ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED official in PH

ASUS has announced its latest breed of Zenbook Creator laptop for the on-the-go creative multitasker, the all-new Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED (UX8402).

This premium and powerful yet compact dual-screen laptop features a next-generation ScreenPad Plus secondary touchscreen, combined with the brand-new Active Aerodynamic System Ultra (AAS Ultra) auto-tilting design that improves cooling and ergonomics.

This Intel Evo-certified machine packs a flagship 12th Gen Intel Core i7 H-Series processor and creator-grade NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPU, powering a studio-grade world-leading 2.8K OLED HDR 14.5-inch 16:10 touchscreen main display with a 120 Hz refresh rate.

Visual precision like no other

Work and create with visual precision with the Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED’s world-leading 14.5-inch 2.8K 120 Hz OLED NanoEdge touchscreen. With its expansive 16:10 aspect ratio for an immersive visual workspace.

The main touchscreen is PANTONE Validated to ensure accurate color grading and printed outputs. It’s also VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 certified to render ultra-realistic detail in even the darkest scenes. Its cinema-grade DCI-P3 color gamut delivers ultra-vivid colors.

The ultra-high 120 Hz refresh rate and 0.2 ms response time can make all the difference with a smoother-than-ever experience, whether scrolling through a document, online browsing; or for entertainment purposes such as video streaming.

Complemented by Dolby Vision and Atmos technologies, every creative is bound to have the best cinema audio and visual experience.

To keep the user’s eyes comfortable and safe during extended content creation sessions, it’s also TÜV Rheinland certified for low blue-light emissions. Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED puts its rivals in the shade, making it the ultimate compact OLED laptop for all-around creative professionals.

Next-gen ScreenPad Plus

Multitask like a pro with the next-generation ScreenPad Plus with AAS Ultra in Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED.

The 12.7-inch, full-width secondary touchscreen supports the latest high-precision styluses, such as ASUS Pen 2.0, included in the box.

This nifty secondary display allows efficient and more comfortable workflow for nitty-gritty operations, such as image touch-ups, digital calligraphy, animation, and graphic design.

It also allows more seamless productivity-related tasks such as notetaking during virtual meetings or taking down creative ideas during brainstorming sessions. The multiuse AAS Ultra also raises the rear of ScreenPad Plus and tilts it by 12 degrees when the laptop is opened, creating a seamless and optimized viewing angle for easy cross-screen operation.

The ASUS ScreenPad Plus is now made even better with the new ScreenXpert 3 software to make creative workflows more efficient and seamless.

With this upgrade, the built-in apps, such as App Switcher and App Navigator, can now be used with external displays, such as the ASUS Zenscreen and ASUS ProArt.

ScreenXpert 3 also has a Control Panel feature that allows control of various Adobe application tools. Giving a more precise and intuitive creation and editing experience, users can manipulate brush size, saturation, opacity, and the like with Dial, Button, Slider, and Scroll controls.

Control Panel is fully customizable and works with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom Classic, Premiere Pro, and After Effects — and more compatible apps on the way.

In addition, users get free three months Adobe Creative Cloud subscription for every purchase of Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED.

Taking content creation to the max

The Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED is an Intel Evo-certified laptop built to meet the demands of all-around creative entrepreneurs and on-the-go professionals.

It comes with the flagship 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H Processor, tested to handle intensive creative workloads and designed for real-world multitasking.

With fourteen cores and a Turbo Boost speed of up to 5.0 GHz, this laptop delivers speedy performance to meet even the tightest deadlines. This powerful CPU perfectly matches the studio-grade NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics, an essential component for graphics-intensive tasks.

Users can blitz through the most demanding visual tasks, such as 3D rendering and video editing, with less waiting time. Supported with the NVIDIA Studio drivers, users can maximize all creative apps usage and compatibility.

Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED is also packed with 16 GB of RAM and an ultrafast 512 GB PCIe 4.0 SSD. This ensures no memory and storage bottlenecks could slow the user’s creative process. Plus, its high capacity 76Wh battery can run up to 9.5 hours for those long working hours.

For a more cohesive create-and-work ecosystem, the Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED is equipped with full I/O ports for every need. The dual 40 Gbps Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports support fast charging and 4K external displays, and there’s also a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port and a high-speed HDMI 2.1 port.

