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HyperX. Now, lucky me, this isn't the first time that I've had an opportunity
to check out a 5K display, but this is the first time that I've been able to do
it on a display that'll work on a PC.
So, this is the Dell UP 2715K 5K monitor. It has 5,120 pixels
this way, 2,880 pixels this way for four
times the total pixel count of a
2560x440 display. Yeah, this thing is
crazy crazy sharp. That's about 14
megapixels 60 times per second. So,
let's start with a general physical overview. On the front, it's a 27in
monitor, so you're going to have that, I guess. There's also a glass bezel around
it, so it's an edgeless bezel design. Personally, I really do like this
particular style. The stand itself, it's it's not a crazy thin monitor or
anything like that, but it's not bulky by any stretch of the imagination. The
stand is a nice sort of sand blasted anodized aluminum design. It's got a
Dell logo on the back, a Kensington lock, and then there's the IO. And
that's where things get a little bit tricky because you might be thinking to yourself, "Well, Lionus, hold on a
second. What do you mean 5K? I mean, what's a what's a 5K? Did does my does
my graphics card support 5K? The answer is no. Probably not. At least not on one
output. So, on the bottom of this monitor, you're going to find a USB3
hub. So, that's one input and four outputs. Then, you're going to find a
full-size DisplayPort. And then you're going to find another one right next to
it. And those two have lines around them that say, "Okay, this is for 5K by 3K."
That is how they do it. two DisplayPort inputs in order to drive this entire
monitor. There's also a mini DisplayPort in back there, but that one only
supports up to 4K max. So, you're going to have to deal with interpolation. Now,
this thing is not cheap. It's over
$2,000, but at least it comes with the kinds of professionalgrade, you know,
quality and features that you'd expect from a monitor of that caliber. So, it's
an IPS panel. It's got a 10 bit. It's a 10- bit panel, so that's a billion
colors. Featuring a 12-bit lookup table, so you're going to be able to work with
broad gamut content if you want to. It supports 99% of Adobe RGB. It's got
support for advanced calibration features with an X-ray color calibrator.
And it even comes with a report in the box certifying it's delta E less than
two calibration. So, you shouldn't even really need to do anything unless you
have your own personal needs that are a little different from what you might get
out of factory calibration. I'm not really sure how much there else there is
to really say about it other than that it looks absolutely stunning from the
front, from the back. So, why don't we move on to this little tiny box next to
it that is actually powering it. So, this is Intel's Broadwellbased Nook. So,
that's their little, you know, next unit of computing thing. Computers that fit
in your hands. And I just thought this was cool because this demo right here
where we're zooming around and panning around on New York City is actually
being powered by this machine. And thanks to its dual mini DisplayPort
outputs, it is able to drive a 5K display. Something that we wouldn't have
imagined possible only a couple short years ago. I think there's a couple
little things on my cheat sheet here that I missed. So the contrast rated
contrast ratio is a,000 to1 which is pretty typical for a static contrast
ratio on a on a very solid display. Uh
the pixels per inch is 218 just in case
you don't want to do the math yourself. It's got 8 millisecond gray to gray
response time rating. So you may actually be able to game on it half
decently assuming you have the graphics horsepower in order to drive this kind
of a resolution. and uh reality check
you don't. So that's hopefully coming in the future. And I think that pretty much
wraps it up. Absolutely beautiful. But there is a price to pay and at its
current pricing. I'm not sure how many people it's going to make sense for,
especially given the pricing of the iMac 5K Retina that also includes a computer
built into it. But of course, there's plenty of time for uh for Dell to get
more competitive and for all this technology to get more competitive. And
I'm very excited for the future of highresolution displays. Speaking of
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that pretty much wraps it up. We'll see you at the next crazy booth here at CES
2015.