Originally filling a need in the market a few years back, espresso displays have proved that a portable display needn’t be low quality.

Their pick-up-and-go 15 inch display is a no fuss one plug and play affair.

Recently for those that need just a little bit more screen real estate,  espresso launched their new 17 inch portable display.

Super light at 1KG and wafer thin the 17 inch 4K screen has a ratio of 1080p with a refresh rate 60Hz. It also has 100% DCI-P3 colour range, that equals to 1 Billion colours. Need audio? No worries, the espresso 17 inch Display has got you sorted there too, with built-in speakers.

Providing your laptop has a Thunderbolt USB-C port you connect with the supplied cable and on both Windows and Mac it’s instant. And for Mac users they get the benefit of having a full touchscreen as the espresso 17 inch Portable Display is multi-point touch.

There’s two ports on the espresso 17 inch Portable Display, as we saw with the 15 inch equivalent. Either port will connect to your PC or Mac and act as a secondary screen, the additional port is for external power.

Now, to use the espresso 17 inch Portable Display from the box on a Mac or PC no additional power is required. It just works.

But if your PC has underpowered USB-C ports, or if you are going to connect it to a mobile device or tablet, you can either use the espresso battery pack, or an external USB-C power adaptor.

The battery pack is sold separately,  and if you opt to use an external USB-C power adaptor, be mindful of the wattage. In my test, my laptop charger worked.

You’ll need the solid and sturdy magnetic display stand, and if you’re really keen to accessorise you can get the espresso pen and a screen paper-like covering to create like the content pro you are. downloading the espresso Flow software enables you to calibrate your screens as well as having an added feature called Jot. This turns your entire espresso Display in to a blank canvas.

The espresso Displays are top shelf gear for media viewing, content creation, gaming or work. They’ve recently broken out in to the retail market and you can get yourself one of these at select retail stores.

For me it ticks all boxes, it’s fantastic for gaming on the go as well.

Have your office or play zone anywhere and retain your multiscreen set up that you have at home when you’re out of the house.

An absolute must for laptop a d tablet users, the espresso 17 inch Portable Display is the king of all portable displays.

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Need dual screens on the run and at home?

You can, thanks to espresso.

New to the market, the founders of espresso were looking for a portable external screen. With little to no options out there, they produced their own.

Coming in at 13 and 15 inch, espresso have produced the thinnest, lightest touch screens ever with pure simplicity of use.

STG was sent a 15 inch touch espresso Display to connect up and try out.

From the box you get the feel you have something of notable quality. And thin, oh yes, almost paper thin.

The displays themselves are LED, the 15 inch having a resolution of 1920 x 1080.

Two USB-C ports are on the under-side of the display. Why two?

Well some devices are under-powered via USB-C, so one is for connection and the second can be used for additional power.

Designed for portability, the espresso Display weighs next to nothing, but you do need to pack it well. Being near-to wispy thin you’ll need to take care of it if jostling about.

The screen’s bezel isn’t too chunky and thankfully espresso placed a wide bay are under the screen for you to pick the monitor up without mashing your oily fingers across the glossy display.

Connecting up, as mentioned, is real easy. Super easy.

Windows will detect the additional screen and then you’ll just need to go into display settings and rejig the accessibility (where the display is situated native to your PC or laptop).

Windows, Mac and Android compatible, the espresso Display gives Mac fans something that Windows users have had for years. Touch screen.

MacOS was a similar affair to Windows, connected and boom you’re good to go.

There’s also a free app; espresso flow which you can install to give you more Display options and tools.

Android was a little different though.

Connecting the 15 inch touch espresso Display to a new model Samsung tablet didn’t work as expected. This was not the fault of the espresso Display.

Android tablets and smartphones tend to be a little too under-powered via USB-C.

But it’s not impossible to do, espresso have an additional (sold separately) power adaptor for their world’s thinnest displays.

While the Samsung tablet, with built-in DeX detected that the display was there just wasn’t enough juice.

Laptop, PC or Mac and desktop, no external power source needed.

