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I think the Dell 8k 32" is pretty close to what you want — https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-ultrasharp-32-8k-m.... It's certainly not cheap!

edit: in case anyone knows, I see this monitor "requires two DisplayPorts" for full 8k. Does anyone know if I can plug two display ports into a docking station, and one cord out of the docking station into my 14" m1 mbp? Ideally this would also charge the mbp. Is this possible? If I were to buy such an expensive monitor, I really only want one cord.

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StillBored|4 years ago

I'm sure you can get it to work at some lower res/refresh rate than what its designed for. But that monitor is DP 1.4 dual link because it needs more than the 32Gbit one gets out of a single DP 1.4 cable to run at 60Hz. So if your happy with 8K@30Hz and your mac can provide DP 1.4 it might work with a single cable. And from what I know of Mac's your probably out of luck except for the latest M1 models which support TB4 and the higher data rate DPs.

That said, the easiest way to get this working is probably to get one of the TB->PCIe expander chassis and plug in an external GPU and let it drive the display.

Desktop PC's/workstations still have their place, and driving multiple high resolution monitors is one of them.

PS: Been drooling over that monitor for the past couple years as an upgrade to my dell 5K's I picked up when apple released their first standalone 5k monitor and more than a few high end mac users apparently ebay'ed their dell monitors to get the apple version. Their loss, my gain... :) Hey apple, why don't you release a 8K monitor? Lol.

(PS: There are a couple other manufactures putting that panel in monitors (viewsonic for one), so its not just dell, and a bunch of 8K tv's if you want higher resolution).

scottrblock|4 years ago

thanks, "TB->PCIe expander chassis" wasn't on my radar at all! I'm holding out that apple will release something better than the Studio Display in the next 6-9 months and make some of this a bit easier.