How Important Is Screen Resolution?

I'm looking at buying the new HP DV6t and was wondering if the 720p screen would be a hinderance? I edit films and game but I've never really had a problem with resolution (my desktop has a 1024x768 and I game on that fine). Is there any real difference between the 720p and the 1080p that one might find on the del xps 15?

The reason I like the dv6t is because of the good battery life (5.25 hours perfect most likely 3-4 realistic but i'm getting the 9 cell battery) and the amazing gpu (gonna spring for the 6770M).

 

Nice choices, the only reason you'd go to a higher res screen would be if you are editing SuperHD movies almost all the time.

Keep in mind if you get the 6770M, you'll have an HDMI out if you ever need more res

 

Ohh I did not know the other video card did not have HDMI, good thing I got the 6770M .

 

I'm mainly editing just plain hd films and using after effects. Based on the price, would it be best to get he DV6t (using the hp 30% coupon to make it $800) or the NP 5160 which is $400 more?

 

Strike while the iron is hot, go for the DV6T.

One thing I caution, it has a small touchpad and you might be better off looking at an Envy 14" HP ENVY 14 series | HP Official Store

 

I would recommend the Sager NP5160, with the 1920x1080 option, over the HP dv6 any day. Screen resolution is the most important detail on a laptop, because it affects everything you do way more than the CPU, RAM, or graphics card does. HP really needs to fix their lack of higher resolution options on their laptops, especially on the "performance" dv-series.

Video editing, photo editing, CAD, using spreadsheets, and programming are five of the most highresolution-dependent applications/tasks.

Here you can find a Sager NP5160 for a base price of $745:
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Upgrade the screen to 1920x1080, CPU to 2630QM, and include Windows 7, and it comes to $945. Then there's plenty of room for HDD/RAM upgrades until you even reach $1000 due to how cheap the upgrades are. It's a much better deal than the HP, mainly because of the display resolution. I'd say it's well worth the extra cost. XoticPC has an excellent reputation as a reseller as well, and provides great customer service and warranty.

The Envy 14 used to be a good choice as well, until the Radiance 1600x900 display option went away. Now there's nothing special about it, and for a 14" consumer laptop I'd recommend the Vaio CA w/ 1600x900 over the Envy 14.
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It's got the latest SandyBridge processors unlike the Envy, and better graphics card options. (though video editing is often more CPU-intensive than GPU intensive)