HP Brings DreamColor Accuracy to Mobile Power Users

By DE Editors

HP (Palo Alto, CA) expanded its DreamColor technology portfolio with the introduction at SIGGRAPH 2008 of the HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation with DreamColor Display, which the company says offers professionals “exceptional” color accuracy.

HP also introduced the HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation, the HP EliteBook 8530p Notebook PC, a custom calibration kit for the now-shipping DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Display, and two more high-performance displays designed to meet the demands of a new generation of visual computing customers.

The HP EliteBook 8730w is said to be the only mobile workstation on the market to offer a 17-in. diagonal HP DreamColor Display, with more than 16 million colors. The notebook also offers an Intel quad-core processor, 8GB of memory,  and NVIDIA’s next generation of Quadro FX cards with up to 1GB dedicated video memory.

The HP EliteBook 8530w and HP EliteBook 8530p add professional graphics capabilities in a convenient mobile format, making the notebooks suited for power users in design and engineering, as well as other creative pursuits. Both systems include a 15.4-in. diagonal display, Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 8GB of memory. Plus, HP EliteBook 8530w supports Intel quad-core mobile processors.

The 24-in. HP DreamColor LP2480zx Display, developed through a technology collaboration between HP and DreamWorks Animation SKG, provides more than 1 billion colors in a 30-bit, LED-backlit widescreen display.

The new HP DreamColor Advanced Profiling Solution, now shipping as an option,  allows users of the HP DreamColor LP2480zx Display to custom calibrate color settings beyond the built-in factory pre-sets. The solution includes a customized DreamColor colorimeter and calibration software.

The DreamColor Display becomes even more powerful when combined with the new generation of 30-bit graphics accelerator cards such as the ATI FireGL V7700. When the display is combined with a 30-bit card, the user can both generate and display content using the full pallet of more than 1 billion colors.

For details, availability and pricing, contact HP.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.