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It gets a little smudgy, but lesser than the DV7t - I guess because of the color on the DV7t, it shows up more.

Do remember that Dell's return policy isn't as good as HP's. If you have buyers remorse, then they charge a restocking fee (if nothing is wrong with the notebook). HP is just too good as far as their customer service is concerned. I have bought 5 HP notebooks for my family in the past 2 years alone.

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It's great that we have this confirmed!

What device(s) are recommended for the other end?

 

I got the netgear p2tv-2000 today. I'm updating the intel drivers ( http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19782) and I'll play around with it to see if it plays protected content such as blu-ray and the like. I'll let you know.

 

Wrong link . . . look here: Intel® Wireless Display — Software and drivers for Intel® Wireless Display

 

Here is how I currently have the Intel set:

Brightness 25
Contrast 50
Gamma .6
Hue 0
Saturation 7

I went through the color calibration process for the Radeon as well and don't see the specific settings. I think they are different as when I do this, I does not appear to modify my Intel settings.

I use my laptop for a lot of text-based activities so the true-type settings are important to me. I did a lot of fudging with them and I am pretty happy with it right now. My eyes tend to like different settings, so I will likely continue fudging and will post new settings if I come up with anything better.

I have a calibration disc that I bought to use with my HDTVs - have never used it, but may try it on my laptop when I have the time just for the heck of it.

 

The big thing that will get me to buy p2tv will be whether or not it automatically adjusts or sets the resolution to the native resolution of the target display. Can you run a different resolution on your display and the target display?

TIA

 

Laptops weren't design to stay on 24hrs a day/365 days a year. If you want to use it as a server, desktop will always beat a laptop. They have full size hardware with maximum air flow. Portability is one of the main reason why you want to go to a laptop, even if its moving from the family room to the bedroom.

 

I had my Dell XPS M1710 laptop for over 4 years, and it was on 24 hours a day 95% of the time with no problems.

I had the screen set to go to sleep after 30 min and the hard drive after 30min to hour if there was no activity. My other laptops I had were mostly on 24hour a day operation and did not have problems with them either.

 

please tell me whether it is possible to turn off the backlight of the touch pad on all the time?

 

fn + spacebar

 

And every time when you reboot your laptop, you will be always pushing these keys?

 

it stays off

 

Just found a new Coupon Code for the DV7T Quad NB4151(30 Percent Off!)
There's Also one for the DV6T Quad NB6171 (30 Percent Off!)

I applied it to my order and saved an extra $159 over my previous savings. I had previously applied the $300 off coupon before this so thats a total savings of $459 from the 30Percent off. Considering seeing if they will let me cancel and recreate the order with this percent off as I could get a way nicer config. We will see On the phone with them now... All SEEMS to be going well aha.

Edit: If I cancelled right now and re-ordered I would have a build date of May 31st when my current build date is June 6th. I guess they don't update that number on the site Lol. Makes me confident in the idea that I will receive the laptop early though. I would reorder with better parts but I'm told it will take "3-5 business days to get the money credited back to the card" which is great since it only took one for them to take it (hold it) in the first place. Point being I'm a student and don't have the cash to have two $1300 charges out right now. Still though way happy about the savings.

I've called them three times now (2 times to order the ADP and Once for the price change) and every time I have made an "excellent choice" either everyone is finally realizing I'm brilliant or I'm being marketed too Haha.

Note: Sorry for the retarded colours but I wan't to make sure people know and can update their purchases

 

Do any SATA III (6GB/s) mechanical laptop drives actually exists?

 

Sever hard drives don't sleep. They are constantly spinning. That's why the majority of the time servers fail, is because of the hard drive. Another reason why you should raid 0 or raid 10 your server hard drive; To protect it from data lost. Show me a laptop that you can put 4+ hard drives in it.

 

Newegg sells a few 2.5in sata III hard drives. They are all too thick to fit in most laptops. I think HP can go up to 12mm thick. SATA III laptop hard drives are 15mm thick. It's hard to imagine a 7200rpm or 10000rpm drive can fully utilize a throughput 6GB/s of data.

Laptop Mechanical Hard Drives, SATA III 6.0Gb/s

 

I am used to refresh the browser by F5 key in my old laptop. In dv7t I need to use fn+F5 for same. As this key does not have any other function, is there a way to enable F5 to work with out fn key?

