Razer Blade Pro Laptop Gets THX Certification, Kaby Lake

Razer today announced an update to its Blade Pro laptop, adding THX certification and a seventh-generation Intel Kaby Lake processor to its high-end gaming system.

The Blade Pro will become the first laptop with THX Mobile Certification, an accreditation that applies to audio and visual output from the machine. Past working with THX, Razer is able to provide a headset jack that meets several high-quality audio watermarks, too as a display calibrated and tested for premium colour accuracy and video playback.

The audio jack matches THX requirements for voltage output, frequency response, baloney, and crosstalk, all to guarantee clear sound through headphones. The screen, meanwhile, remains at 17.3 inches with a 4K resolution, merely boasts a THX colour profile for a better picture.

With a Kaby Lake processor, the Blade Pro will be a bit faster than its Skylake predecessor, avowal improve 4K playback, and be more ability efficient. Information technology will too feature faster DDR4 memory (2,667MHz as opposed to the previous ii,133MHZ) and yet brand use of an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card. Information technology will be available in April on Razer's website and select retailers, starting at $iii,999.99.

These features are included specifically in the Blade Pro because Razer'due south premium laptop aims not only at hardcore gamers, simply art and design professionals. Adding this support to the refreshed version further appeals to that demographic, supplementing existing features like the 100 percentage Adobe colour spectrum display. For our detailed thoughts on the original Blade Pro, see our total review.

"The Razer Blade Pro is a elevation-level laptop providing an excellent THX viewing manner and audio experience," says Ty Ahmad-Taylor, CEO of THX. "It tin easily handle farthermost gaming and content cosmos with exceptional mobile audio and visual functioning."