Review on HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx

HP Pavilion dv7 3065dx has been released by HP which is tagged with a price of $729, has a 17.3inch display. Some sweetness is added to make this laptop reach a deal. Optical drive which can play Blu Ray Disc is an added feature in this laptop in addition to the standard DVD and CD writing and reading. The gaming features can be done perfectly with the dedicated graphics card. This makes dv7-3065dx stand out of the crowd.

Specifications

The processor used in here is 2.4Hz AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-Core M600, 500GB-7200rpm HDD, 4GB memory DDR2 800MHz SDRAM, 320GB ATI integrated Mobility Radeon HD 4200 graphics card, AMD 785GX chipset, Windows 7 OS (Home Premium), 17.3in diagonal screen size, total dimension is 16.2×10.9×1.7inches and this laptop weighs about 8.0 pounds when the AC Adapter is along with the laptop. This laptop comes under the desktop replacement category. As the width of this laptop is more, the keyboard is made spacious enough which helps in easy maneuvering.

Design

The design of this laptop is similar to dv6 but changes in a few aspects. This laptop is featured with touch responsive media control buttons and added with that are the volume, mute and Wi-Fi off / on controls. The number pad which is present in here is devoted. There is a remote which controls the media center, is included with this laptop. The remote is tiny but gives a full control on the apps of Media Center. When apps are not in employ, in laptop’s ExpressCard slot, it can be stocked up. The case has an imprint finish on top of the plastic. The Expresso black plastic material is used to build the chassis.

There are lines and round shapes across the lid which gives an aesthetic look to the laptop. There is glossy finish which absorbs the fingerprints and reflects the light on the screen display, top cover to the chrome edging and keyboard thump. Over the touchpad also there is a chrome finish which absorbs the fingerprints. The surface of the touch pad is not that comfortable to move around and the buttons of the mouse are taut and raucous. LED backlighting is also featured for the screen display and the aspect ratio is 16:9. The resolution of the screen is native and has 1600 x 900 pixels. The High Definition videos look grave on this huge display. The DVDs show more relics readily than other laptops.

Features

The speakers which are built-in with this laptop are from the Altec Lansing Company which offers a SRS Premium sound. The volume is reached only to a level when there is max output. Sound is not that much clear and it breaks up and becomes distorted at the max level. Best sound is available if you turn the sound level to 75% rather giving full sound. There is a VGA and HDMI out for video, stereo speakers for audio with one jack for microphone, two jacks for headphone and an FM antenna jack. For expansion ExpressCard/54 slot is present.

To transfer the data into the laptop 3 2.0 USB ports are present including an eSATA port. A multi format memory card reader is also present. Blu Ray optical player and DVD burner drives are present. For internet connections wire and wireless, Ethernet and also 802.11b/g Wi-Fi are present. With the low end graphics in-built, the games can be played in reticent resolutions. Thus doesn’t satisfy you with the videos and games quality and color or sort of display. HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx uses an 8 cell battery but the life of this battery is 2hrs and 54mins which turn out to be lower than a 6 cell battery.

Conclusion

Even though the battery life is low, the main lead of this laptop is that it can run the Blu-ray discs and write & read the CDs and DVDs. The battery life extends up to 4hrs on a single charge if the videos and games are not played. This laptop is backed up with the one year warranty as per the industry standards. Even a toll free tech support is provided by the company 24-7 during the warranty period. HP even supports through Website where you can have a real time chat with the representatives of tech support. If you are interested in shooting the troubles by yourself, then you can go through the site where you get FAQ database.