 

Thanks ...you're a smart guy ... google was fairly useless. I kind of figured that maybe the mechanical drives don't even completely use up the 3Gbit/s bandwidth. I also read a couple of very unhappy reviews concerning the thickness issue. You would think (well I would) that given enough on disk cache/firmware intelligence, you could come up with a better preforming mechanical. I know it is the weakest link (5.9) in the Windows Experience suite. Thanks again

I did manage to stumble upon these articles from 2008

 

Mmmm... no Servers DO mostly fail due to HD related problems, but it's not because of their continuous spinning (spinning idle it's the less painful state of a mechanical hard drive, it could do for a million hours avg. from what the manufactures says) but for their intense activity.

 

There are many server HDDs which are spinning now that if stopped would fail.

 

Hey it's Cammeron I decided to kill off my old account and this is the new one.

 

how do you Kill an account?

 

I didn't actually find a way to kill it I just assigned it a different email address so I could create a new account on the Email I use. I no longer wanted my name plastered everywhere lol. If you find a way to kill an account tell me as I will get rid of the old one.

 

NO takers?

 

I'd take them off your hands if I had ordered a professional edition of Windows. All the same though most people probably won't go for it though because of the disc creator. Good luck though man nobody likes taking a hit.

 

Anyone else' beats audio sound weird unless you open up the beats control panel and it magically gets better?

 

So does the QE [email protected]/3.3 ghz and the AMD 6770 GPU have the switchable graphics? I was reading all of the old threads (oldish like around Jan. 2011) and they were all complaining about 2-3 hour battery lives because of the non-switchable graphics. This driver IS out right?

 

Guys just a quick question, how long does it take to get the confirmation email once you buy a laptop?
I've tried FOUR times to buy a laptop and my order would just get cancelled(got the email after 3 days), I've tried a FIFTH time and I just want to know when should I get my email so I don't get my hopes up..
I just wanted my dv6 so bad ):

 

If your order is being cancelled I would call HP. I received my email moments after ordering. I ordered the Accidental Damage Protection the next day by phone and 2 minutes later had that Order Confirmation in my email as well

 

Hey, guys, I've been looking at gaming laptops recently, and for my approx. $800 budget I thought my best choice would be the dv6tqe with 6770m graphics.
http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/coupon-hp-pavilion-dv6t-16-inch-quad-edition-laptop/15717.aspx

However, I see that the dv7 looks like an identical computer except for a larger screen and better resolution, for only like $70 more.
http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/Coupon-NEW-HP-Pavilion-dv7t-17-3Inch-Notebook/11471.aspx
Would that be a better choice for gaming? Or would the higher resolution decrease performance???

 

That was the same decision I had to make. This would be the first laptop I ever had, so did a lot of research/seeing what I like best. I found that I can enjoy a laptop with any native resolution and prefer to have a bigger monitor. More pixels on the dv7 should lead to a better quality game too. At 1600x900 with the 6770m I think most current games can run at least high settings.

This really is all speculation but it's what I based my decision on to buy a dv7tqe. In conclusion: I picked the dv7 over the dv6 because the actual screen is bigger enabling me to appreciate more widescreen games and movies. I wasn't worried about battery life because I will be plugged in >90% of the time.

One thing to note is that the laptops you have linked use a 5400rpm HDD. I chose the 7200 assuming it will be faster, though not as fast as an SSD.

Good luck!

 

Higher resolution would decrease performance, both computers should fair well with most games.

 

Can I run the original Crysis on max settings with good fps on either one?

Is it true that 7200 is faster? Because I can get a free DOWNGRADE to "640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection." Is that better than their free UPGRADE if I don't need the extra space?

 

I purchased the dv7 over the dv6 because of the higher des, double hdd bays (allowing for an ssd upgrade for the os for more speed), subwoofer, longer warranty and, full keyboard. You still have the issue of having to lug around a larger laptop and pay a slightly higher price tag in addition to the slightly lower frame rates. In the end though it all come's down to what you want in your machine.

For the Hard Drive speed I don't think you will notice the performance difference that much in the Laptop.
For gaming I've never had my hard drive be my issue on speed for other tasks I don't think the difference between 5400 and 7200 will be terribly noticeable.
I upgraded my DV5T to a 7200 Scorpio 320GB WD HDD from the HP installed 5400RPM 250GB around a year and a half ago and the improvement was minimal if even noticeable... You have to remember faster Disc Speeds do not necessarily equate to faster read/write speeds they are just one factor.

If you really want it to be noticeable get an SSD for the boot drive.
Do remember though that SSD's degrade with use and you will eventually end up with lower performance/space the more read/writes that are done. I'd recommend just getting a small SSD for the OS and any important programs that will never be removed and wont write often to the SSD. Once my laptop arrives I'm going to use my savings to get a small one for the second bay then clean install everything.

