.4a will also further refine upon the "partial update" capability of the Panel Self Refresh feature introduced in eDP 1.4. This partial update function allows the system to save power by only updating a portion of the display that has changed since the video frame update.
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Forget that... I'm waiting for 16K displays for my future 2027 MBA. 8K is so 2016's for me... :/
[quote name="sflocal" url="/t/184747/vesas-new-displayport-standard-will-enable-ultra-res-8k-displays-improve-battery-life#post_2673820"]Forget that... I'm waiting for 16K displays for my future 2027 MBA. 8K is so 2016's for me... :/[/quote] If Apple wants to double the resolution of their 5K iMac they will have to wait for 16K to support 58,982,400 pixels.
[quote name="sflocal" url="/t/184747/vesas-new-displayport-standard-will-enable-ultra-res-8k-displays-improve-battery-life#post_2673820"]Forget that... I'm waiting for 16K displays for my future 2027 MBA. 8K is so 2016's for me... :/[/quote] Oh come on, you know fine well 64K will be here by then! ;)
I just want Intel to support 8K with the next generation Thunderbolt...
Then, Apple can update the Mac Pro, and I'll dig up the money to buy one, but with dual 5K monitors.
And I thought that 5k was pretty decent and sufficient. I guess not.
Soon there will be 8k displays on iPhones, and all apps and games will of course require more CPU and GPU power to run, and also more RAM of course, not to mention battery life.
And what will people be doing with their 8k displays? They will be downloading the latest vintage pixelated retro game, in order to take full advantage of their beautiful new, super sharp 8k display.