If your device only has HDMI you will need to invest in a quality USB-C to HDMI adaptor.

And speaking of espresso’s external power adaptor, with the espresso Display you can accessorise, with a range designed for everyday users and creatives.

For any espresso Display owner it’s an absolute must to get a display stand.

There’s two options, one a kick stand and the other a higher raised one (which looks very Mac centric).

The raised stand has a super powerful magnet that clings to the back of the display. This said, be careful of moving the display on your desk if using the magnetic raised one, as easy as it connects, it also easily disconnects.

I preferred the kick stand for day-to-day use and this is likely the stand you’d want if you’re going to be using the espresso Display out of the home or office, which is its intended purpose.

For the creatives you can sync up an espresso Pen stylus for fine detailing of your digital goodness and espresso have also released a paper-like screen layover. This does two things. Protects the face of the screen itself and gives you a feeing of designing on a textured surface.

There are non-touch versions of both the 13 and 15 inch espresso Display, but if you’re on the look-out for a screen that can run with you wherever you go, my recommendation is to go for touch. Especially if you’re a Mac user.

In my decades of tech reviewing I’ve covered off a lot of external screens and displays. The espresso Display was an astounding experience.

Most tend to be a bit bulky, not so portable, and packed on a few kilo’s. espresso’s Display’s are none of that cumbersome nonsense and they are more than just a display. They can be used in landscape or portrait mode and when connected function exactly like a tablet.

They also have built-in speakers that actually sound real good. No transistor radio tinny-ness here.

I absolutely loved using the espresso Display and was able to add it in to my existing monitor setup with zero problems.

Super thin, lightweight and does more than it should, the 15 inch touch espresso Display is a true tech innovation with no current comparison products that even get close.

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Gaming audio brand EPOS today unleashes the next generation, top-of-the-range H6PRO Closed and H6PRO Open acoustic gaming headsets.

Built on the heritage of the multi-award winning GSP 600 Series, the H6PRO Series delivers exceptional, natural and expansive high-fidelity audio for the ultimate gaming audio experience – in both open and closed acoustic variants.

Boasting powerful sound, intuitive, detachable boom arms, durable materials, long-lasting comfort and more, the H6PRO series unlocks “The Power of Audio” for a wide range of gaming experiences.

The H6PRO Closed and Open gaming acoustic headsets are compatible with Mac, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

Both are available now H6PRO Closed – High Performance Audio for the Competitive Gamer Continuing the evolution of the acclaimed GAME ZERO and GSP 600 closed acoustic series, the H6PRO Closed delivers powerful gaming audio with superior passive noise reduction to let you zone in and focus exclusively on the game.

Available in Sebring Black, Racing Green and Ghost White, the H6PRO Closed is tuned to deliver a dynamic, powerful sound, all without compromising accuracy.

For gamers demanding the accuracy, control and reliability to perform at their best, the H6PRO Closed unleashes the game with an array of unparalleled features and are available now at eposaudio.com/gaming, and from selected retailers.

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NortonLifeLock has announced the global availability of Norton 360 for Gamers, security reimagined for gamers.

“It’s never been more critical for gamers to have strong security in place and build good safety habits to protect themselves,” said Mark Gorrie, Senior Director at NortonLifeLock.

“With two-thirds of New Zealanders playing video games and nine out of 10 households owning a video game device, gaming has become an integral part of the way in which we communicate and interact with friends. This means gaming accounts and the personal information tied to them have become a lucrative target for cybercriminals. Norton 360 for Gamers is part of our vision to protect and empower people to live their digital lives. We want gamers to continue enjoying the gaming world, safe in the knowledge they have a cyber safety plan in place to help stay one step ahead of the cybercriminals.”

With online gaming on the rise during the pandemic, cybercriminals have taken aim at the lucrative industry that boasts more than 2.7 billion gamers globally. A new survey among nearly 3,000 gamers commissioned by NortonLifeLock and conducted by The Harris Poll found that many gamers are concerned about the trajectory of gaming security, with 68 percent of New Zealanders surveyed worried that gaming will become less secure in the future.

