{"id":594590,"date":"2023-01-06T05:49:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T11:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/razer-blade-16-hands-on-a-dream-gaming-laptop\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T05:49:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T11:49:32","slug":"razer-blade-16-hands-on-a-dream-gaming-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/razer-blade-16-hands-on-a-dream-gaming-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"Razer Blade 16 hands-on: a dream gaming laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Razer has given us a first look at the Razer Blade 16 and Razer Blade 18, which will be released in the next few months. And I will say right now: I am impressed.<\/p>\n

The Blade 18 is the biggest and most powerful Razer Blade that has ever been released, which is neat in itself. But I\u2019m actually even more excited about the Blade 16, which is debuting some never-before-seen on a Razer Blade.<\/p>\n

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First, there\u2019s a Mini LED screen. And it looks great<\/em>. On the screen, some shades looked blindingly bright against black backdrops, where they might\u2019ve looked washed out on other gaming displays. Black areas, speaking of, looked gorgeously black.<\/p>\n

Next to the Blade 16 model in its demo area, Razer actually had a separate panel made of Mini LEDs that mirrored what the Blade 16 was doing. When local dimming zones brightened and dimmed on the Blade, the corresponding diodes brightened and dimmed on the panel. (I know it\u2019s hard to picture, but you can see what I\u2019m talking about in the photo below.) We were told that the Blade 16\u2019s screen had 1,000 local dimming zones, and that feels like a big number on paper \u2014 but this panel really highlighted (heh) just how many teensy, independent lights are crammed into that laptop, and how much work they\u2019re all doing.<\/p>\n

We weren\u2019t actually able to play any titles on these Blade models, since they were pre-production units \u2014 Razer only showed us a video of game footage. This meant I was not able to try the intriguing toggle feature (which allows you to easily swap between 4K\/120Hz and 1920 x 1200\/240Hz modes), but my colleague Cameron Faulkner wrote about that earlier today<\/a> if you want to know more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the Blade 16 with the little dot panel beside it. Each of those little dots is a local dimming zone that can brighten and dim independently.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

I\u2019m also thrilled \u2014 thrilled<\/em>, I tell you \u2014 that these laptops have 16:10 screens; it really does make the 16-inch panel seem endless compared to Blades that I\u2019ve used in the past. As a bonus, the taller screen makes for a longer chassis, which gave Razer room for a large 95.2Wh battery \u2014 which, with all the fancy screen features this device needs to power, may be a real necessity.<\/p>\n

I was also able to take the keyboard and touchpad for a spin, and I can confirm that they are the same old large, sturdy keyboard and touchpad that we\u2019ve seen on Razer Blades past. Inside, configurations come with Intel\u2019s 13th-Gen Core i9-13950HX and up to Nvidia\u2019s GeForce RTX 4090 graphics. The Blade 16 starts at $2,699.99.<\/p>\n

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Now, all of these additions do come with a grand total of one change that I consider a compromise. That\u2019s the size. The Blade 16 is 5.4 pounds and 13.98 x 9.61 x 0.87 inches. That\u2019s almost a full pound heavier and over a tenth of an inch thicker than last year\u2019s Blade 15 (which this isn\u2019t replacing, per se, but they\u2019re clearly in a similar category).<\/p>\n

This is a heavy device; it was a pain for me to lift up, and it certainly doesn\u2019t feel quite as slim and sleek as the Blade 15 did last year. But that\u2019s a compromise some folks will be willing to make in order to get this Mini LED screen (as well as the improved performance the Blade 16 brings), and that\u2019s fair enough.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Monica Chin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Razer has given us a first look at the Razer Blade 16 and Razer Blade 18, which will be released in the next few months. And I will say right now: I am impressed.The Blade 18 is the biggest and most powerful Razer Blade that has ever been released, which is neat in itself. But<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4879,24538,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-blade","category-razer","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}