Welcome to a Laptop Battery specialist
of the Hp laptop battery First post by: www.laptop-battery-stores.com
HP's dv7-1000ea is a large, Blu-ray-equipped laptop for less than £800 including VAT. It has a stylish glossy black lid and screen bezel, and there's room inside for a full keyboard with number pad.
The big touch pad has a shiny surface. We've previously had trouble with such designs, but this one is surprisingly accurate. A touch-sensitive panel above the keyboard has media playback short cuts, a volume control and a short cut to the bundled QuickPlay media software. In between this control panel and the keyboard is a metal grille that hides a pair of Altec Lansing speakers.
We tested the Blu-ray drive with Casino Royale and found the QuickPlay software to be very user-friendly. As well as the touch-sensitive controls, a mini remote control is stored in the ExpressCard/54 slot. The 1,440x900 pixel 17in screen can't display the full detail of Blu-ray, but image quality was still great. In our colour tests, the display showed a bias towards warmer colours, which is ideal for watching movies. The glossy screen suits watching films or playing games in a darkened room, but we don't recommend using it under bright lights.
The speakers were impressive for a laptop, and proved adequate for a small living room. For a more immersive home cinema feel, it would be advisable to connect some meatier speakers.
The dv7-1000ea has HDMI, FireWire and four USB ports. Disappointingly, there's no S/PDIF output, though you could output digital audio via the HDMI port. A docking port is available for £60 including VAT from www.lambda-tek#com. This includes six more USB ports, a VGA port and a coaxial S/PDIF. The dv7-1000ea is too big and heavy for regular mobile use, but its battery such as Hp F2299A battery, Hp F3172A battery, Hp Pavilion ZT1000 battery, Hp Pavilion XZ200 battery, Hp Pavilion ZT1100 battery, Hp Omnibook XT1000 battery, Hp Omnibook XT1500 battery, Hp F2019 battery, Hp F2019A battery, Hp F2019B battery life of three-and-a-half hours will provide plenty of time for work on the move. Playing a Blu-ray movie uses the full processing power of the laptop, though, so will drain the battery quite quickly.
Compared to the more expensive £1,000 models we reviewed last month (see Labs, Shopper 251), the dv7-1000ea's specification stands up well. It uses the same Nvidia 9600M GT graphics chip as two of the laptops reviewed there, but has a slightly slower processor. A Call of Duty 4 score of 22.4fps is decent for a laptop at this price, and at a lower resolution of 1,024x768 and with anti-aliasing disabled, it managed a playable 31.5fps. The dv7-1000ea won't handle the latest and most demanding 3D titles, but it will run most games at low-detail settings.
Blu-ray laptop prices are falling fast, but with a big 17in screen and a graphics card capable of playing most games, the dv7-1000ea is more of an all-round entertainer. It thoroughly deserves our Best Buy award.
No comments:
Post a Comment