Further, 35 percent of those surveyed around the world say they have had a gaming account hacked. Locally, that number is similar with 32 percent of gamers in New Zealand having had a gaming account hacked, including 8 percent who have had their account hacked more than one time. Experts at NortonLifeLock warn that gamers will need to be more vigilant this year as cybercriminals recognise the value of their accounts and personal information.

Today’s gamers are faced with challenges that extend well beyond the game. From casual to hardcore PC gamers, personal information and digital assets abound in the gaming universe and are valuable to cybercriminals, putting gamers at risk for device vulnerabilities, phishing attacks and identity theft. A typical gaming account can include the gamer’s name, birth year, mailing address, email, mobile number, payment information, and other personal information that, with the right mix of information, could be used by an identity thief to wreak financial havoc.

Gamertags are ransacked for virtual items and personally identifiable information that are bought and sold for real money on the Dark Web. Once a gaming account has been breached, the gamer’s other accounts, from banking to social media, are at a much higher risk for account takeovers and fraud.

Norton 360 for Gamers was designed by gamers at NortonLifeLock to help protect PC gamers with advanced, multi-layered protection, including Dark Web Monitoring Powered by LifeLock, a first in cyber safety, which monitors up to 10 gamer tags and notifies gamers if their gamertags, usernames and email addresses are found on the Dark Web.

To date, NortonLifeLock has issued more than 60,000 notifications informing customers their gaming information was located on the Dark Web. Norton 360 for Gamers also offers optimised notifications, permanently silencing messages except the most essential, eliminating the tension between wanting security and gaming.

“Gamers pour their passion, time and money into their gaming PCs and accounts, but they’re notoriously apprehensive about security because they just don’t want to be interrupted or experience slowness, or they may think the free stuff is good enough,” said Bob Shaker, Head of Gaming at NortonLifeLock.

“Many of us at NortonLifeLock are gamers ourselves, and we wanted to reimagine how we approach security and develop features tailored to gamers’ needs, like limiting notifications that could interrupt a game and adding gamertag monitoring among the personal information we look out for on the Dark Web. We are excited to now offer Norton 360 for Gamers globally to help keep PC gamers safe.”

In addition to Dark Web Monitoring, key Norton 360 for Gamers features include:

• Secure VPN: Browse anonymously and securely by masking your IP address with a no-log VPN to help protect against DDOS attacks, doxxing and SWATing.
• Notification Optimisation: We’ll only notify you if your PC is under attack, your protection is at risk, or you aren’t using a feature you’re entitled to use — and give you control over product reminders.
• Full-Screen Mode Detection: Device security for PCs that detects when you’re using full-screen mode, and silences all but critical security alerts.
• PC SafeCam: Helps protect against potential stream bans and embarrassment with alerts on attempts to access your webcam so you can block them.

Norton 360 for Gamers offers protection for up to 3 PCs, Mac, smartphones or tablets.

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Apple today previewed macOS Big Sur, the latest version of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system.

macOS Big Sur introduces a beautiful redesign that is entirely new yet instantly familiar. Safari is packed with new features, including a customisable start page, elegantly designed and more powerful tabs, quick and easy translation, and a new Privacy Report. The updated Messages app lets Mac users send and receive more personal and expressive messages, and easily keep track of and interact within group messages. Maps also offers an all-new experience with immersive features for exploring and navigating the world.

“macOS Big Sur is a major update that advances the legendary combination of the power of UNIX with the ease of use of the Mac, and delivers our biggest update to design in more than a decade,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “With its modern and clean look, huge improvements to key apps including Safari, Messages, and Maps, and new privacy features, we think everyone is going to love the breakthrough experience that macOS Big Sur offers.”

macOS Big Sur delivers a spacious new design that makes navigation easier, while putting more controls at users’ fingertips. Everything from the curvature of window corners to the palette of colours and materials has been refined, and new features provide even more information and power. Icons in the Dock have been thoughtfully designed to be more consistent with icons across the Apple ecosystem while retaining their Mac personality. Buttons and controls appear when needed, and recede when they’re not. The entire experience feels more focused, fresh, and familiar, reducing visual complexity and bringing users’ content front and centre.

