HP Pavilion dv6-6190us Screen quality question

Can people with the HP Pavilion dv6-6190us laptop please help me with deciding on the best laptop for my needs. My main issue is that I NEED 1920x1080, and I need it easily readable with good viewing angles and colors, and preferably matte or anti-glare. This has led me to three options:

1) Sony VPCF 226 - which has an OUTSTANDING 16.3 " 1920x1080 anti-glare display with incredible viewing angles, but only geforce 540m
2) Cyberpowerpc - for the same price can customize with geforce 560M- much more powerfull gaming, but the screen is 15.6" and glossy.
3) HP Pavilion dv6-6190us - Ok, AMD graphics, once opengl is fixed, but I heard it has a 15.6" anti-glare screen at 1920x1080, but that it is dim and lousy colors/viewing angle (at least compared to the Sony)

The Sony seems best and it should be easier to read webpages with an extra inch of screen, and gaming would almost be the same as the HP. Obviously the Cyberpowerpc (Clevo) would be much faster at games, but I have no idea how bad the viewing angles would be on it's glossy. So I thought the HP might be a good compromise, but is the screen really that much worse than the Sony's? Is it bright and colorfull, or dull with changes when you move your head? Thanks a lot for any advice.

 

It's plenty bright for me (should be 300 nits at max). The screen is definitely above average. It's nice, don't really have anything to compare it to, but it's good.

 

Look at the Sager NP5160, NP5165, NP8130, and NP8150 on XoticPC.com

You can also find equivalent laptops on MythlogicCorp.com, the Pollux series.

You can upgrade them to a 1920x1080 95% gamut matte display, which is arguably the best non-IPS 1080p screen there is.

There's also the Dell Precision M4600 with the IPS RGB LED screen upgrade, and it's GPU is about on-par with the HP.

 

I believe the sager NP8130 is the same thing as the Cyberpowerpc your looking at. With the NP8130 you can upgrade to 95% NTSC glossy screen for $30.

 

Thanks, but I'm hearing Cyberpowerpc is junk, bad quality, random freezes, bsods, horrible customer support, and will probably be a $1200 paperweight in a year. Now I guess its Sony or HP, though I would really like to see if a glossy 1080p screen is as terrible as the glossy 1600x900 and 1366x720's at Best Buy. I just don't get glossy, if your head and eyes are not at the EXACT parrallel and vertical position (ie, you move 1 inch), the screen turns to crap. The Sony at best buy did not do that, and it is anti-glare. I am wanting to know if going up to a glossy 1080p improves those viewing angles and if it is always a better screen than the lower resolutions?

 

Well, there is that other option... never! No. Unless... no, no no.
I must resist... just... just...

Apple - MacBook Pro - The new MacBook Pro. Huge leaps in performance.

[Joking aside, the 17" has a 1920x1200 resolution and carries the AMD 6750M. The screen's quality is said to be good. I don't know how much the Sony you were looking at goes for, but this one doesn't have a low price. If it's the right price or not, that's another story.
Also, you can look for HP's DreamColor screen. Supposed to be real good, too.]

Cheers!

 

I'm a windows man. Need to run 99% of the software and games out there. Can't be 99% incompatible with the rest of the world like the Mac idiots. Anyways, I am really wanting to know if the 1920x1080 screen on the 15" Pavilion 6190us is good or bad, because it is anti-glare and has AMD 6770M and cheap.

 

Original poster, don't cross post on this forum again. It's awful forum etiquette. You will get an answer, be patient.

 

Ok, sorry. But I figured it belonged in another general laptop discussion forum since I was considering a few laptops based on 1080p screen.

 

Wondering if that 95% matte screen in the Sagers would be compatible with the HP? I'm getting both the NP8130 with 95% matte 1080p and the DV6z. I will do a comparison of the screens. One of the laptops will be returned, but if the screen is that phenomenal in the NP8130 I may be tempted to keep it despite the cost difference and battery life between the NP8130 and DV6z.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the new DV6's come with a new 1080p LG screen that is supposedly much brighter and better, albeit only 60% color gamut.

