Monday, April 6th 2015
Dell Announces P2416D 24-inch WQHD Monitor
Dell announced the P2416D, a 24-inch monitor featuring WQHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) native resolution. Based on an IPS panel, the monitor offers 99% coverage of sRGB palette, and wide viewing angles, although the company didn't specify them. The monitor takes input from DisplayPort 1.2 (required for 2560 x 1440 @ 60 Hz), HDMI 1.4 (native resolution at 30 Hz), and D-Sub (lower than native resolution). Other features include a 4-port USB 2.0 hub, and a stand that allows tilt and height adjustments. Backed by a 3-year warranty, the P2416D will be priced at US $369.99, when it hits the stores, later this month.
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HDMI 1.4 can support 4K at 30Hz, so why not 1440p at 60Hz?
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To display a 4k resolution at 60Hz, the video interface (HDMI, DisplayPort) needs to transfert 12Gbits/second of data:
– bit_per_channel = 8
– num_channels = 3 (RGB)
– resolution = 3840 * 2160
– 60Hz = 60 times per second
– bandwidth = 3840 * 2160 * 8 * 3 * 60
– bandwidth 4k@60Hz = 11.94 Gbits/sec
– bandwidth 4k@30Hz = 5.97 Gbits/sec
Here is a quick recap of HDMI and DisplayPort (DP) bandwidths:
- HDMI 1.2: up to 4.95 Gbits/sec
- HDMI 1.4: up to 10.2 Gbits/sec
- HDMI 2.0: up to 18.0 Gbits/sec
- DisplayPort 1.2: 17.28 Gbit/sec
- DisplayPort 1.3: 32.4 Gbit/sec
So 2560x1440 @ 60 requires 11.6 Gbpsand 3840x2160 @ 60 requires 11.94 Gbps? only 0.34 Gbps more?