I have a lot of interesting experiences many people have never had.
I saw a gigantic grouper that was bigger than me.
I’ve also seen a school of Pikes and I was fully surrounded by them.
Hi everyone. My name is Ya-Xiong (Bear) Kuo.
People call me Da Xiong. I’m currently working at ELTA TV as a television producer.
I graduated from the Department of Mass Communication, Chinese Culture University.
So, in the very beginning
I studied news production when I was in college.
After completing military service, I worked as an assistant editor at Da Ai Television.
That’s how I started. So, I started from
journalism-related departments, then worked
relevant positions and eventually arrived here.
It wasn't until around 2000 or 2001,
TTV Main Channel began their regular TV programs. Like regular weekly programs.
That’s when I went to TTV Main Channel. Back then, TTV had a Sports News Center.
That was when I got into the sports industry and began producing the show "Sports Weekly".
Working as a journalist, especially sports journalist,
the contents you get to cover is quite extraordinary.
It’s probably just me,
but since the very beginning (not taking into account travelling abroad),
Whether it’s high up in the mountains or water-related events.
I’ve probably encountered and experienced a lot more than many other journalists.
I'm not referring to the fancy food I've tried or the celebrities I’ve met.
An example would be... Back then I had to do a sports show
and I had the opportunity to visit Sipadan, Malaysia.
It was a diving paradise. I dived 28 meters down to the ocean
and saw gigantic grouper that was bigger than me.
I’ve also seen a school of Pikes and I was fully surrounded by them.
This job gives me a lot of opportunities
to experience a great number of things that many people have never experienced.
Back in 2012, the Olympics was held in London Olympics. We didn’t have laptops then.
Back then, we used industrial computers for work.
Basically, I assembled my own industrial PC.
In 2012, such a device weighed around 20 kilograms.
I had to ship my industrial computer half a year in advance before going to London.
And as I recall, it wasn't until 2013 that I got my GIGABYTE 2542 (P2542) laptop
and I didn’t use it to do my editing work at the time.
By 2014, I fully became a worker of the sports industry.
Many of my colleagues and friends said Final Cut Pro was awesome.
Of course, I’ve used it before.
But it had combability issues. It’s only compatible with its own software.
It posed a big problem for journalists like us who need to run around.
So, the best solution was for me to rent one. It helped the company save costs.
I didn’t really have the time to test things out.
Everyone was telling me the laptop was great, very user-friendly. You’ll get used to it soon.
But we had tight deadlines. I must publish the news within a certain time period after the filming.
It was really a pain in the neck.
In 2016, we decided to use
4K cameras to film athletes and sport events.
If I remember correctly, in 2016,
we spent almost a million (NTD) investing in film editing equipment. It was a Mac system.
But it didn’t really work out.
And then two years passed. It was 2018.
In 2018, we were considering using 4K cameras
to film Tokyo Olympic Games footage.
We began to search for
suitable 4K equipment and cameras,
laptops and editing equipment.
We then began our search.
The reason I picked this one was because my previous laptop was also made by GIGABYTE.
I got that one back in 2013,
and it's been by my side until now.
I think it’s a really trustworthy laptop.
Because when you look at it
Journalists like us, we need to do interviews on the go
and also do a lot of editing work. Many people actually use gaming laptops.
Of course, it looks really cool and fancy,
but they're relatively heavy and clunky.
For me,
Well, maybe for other people, they think gaming laptop is undoubtedly the best choice.
But for me, after my experience using the previous generation GIGABYTE laptop,
I don't focus on appearance, but rather performance.
And because of that, when I need to pick something is perfect for editing 4K videos,
the first brand that came to my mind is this GIGABYTE. I'd borrowed a laptop from GIGABYTE to run some tests.
Now we’re using two types of software. One is Premiere and the other one is Edius.
I’ve tried running both on the laptop and there were no issues.
That’s the first thing. The second advantage is that it has a 4K screen display.
Since I’m filming 4K scenes, I hope the results I see wouldn’t be too different from what I was filming.
It has original Pantone color system. So, when I’m editing my videos
I can see clearly whether the colors are accurate enough.
Whether they look exactly like what I’ve filmed.
If I downgrade by using an HD screen to check the 4K videos I’ve filmed,
it loses its 4K quality, which defeats the original purpose.
Compared to the previous generation, this generation effectively reduces file transferring time.
Because it usually takes a lot of time for the files to be transferred to the laptop and then imported into the software.
The better the processor performance, the more time it saves.
For journalists like us, even though we usually have dinner at ten p.m.,
for journalists, timeliness is crucial.
The speed of this laptop really helps reduce my work time.
Oh, and another thing. After I transfer my files to the laptop,
the software will need to render again. So, the higher the performance, the less rendering time required,
which shortens my overall work time.
This helps me out the most. In recent years, we began filming 4K videos.
When I used my old laptop...
Transferring of 4K videos... Well, the memory card was 128G.
Simply transferring 128G into the laptop would probably take 2 to 3 hours.
However, when I use this one here to do the same file transfer, it only takes 20 to 30 minutes.
Like I previously mentioned, I my footage to look exactly the way I filmed it.
If I use my old laptop, the 4K videos would lag and wouldn’t load properly.
Not to mention it was impossible to check for color distortion.
The AERO 15 OLED offers much more than a 4K screen display.
It's even undergone Pantone color calibration.
Since I’m using a good camera, I hope the footage I’m editing
and what I see and shoot,
can match with each other. That way, can assure
the audience gets to see the same quality images I've filmed.
The previous generation laptop has an SD card socket.
The new generation still keeps this design.
Today, video cameras
use...
A whole variety of memory cards.
For example, Sony cameras use its own memory card
and the camera has its own SD card.
When we’re filming outside, we want to keep things as light as possible. This laptop has a built-in SD card socket.
That means I don’t need to carry an extra card reader.
Initially, I was considering the 17-inch model, which had a bigger screen.
When I saw the laptop, the sales person said it had a 15.6-inch. And I thought how was that possible? It looked like 14" screen.
It’s because it has narrow borders. So, the laptop looks exactly the same size as the 15.6-inch I’m using.
I really didn’t expect that at all. To me, that was pretty impressive.