New Video Standard Will Allow 8K Laptop Screens

New Video Standard Will Allow 8K Laptop Screens

If you think your 4K laptop drips with graphical power, remember that all things are relative — and a new video standard will allow laptops to make use of 8K screens.

The Video Electronics Standards Association has unveiled the Embedded DisplayPort 1.4a. It’s a new video transfer format, and it uses compression to squeeze more data into the video feed for laptops and all-in-one computers. In fact, it squeezes enough data in to power 8K screens, or panels with 7680 x 4320, pixels.

But it won’t just help the super-resolution screens; the same compression should also help improve devices with lower quality displays too. Fewer data paths will now be required to power low-res screens, so a laptop with a 4K displays could, in theory, offer longer battery life while still providing the same performance.

The new standard should feature in laptops by 2016 — though you may have to wait a little longer for a mobile 8K display. [Display Port via PCWorld via Engadget]


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