The latest high-performance SD Express 7.0 card readers ensure ultrafast file transfers, and the audio combo jack makes communications easy.

To ensure that the laptop reaches its full potential, the Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED comes with an exclusive ASUS IceCool Plus cooling system. This uses two quiet IceBlades fans with up to 97 3D-curved blades that cool the two 8 mm heat pipes from the CPU and GPU.

Complemented by the 38% more hot air vented to the exterior of the new AAS Ultra mechanism, the device promises that the CPU and GPU can run at up to an 85 W combined TDP sans the throttling.

Snag the latest ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED (UX8402) in Tech Black color, featuring the iconic spun-metal finish and an illuminated ASUS Monogram lid design available at the nearest ASUS Concept Stores and authorized shops for only PhP 159,995.00.

Check out the complete store list here. Filipinos can also score this productivity and creativity beast with up to 12 months of 0% installment via Home Credit for as low as PhP 4,807.00.

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Smart Home Starter Series: Connected lights

02/17/2020

We now live in a world where phones are no longer the only things that are ‘smart’ and offer efficiency and convenience for our daily lives. From smartphones, there came smart devices like watches and other wearables, smart vehicles that no longer require its own driver, and smart homes as well.

For your house to be called a smart home, it should have an automation system that lets you control lighting, climate, appliances, and other home devices. In addition to our Smart Home Starter Series: Smart speakers feature, we’re now going to take a look at connected lights — specifically the Philips Hue lineup.

What is Philips Hue?

So what is Hue and what makes it something you’d want to consider for your connected light setup? Philips describes it as your personal wireless lighting system with an emphasis on being personal. This is because most of their lighting products can change its color — hence, its name — from different temperatures of white (warm or cold) and a full array of color right at your fingertips.

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Although there are newer models that connect via Bluetooth, what we’re specifically using are lights that are linked to our router through the Hue Bridge and are controlled by an app. Through this, you can set the color of a specific light, change its shade, and even control how bright you want it to be.

The Philips Hue has an array of lighting types from standalone bulbs, light strips, indoor fixtures, and even outdoor lamps. They also have accessories that further make a convenient setup like Wi-Fi-enabled wall switches and motion sensors that automatically activate lights when you enter a room, for example.

Additionally, Philips Hue bulbs can go up to 800 lumens at its brightest setting which is enough to easily illuminate a standard-sized room measuring around 20 square meters.

Applications of Philips Hue

More than just being able to change the colors of your lights through your phone, Philips Hue can also be accessed through voice commands since it’s compatible with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Google Assistant. Just add Hue to the list on your smart speaker or smartphone and you’ll be able to say something like, “Hey Google, change the kitchen lights to bright white” or “Hey Google, set bedroom color to deep red” and it will do so right away.

This alone already cuts time when you need to change the light color or crank up the brightness and your hands are busy. Additionally, you can schedule your lights when it will turn on/off and set daily routines so you don’t accidentally leave any lights turned on and save up on electricity bills.

The Hue can also be set in a way that it detects when you’re almost home and turns on pre-set lights so you no longer have to fumble in the dark as you get out of your shoes or something.

And if you want to squeeze more out of Hue, there are a number of third-party apps that are compatible and safe to use. These allow more features like syncing your lights to music, mirroring the colors of what’s on your TV to your lights, and more.

Connected lights for your smart home?

The mere fact that you’re reading this article and you reach this part means you’re really contemplating on starting your smart home or are really interested with color-changing lights. If you find yourself agreeing to any one of those and you have funds ready. By all means, go for it and get some.

My wife and I have been using Philips Hue for almost three years now and we can say it’s been reliable so far with no hiccups. The ability to change lights from bright whites for working to more subdued, funky vibes when you have friends over is in itself a great novelty to have in your home.

It looks cool, gives accent to any part of the room, and is convenient to use. It’s even a conversation starter and impresses friends when they see it change colors so that’s another plus. Additionally, the Hue tends to satisfy the geek in each one of us through what it offers.

So if you’re really keen on setting up a smart home, then having connected lights are a must. And when it comes to Wi-Fi-enabled lights, Philips Hue is one of the top names you should consider.

Of course, there are also alternatives…

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