Newegg has small drives for cheap so SSD's don't necessarily have to be the incredibly expensive price tag we've all come to know

(30 GB OCZ) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227393 (84.99)
(60 GB OCZ) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227550 ($104.99)
(120 GB OCZ) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227551 (209.99)

Point being that was my reasoning for choosing the 750GB 5400 over the 7200 as I could have large file storage while also having a quick system when paired with the SSD. This results in a fast system that still has plenty of storage space.



For info on individual game fps on the laptop follow* the link
http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-pavilion-notebooks/568150-gaming-dv6tqe-dv7tqe.html

 

What are all the differences between the two models?

 

That's what I did as well. According to this one test with both hard drives, there is a significant difference in certain tasks. As for a noticeable difference in games I can't be sure. I went with the "better safe than sorry" mindset and opted for the 640gb because I figure if I ever need more space I will get an external. In 1-2 years I might even get an SSD for another speed boost.

It will just depend on your needs. I wouldn't expect a huge speed difference so if capacity is more important go with the 5400.

 

I just called and asked my account to be credited for th free blue ray player they are offering now, and they credited me 50 bucks.

 

Sounds like you didn't ask for a supervisor. I called to use a new coupon that came out to save me $100. Originally the CSR said she would credit me the maximum $50 account credit - but I wanted the full amount so I politely asked to speak with a supervisor. She checked out what I was saying and found that I was in the right. After I had the supervisor on the phone it only took a couple of minutes for her to credit me the full $100.

The blue ray player upgrade was otherwise a $100 difference, you should have been given that amount.

 

Actually, as the data density on each platter is higher you're not going to see strictly higher speeds. I chose the larger hdd with 5400rpm as they say that the 7200rpm hdd uses more electricity and gets hotter. As I want my dv6 to be portable, these are a bigger deal than being marginally faster. If I want faster, I'll plunk out $100's for a SSD.

When I built my first desktop back in 2005, I was all crazy for the fastest thing possible to make my gaming experience the very best. I used raid 0 and striped that bad boy so that XP would load really fast and my hdd wouldn't be as limiting of a factor. Turns out time made my computer a limiting factor and my two 7200rpm striped hard drives really weren't that much faster than just a single drive for every day use. Especially when i didn't have money to update the computer a few years later.

Thats not to say I have any factual merit behind what I'm saying...purely anecdotal!

 

I got mine instantly. Using a gmail, with Google Chrome on a Mac.

 

Whoops too late; no refresh. So what about the switchable graphics? With SB i7 and ATI 6770? Please?

 

From everything I've read (reviews, posts, videos) everything after the "refresh" has switch-able graphics. January was before the "Spring-Refresh" (Model Update)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgOTfZz3X7E T
That has the 2.0 i7 and switch-able graphics (37 Second Mark) . I don't see any reason as to why the 2.2/2.3 would not have switch-able graphics as well since they would have to use a different board instead of simply using a different CPU.

If you're waiting to buy and want to be patient I will deffinetly have an answer for you when mine arrives (expected June 6th but I believe it could be as early as May 23/24th)

 

Perfectly safe to keep a laptop on all the time. I have done that with my HP dv6700 series for years. Currently doing that with my dv6tqe-6000 while sitting on it's docking station. I used to run P2P applications all night with never any issues. The only thing I ever did was to adjust the screen settings to turn off so that I would not encounter any burn-in problems.

 

there's a docking station? *quickly goes to google*

 

Hey since we've mentioned the docking stations mind going into a bit of detail? I was actually wondering.. My dv5 uses one large connection for USB, Ethernet, USB, Power, Audio, VGA Video, Mic. I believe the new docks connect through one USB cable now am I right? if so the laptop can't receive power through the connection which means you have to plug in at least two cables? The old docks also have touch buttons on the front for audio and power (XB4 dock) do the new ones? I'm kind of hoping i'm wrong and that the new docks haven't been as cut down as I believe.

 

AAggghh.. Now I wish i got professional... Sorry.

 

This screen is making me bad, I was starting to get use to the screen door effect and I went to Best buy and checked one of the older gen Dv7s and the screen looks far better.

I confirmed the the resolution was the same at 1600x900 and it just looked far more clear. How do you guys check the monitor type?

I went to device monitor but all it shows is Generic PnP monitor

 

You are almost there ...

Generic PnP monitor(right click)->Properties->Details->Property->Hardware ID

There are several different suppliers, but they are ALL per HP Brightview specification. Could there be differences? Sure, but people must not think much of HP quality control. I have a [n older] SEC3354, which is far from perfect, but generally fine. I WISH my eyes were good enough to even SEE a screen door effect ... which CAN BE evident on projectors, but on laptop displays??? Exactly how far away are your eyes from the screen ... less than a foot?????