•  Date Published: 23 Mar 2018
    • Intel Core i5-7200U
    • Intel HD Graphics 620
    • 13.3”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
    • 256GB SSD
    • 8GB
    • 1.44 kg (3.2 lbs)

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    Pros

    • Fairly portable
    • Excellent keyboard and touchpad
    • Good set of I/O

    Cons

    • Relatively dim IPS screen with narrow sRGB coverage
    • The screen uses PWM from 0 to 99% brightness (our Health-Guard profile fixes that)
    • Not very sturdy
    • Short battery life

    DISPLAY: 13.3-inch, 1920 x 1080, IPS

    • Name
    • LG LP133WF2-SPL8
    • Diagonal
    • 13.3"
    • Pixel density
    • 165.63 ppi
    • Brightness
    • 291 cd/m2
    • sRGB
    • 51%
    • PWM frequency
    • 29800 Hz
    • Panel Type
    • IPS
    • Resolution
    • 1920 x 1080
    • Becomes "Retina" from
    • 21 inches (53 cm)
    • Contrast
    • 800:1
    • dE Color Checker
    • 5.1 3.7
    • PWM Rating
    • 5.5: (undesirable)

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    Office Work

    Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.

    Design and Gaming

    This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.

    Health-Guard

    Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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