However, Wikipedia says it’s capable of 8k with a proprietary lossy video codec called Display Stream Compression:
DSC is a "visually lossless" encoding technique with up to a 3:1 compression ratio. Using DSC with HBR3 transmission rates, DisplayPort 1.4 can support 8K UHD (7680 × 4320) at 60 Hz
However, Wikipedia says it’s capable of 8k with a proprietary lossy video codec called Display Stream Compression:
DSC is a "visually lossless" encoding technique with up to a 3:1 compression ratio. Using DSC with HBR3 transmission rates, DisplayPort 1.4 can support 8K UHD (7680 × 4320) at 60 Hz
The quote is from there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#1.4