The customisable menu bar features an all-new Control Centre, delivering quick access to controls from the desktop. An updated Notification Centre includes more interactive notifications and redesigned widgets that come in different sizes, providing users with more relevant information at a glance. And a new design for core apps brings more organisation to multiple open windows and makes interacting with apps even easier.

In the biggest update to Safari since its original launch in 2003, the world’s fastest browser is even faster, providing industry-leading speed1 and battery life. Safari’s fast JavaScript engine helps it outperform other browsers on Mac and PC, and Safari loads frequently visited sites an average of 50 percent faster than Chrome. Tabs have been entirely redesigned to make navigating with Safari faster and more powerful by showing more tabs onscreen, displaying favicons by default to easily identify open tabs, and giving users a quick preview of a page by simply hovering over the tab.

Safari brings new features for greater personalisation while browsing the web. Users can customise the new start page with a background image and sections like their Reading List and iCloud Tabs. With built-in translation, Safari can detect and translate entire webpages from seven languages with just a click. Users can further personalise their experience with improved support for extensions, and the Mac App Store makes it easy to discover and download great Safari extensions with a new category that includes editorial spotlights and top charts.

Privacy has always been built into Safari, and a new Privacy Report delivers added visibility into how Safari protects browsing activity across the web. Users can choose when and which websites a Safari extension can work with, and tools like data breach password monitoring never reveal your password information — not even to Apple.

Messages on the Mac includes new tools to better manage important conversations and share expressive messages. Users can now pin their favourite conversations to the top of their messages list for fast access, and search has been entirely redesigned — organising results into links, photos, and matching terms — to help users quickly find what they are looking for.

Message effects let users add personality to their messages with balloons, confetti, and more. Users can now create and customise their Memoji on the Mac, and express themselves with Memoji stickers to match their mood and personality. And with a new photo picker and #images, it’s easy to quickly share images, GIFs, and videos.

New group messaging features streamline interactions with family, friends, and colleagues. Inline replies enable users to respond directly to a message, and now they can direct a message to an individual in a group conversation by simply typing their name. And users can now set a photo or an emoji for their group conversation that’s shared with all members of the group.

Completely redesigned for macOS Big Sur, Maps brings new features for exploring the world. Discover places to visit and things to do with Guides from trusted resources, or create custom guides of favourite restaurants, parks, and vacation spots that can be shared with friends and family. Get a 360-degree view of a destination with Look Around, and browse detailed indoor maps of major airports and shopping centres. Cycling and electric vehicle trips can now be routed on a Mac, and sent directly to iPhone to have when on the go.

Privacy is at the core of the Mac experience, and macOS Big Sur offers users even more transparency and control over their data. Inspired by the convenience and readability of food nutrition labels, new privacy information detailed in the Mac App Store will help users understand the privacy practices of apps before downloading them, including the types of data the apps might collect — such as usage, contact information, or location — and whether that data is shared with third parties for tracking.

macOS Big Sur will be available this fall as a free software update.

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When looking for a USB-C hub, you’ll notice most plug in right next to your MacBook – creating a rat’s nest of cables and cords hanging off the side. Yuck.

StayGo delivers all the ports you need, but with a setup long enough to neatly tuck away and keep the front of your workspace clean and tidy. Plug in StayGo to connect to all your desktop gear and power – hidden out of sight, but ready to go.

StayGo has all the ports previous generations of MacBooks offered, so you can connect everything you had yesterday to the MacBook you have today. Download photos from an SD card, hook up external HDMI monitors, connect backup USB drives, and more in one compact box without cluttering your desk. StayGo even supports up to 85 watts of pass-through power to your MacBook. Connect one USB-C plug to your Mac to attach eight devices and power.