 

What is the difference between 60% color gamut and 95%? It just seems that every glossy laptop in Best Buy only looks acceptable if the screen is angled about
45 degrees back. Move it in or out even a fraction of an inch and the whole screen gets washed out.
I don't sit up perfectly straight and freeze every muscle in my body just to view an acceptable screen!
I might slouch, lay in my chair with my feet up, etc. The Sony is anti-glare, but more importantly it is quite
a bit more forgiving in the vertical viewing angles and the color doesn't wash out as easy. You are right, I probably wouldn't change the horizontal viewing angle much, but veritcal all the time, your body is never
exactly at the same vertical height unless you are a statue. Let me know if the DV6's 1080p has good vertical viewing angles please. I just can't stand a screen that changes when my head moves up or down a bit. I don't know if I would know the difference between color gamut for web/games?

 

The HP is not glossy, it is matte. And it looks just fine to me but like others I have nothing to compare it to - but it is better than your typical Best Buy laptop.

95% gamut I hear is worth it, I can definitely tell the color reproduction on the dv6t I had was not ideal and slightly inaccurate.

 

Color gamut has nothing to do with viewing angles, it's all about color representation. Most laptops come with crap 40-50% color gamut displays, but unless you're into professional photo editing or a complete videophile 60% is pretty good.

Viewing angles is a completely different beast, and has nothing to do with being glossy or higher gamut. The issue is that normally the higher end displays have the best of all worlds (color gamut, viewing angles, brightness, contrast) where the lower end displays have the lower end of all worlds, it's hard to find a middle ground.

I will be disappointed if the DV6 has poor viewing angles. I had a Sager NP8170 which was a great machine, even the display was good, but the viewing angles were horrible. Had to be perpendicular to the screen to get a good visual. What I like about the DV6 over the NP8130 is battery life and price, but not sure if I can sacrifice using a bad screen even if I do save $500 or more. Although I am looking to see if I can get the 95% screen from the Sager and if it will work with the HP, if so might be worth the $150 or so it will probably cost.

 

Thanks jaguare, and how old are you? How is your eyesight? People have said that 1920x1080 is real tiny and unless you have great vision and 22 years old, won't be able to read it. Can your read it easily from a 3 feet away? The Sony 17" 1080p was clear, but very tiny and starting to get hard to read after 2 feet, and that has a great screen that is an inch bigger. I am leaning towards the HP dv6 because of better graphics card for games and better battery life. Both are same price. So with the HP dv6 the vertical viewing angle is fine if you move up or down or move the lid/screen back and forth?

 

They are. Someone put the AUO B156HW01 V7 in their DV6, and that's just the glossy version of the 95% gamut screen.

 

HTWingNut, how was the dv6 1080p screen?

 

Very nice actually. I was impressed. Not nearly as nice as the 95% gamut screen in the Sager but still a very pleasant screen. Viewing angles are pretty good, brightness is good, not nearly as high as the Sager, but comfortable at 30-40% brightness anyhow.

Here's my brief overview of the two machines. Sorry, my first time doing an actual live review. Nothing special in it, but gives you an idea, and my camera sucks I know!

HP DV6z and Sager NP8130 Quick Overview - YouTube

 

Thanks, for the review. I was looking at the dv6 with intel quad and ati 6770, didn't even know they made the LLano at 1080p screen. May think about saving a few bucks.

 

Now I am also considering an Asus and MSI models that are also 15", but have monster Nvidia 560 video cards. They also have 1080p screens, but they are glossy. What do you guys think about those screens compared to the HP? Has anyone seen one? I don't mind glossy vs matte that much, but I CAN'T STAND poor viewing angles! What has better viewing angles (mainly vertical), glossy or matte? Thanks guys

 

You will need the make and model of the LCD and find the spec sheet in order to know the viewing angles. Glossy and matte have no bearing on it.