Dell UP2715K 5K IPS Monitor Hands On - CES 2015
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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HyperX. Now, lucky me, this isn't the first time that I've had an opportunity
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to check out a 5K display, but this is the first time that I've been able to do
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it on a display that'll work on a PC.
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So, this is the Dell UP 2715K 5K monitor. It has 5,120 pixels
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this way, 2,880 pixels this way for four
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times the total pixel count of a
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2560x440 display. Yeah, this thing is
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crazy crazy sharp. That's about 14
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megapixels 60 times per second. So,
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let's start with a general physical overview. On the front, it's a 27in
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monitor, so you're going to have that, I guess. There's also a glass bezel around
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it, so it's an edgeless bezel design. Personally, I really do like this
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particular style. The stand itself, it's it's not a crazy thin monitor or
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anything like that, but it's not bulky by any stretch of the imagination. The
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stand is a nice sort of sand blasted anodized aluminum design. It's got a
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Dell logo on the back, a Kensington lock, and then there's the IO. And
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that's where things get a little bit tricky because you might be thinking to yourself, "Well, Lionus, hold on a
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second. What do you mean 5K? I mean, what's a what's a 5K? Did does my does
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my graphics card support 5K? The answer is no. Probably not. At least not on one
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output. So, on the bottom of this monitor, you're going to find a USB3
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hub. So, that's one input and four outputs. Then, you're going to find a
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full-size DisplayPort. And then you're going to find another one right next to
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it. And those two have lines around them that say, "Okay, this is for 5K by 3K."
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That is how they do it. two DisplayPort inputs in order to drive this entire
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monitor. There's also a mini DisplayPort in back there, but that one only
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supports up to 4K max. So, you're going to have to deal with interpolation. Now,
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this thing is not cheap. It's over
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$2,000, but at least it comes with the kinds of professionalgrade, you know,
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quality and features that you'd expect from a monitor of that caliber. So, it's
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an IPS panel. It's got a 10 bit. It's a 10- bit panel, so that's a billion
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colors. Featuring a 12-bit lookup table, so you're going to be able to work with
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broad gamut content if you want to. It supports 99% of Adobe RGB. It's got
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support for advanced calibration features with an X-ray color calibrator.
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And it even comes with a report in the box certifying it's delta E less than
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two calibration. So, you shouldn't even really need to do anything unless you
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have your own personal needs that are a little different from what you might get
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out of factory calibration. I'm not really sure how much there else there is
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to really say about it other than that it looks absolutely stunning from the
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front, from the back. So, why don't we move on to this little tiny box next to
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it that is actually powering it. So, this is Intel's Broadwellbased Nook. So,
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that's their little, you know, next unit of computing thing. Computers that fit
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in your hands. And I just thought this was cool because this demo right here
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where we're zooming around and panning around on New York City is actually
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being powered by this machine. And thanks to its dual mini DisplayPort
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outputs, it is able to drive a 5K display. Something that we wouldn't have
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imagined possible only a couple short years ago. I think there's a couple
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little things on my cheat sheet here that I missed. So the contrast rated
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contrast ratio is a,000 to1 which is pretty typical for a static contrast
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ratio on a on a very solid display. Uh
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the pixels per inch is 218 just in case
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you don't want to do the math yourself. It's got 8 millisecond gray to gray
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response time rating. So you may actually be able to game on it half
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decently assuming you have the graphics horsepower in order to drive this kind
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of a resolution. and uh reality check
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you don't. So that's hopefully coming in the future. And I think that pretty much
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wraps it up. Absolutely beautiful. But there is a price to pay and at its
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current pricing. I'm not sure how many people it's going to make sense for,
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especially given the pricing of the iMac 5K Retina that also includes a computer
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built into it. But of course, there's plenty of time for uh for Dell to get
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more competitive and for all this technology to get more competitive. And
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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
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2015.