Of course MacBooks are portable, and StayGo is flexible enough to make the journey with you. The included 6-inch travel cable stores inside the hub for traveling with ease. Keeping the cable inside StayGo means it’ll be right where you need it, when you need it.

And, unlike other hubs with a fixed cable, the StayGo cable stays protected inside the metal hub, eliminating the risk of damage or breaking. The slim compact design of StayGo means it
takes up little room in your computer bag or backpack.

A wireless world isn’t always convenient for creatives who work with massive files.

StayGo has Gigabit Ethernet to connect to super-fast wired networks and servers. StayGo also has both SD and Micro SD card readers that can connect and download simultaneously – giving you an easy way to transfer high-resolution photos or 4K video for editing.

One more reason StayGo is a creative pro’s go-to hub.

The StayGo USB-C Hub is available from twelvesouth.com and a range of Australian and New Zealand retailers.

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Gameloft is thrilled to announce that Asphalt 9: Legends, winner of the 2019 Apple Design Award, is now available on macOS Catalina.

With the power of Mac Catalyst, Gameloft Barcelona was able to create a cross-platform experience of Asphalt 9: Legends for the Apple ecosystem, allowing players to start their racing career on their iOS devices and seamlessly resume it on their Mac, leveraging cross-saves. Players will experience all of the same content on macOS, iPadOS and iOS, including the boundary-pushing graphics of Asphalt 9: Legends on an even bigger screen and at higher resolutions while running at 60fps.

Additionally, players can transfer their progress between the two versions using Sign in with Apple, and explore new control options, such as keyboard and mouse. Finally, the macOS version will have content parity with the iOS version of Asphalt 9: Legends moving forward.

Announced on stage at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference last June (2019), the release of Asphalt 9: Legends on Mac was made more seamless thanks to the tools provided by Apple’s Mac Catalyst development platform. Gameloft is excited to leverage this new technology and bring Asphalt 9: Legends to macOS in a very streamlined way, and to bring even more players to the races.

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New year, new cyber nasties.

NortonLifeLock, producers of the Norton PC, mobile and Mac anti-virus software know this and have already planned ahead releasing the latest version of Norton 360 Premium.

From the box (or rather redemption code) the 360 Premium is good to go for all known cyber threats and during the course of the 12 month subscription with it’s very own Norton Lifelock. The software will update it’s anti-virus database so you can play, work and browse with full protection.

The Norton 360 Premium anti-virus is also configurable. Hell, it sure needs to be.

At times legitimate software and executables on PC can be flagged as spammy by an anti-virus. The free ones tend to prohibit yourself from allowing this function – not so with 360 Premium.

With my use of this new edition of Norton 360 Premium I found that the dashboard is intuitive, super easy to navigate and save settings for protecting your device and your internet connectivity are super easy to work through to play around with the settings for all features anti-malware, firewall, spam and phishing aswell as your very own secure VPN.

The VPN means that you can securely access your own designated files remotely through the Norton App on a smart device. Norton 360 Premium also comes with a 50GB cloud service too.

This new annual edition offers up protection for five devices within your household, Android, Windows, OSX and iOS are all covered. Norton 360 Premium also has a secure Password storage database.

For smartphones and tablets though you will need the App from the respective devices App Store.

Norton 360 Premium does not cause your PC or Mac to lag either.

Past anti-virus software has been known to be resource hungry. Unless you have a kitted out, high spec gaming RIG then you were in for as slow computing experience.

Over the years they have got better and like last years offering from Norton, it doesn’t make a dent even in small to medium spec’d PCs even when doing a system scan, which you can schedule yourself to auto-run.

Norton 360 Premium is designed with the basic to expert level user in mind, feature rich and is a cost effective way to protect your smart device investments for the entire family.

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Apple today introduced the all-new Mac Pro, a completely redesigned, breakthrough workstation for pros who push the limits of what a Mac can do, and unveiled Apple Pro Display XDR, the world’s best pro display.

Designed for maximum performance, expansion and configurability, the all-new Mac Pro features workstation-class Xeon processors up to 28 cores, a high-performance memory system with a massive 1.5TB capacity, eight PCIe expansion slots and a graphics architecture featuring the world’s most powerful graphics card. It also introduces Apple Afterburner, a game-changing accelerator card that enables playback of three streams of 8K ProRes RAW video simultaneously.

Pro Display XDR features a massive 32-inch Retina 6K display with gorgeous P3 wide and 10-bit colour, an extreme 1,600 nits of peak brightness, an incredible 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and a super-wide viewing angle, all at a breakthrough price point. Together, the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR are the most powerful tools Apple has ever put in the hands of pro customers and will change pro workflows forever.

“We designed Mac Pro for users who require a modular system with extreme performance, expansion and configurability. With its powerful Xeon processors, massive memory capacity, groundbreaking GPU architecture, PCIe expansion, Afterburner accelerator card and jaw-dropping design, the new Mac Pro is a monster that will enable pros to do their life’s best work,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Pro Display XDR is the world’s best pro display and the perfect companion to the all-new Mac Pro. With Retina 6K resolution, gorgeous colour, extreme brightness and contrast ratio, and a highly functional design, Pro Display XDR delivers the most comprehensive set of features ever offered on any display at this price point.”

Designed for customers who demand the ultimate in CPU performance — for workflows like production rendering, playing hundreds of virtual instruments or simulating an app on a dozen iOS devices at once — Mac Pro features powerful Xeon processors up to 28 cores, with 64 PCI Express lanes for tremendous performance and massive bandwidth. It also provides over 300W of power along with a state-of-the-art thermal architecture to allow the processor to run fully unconstrained all the time.

For pros working with the largest projects, analysing huge data sets or running multiple pro applications, Mac Pro provides enormous memory capacity to meet needs as they grow. Featuring a six-channel memory architecture and 12 physical DIMM slots, the new Mac Pro allows for a massive 1.5TB of memory, the most ever available in a Mac. And with eight PCI Express expansion slots, which is twice that of the previous-generation Mac Pro tower, pros can customise and expand their system in ways never before possible in a single workstation.

For pros animating 3D film assets, compositing 8K scenes and building complex 3D environments, graphics performance is more important than ever. That is why Mac Pro features the world’s most powerful graphics card and up to 56 teraflops of graphics performance in a single system. Its groundbreaking graphics expansion architecture, the Apple MPX Module, features Thunderbolt integration and over 500W of power, both firsts for any graphics card. And for super quiet operation, the MPX Module is cooled by the Mac Pro system thermals.

Mac Pro graphics options start with the Radeon Pro 580X. Mac Pro debuts the Radeon Pro Vega II, featuring up to 14 teraflops of compute performance and 32GB of memory with 1TB/s of memory bandwidth, the highest of any GPU. Mac Pro also introduces Radeon Pro Vega II Duo, which features two Vega II GPUs for an incredible 28 teraflops of graphics performance and 64GB of memory, making it the world’s most powerful graphics card. Mac Pro can accommodate two MPX Modules so customers can use two Vega II Duos for a staggering 56 teraflops of graphics performance and 128GB of video memory.

The new Mac Pro debuts Afterburner, featuring a programmable ASIC capable of decoding up to 6.3 billion pixels per second. With Afterburner, video editors using high-quality cameras that require the conversion of native file formats into proxies for easy editing can now use native formats right from the camera and decode up to three streams of 8K ProRes RAW video and 12 streams of 4K ProRes RAW video in real time,¹ virtually eliminating proxy workflows.

The design of the new Mac Pro starts with a stainless-steel space frame with an aluminium housing that lifts off for 360-degree access to the entire system. The frame provides a foundation for modularity and flexibility, and incorporates smooth handles for easily moving Mac Pro around the studio. The housing also features a stunning lattice pattern to maximise airflow and quiet operation. For customers who want to rack mount their Mac Pro in edit bays or machine rooms, an optimised version for rack deployment will be available this spring.

Featuring a 32-inch LCD panel with a 6016 x 3384 Retina 6K resolution with more than 20 million pixels, Pro Display XDR delivers a super-sharp, high-resolution viewing experience with nearly 40 percent more screen real estate than a Retina 5K display. With a P3 wide colour gamut and true 10-bit colour for over 1 billion colours, pros will have a more true-to-life viewing experience — critical for video and photo editing, 3D animation or colour grading. Pro Display XDR also features the industry’s best polariser technology, delivering a super-wide, colour-accurate, off-axis viewing angle, so now multiple people can view more accurate content simultaneously. To manage reflected light, Pro Display XDR has an industry-leading anti-reflective coating and offers an innovative new matte option called nano-texture, with glass etched at the nanometer level for low reflectivity and less glare.

To better reflect what the eye can see in the real world, Pro Display XDR takes high dynamic range to a whole new extreme. Pro Display XDR uses a direct backlighting system with a large array of LEDs that produce 1,000 nits of full-screen brightness and 1,600 nits of peak brightness, far surpassing that of a typical display. With an advanced thermal system that uses its aluminium lattice pattern as a heat sink, Pro Display XDR can sustain 1,000 nits of full-screen brightness indefinitely, something that has never been possible before on a display with this resolution. And with an amazing 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, images will have the brightest specular highlights, super dark blacks and all the details in between.

With edge-to-edge glass and narrow, 9-millimetre borders in a stunning, aluminium enclosure, Pro Display XDR features a highly functional and flexible design. The Pro Stand has an intricately engineered arm that perfectly counterbalances the display so it feels virtually weightless, allowing users to easily place it into position. The Pro Stand provides both tilt and height adjustment, and also allows Pro Display XDR to rotate into portrait mode, perfect for tasks like retouching photos, designing a web page or writing code. Easily removable, the Pro Stand quickly attaches and detaches so it is easy to take on location. For pros with unique mounting requirements, a VESA mount adapter is interchangeable with the Pro Stand. With a single Thunderbolt 3 cable, Pro Display XDR connects seamlessly to the Mac product line, including the new Mac Pro, which supports up to six displays for a breathtaking 120 million pixels.

The all-new Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR, and Pro Stand will be available to order in the spring.

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Independent games publisher Versus Evil and developer Obsidian Entertainment today announced that Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire has been nominated for Best Adventure game and Best Writing categories in the 23rd Annual Webby Awards.

Hailed as the “Internet’s Highest Honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet. IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of Internet industry experts including Internet inventor Vint Cerf, Instagram’s Head of Fashion Partnerships Eva Chen, Director of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society Susan P. Crawford, actor and activist Jesse Williams, GE CMO Linda Boff, Pod Save the People host and activist DeRay McKesson, Google’s Head of Conversation Design Cathy Pearl, Fortnite Designer Eric Williamson, HBO Digital Chief Diane Tryneski, Los Angeles Laker Isaiah Thomas, and DDB Worldwide CEO Wendy Clark.

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is the sequel to the critically acclaimed, award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity and launched on PC, Mac and Linux in May 2018. The game will be launching on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch later this year.

“Nominees like Obsidian are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said Claire Graves, Executive Director of The Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 13,000 entries we received this year.”

“Having Deadfire nominated in both Best Game and Best Writing for the Webby Awards is a great honor. For over fifteen years we have committed ourselves to creating memorable role-playing experiences and the continued praise for Pillars II keeps us focused on this mission,” said Obsidian Entertainment Studio Head, Feargus Urquhart.

“Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire continues to be recognized for the passion and commitment that the Obsidian team has put into creating the ultimate RPG adventure and we couldn’t be more proud of their Webby Award nomination,” added Steve Escalante, General Manager for publisher Versus Evil.

As a nominee, Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted online by fans across the globe. From now until April 18th, 2019, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire fans can cast their votes HERE .

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, and honored at a star-studded ceremony on Monday, May 13th, 2019, at Cipriani on Wall Street in New York City.

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