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UNSURPASSED STYLE: Expanding on the sophisticated elegance of the current line, the new dv series is defined by fluid, modern lines and metalized finishes with surprising innovations inside and out. The dv7 series Intersect Imprint features an argyle-like pattern for subtle contrast to the liquid appearance of the etallic finish. And touch media controls light up and become visible only when the system is powered on further enhancing the clean appearance. HP¿s mobile products have won coveted International Red Dot, iF and CES Innovation design awards and been recognized by other leading design institutions. MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT: Providing more choices than ever, HP MediaSmart enables access to DVDs, videos, photos, music, karaoke, games, and Internet at the touch of a button. Built-in demos show you how to add music to your slide shows or videos with drag-and-drop functionality ¿ and much more. An HDMI port enables you to watch films on an HD TV. Muvee Reveal makes creating films complete with effects and transitions a snap! Extras include dual headphone jacks and an HP Mobile Remote Control. What's in the box: dv7-2170us laptop, 90W AC Adapter, 8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery, Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009 with 60 days complimentary live update, Microsoft Works, HP MediaSmart. Muvee Reveal, Cyberlink DVD Suite, Adobe Acrobat Reader and HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent
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| Review Date: September 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: MudsPaby, Queensbury, NY United States |
| I researched multiple computers from several brand names and settled on this one. It came loaded up nicely and the price was very reasonable. Overall, I've had it almost a month and I'm really enjoying it. I haven't begun to explore all that it can and will do. No problems and it has been a pleasure to this point. I also took advantage of the Amazon account and got 0% interest... and apparently no payments (until the offer end date). |
DV7-2170US Review
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| Review Date: October 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Roberto Loria Chaves, |
Great Laptop Performance. Fast for all entertainment needs. Huge and fast hard-drive and good monitor resolution. The webcam's capturing capabilities are not as neat as in other HP's models but still works great with all Instant Messaging and VOIP networks as MSN and Skype.
Great graphic imprint. The downside for the finished materials look is that this plastic is in particular too shiny and has to be cleaned constantly to avoid smudgy appearance. |
Perfect Entertainment
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| Review Date: November 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Neil Ramoutar, Trinidad, W.I. |
I have no regrets in purchasing this laptop, it is everything I ever wanted in a computer. I watch movies, listen to music, surf the internet, play games, listen to radio and I bought a tv card so now when I am visiting friends and family and have to overnite I can watch some tv when in the guest room before I go to sleep, keep it up HP.
I am especially happy with the service I got from Amazon it was prompt and efficient keep up the good work Amazon, I will continue to shop and do business with you all again.... |
great laptop
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| Review Date: January 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Cooper, Indiana |
| I got this for school after my other laptop decided to fall apart on me. i've owned nothing but hp laptops first one had an issue with the power cord and the prongs inside were bent and therefore did not charge well. Second the left hinge broke and there was a recall to the cooling system which fried everything but hp was wonderful and even though i got the laptop from ebay i was still able to get it fixed no cost and took about 2 weeks less than they estimated and the bonus i did not lose any info on my laptop (not important since all was backupped but still great nonetheless. anyways decided to upgrade since the left hinge was not fixed (known problem for this particular laptop. and they fixed all of the above with this laptop. plug is secure and does not wiggle like first laptop, second the hinge is totally different and puts less pressure on the backing which will not cause it to break like second laptop. Excellent computers would highly recommend. I use mine for school work, and had taken coun 503 which required SPSS programming and it worked flawlessly and when i'm not studying for my masters I like to play games on this. reason I got second laptop was because the original owner couldn't get wireless to work and could not play WoW on it. wireless was fixed during recall and i'm not into WoW so not an issue. Great computer and if your a student you can actually get a discount if your school participates which most do. great buy and would buy another hp when this becomes obsolete. My hp desktop works great and it's older! so not sure why the 1 stars on this laptop. Yeah i'm sure there are defective ones, but if you talk to hp (can be annoying talkin to someone who doesn't speak english well and when you tell them "can't power laptop on due to power not getting to my board" and they respond well ma'am we need to knkow what is wrong so you will need to turn it on now is a bit frustrating but after calmly telling the lady it isn't gonna happen for the hundredth time she then said well you will need to send it in and have us look at it to see if it's covered under the recall (hello, your site said my model was, it also gave a description on why it's not working and it fits it perfectly.) but they did correct the problem so yay and as for this laptop no overheating problems, none of the problems i had previously are popping up so far so I am definetely happy with this. got this 10/07/09 so it's been awhile wanted to make sure i had it awhile to see if anything would happen but nothing love it! |
I love this laptop!
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| Review Date: December 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Grace Stephania, Philadelphia PA |
I really love this laptop. It works really fast.
By the way, I stole this laptop. |
Impressed
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| Review Date: September 6, 2009 |
| Reviewer: V. Limon, Austin, TX USA |
I loved the look of this machine out of the box. It's thin, with a very large screen.
Pros: Huge Screen, designer case, fast cpu(ranked in top 30 for notebooks), graphics card(ati! 1GB of gddr3 ram!), good support from hp, 2 speakers w/sub,
hd audio,hdmi out, good screen resolution(1600x900), full keyboard, 500GB Hard drive, 4GB of ram.
It can run todays computer games very well. Applications open very fast. Very good integrated mic is very sensitive and can pick up anything.
Cons: low battery life, heavy, bloatware, glossy screen and chrome touchpad.
The battery life is way to low to really consider this machine something you would use on trips or flights over 2 hours long without plug
available. I also didnt think that laptops could be heavy untill I carried this laptop around the University of Texas campus. The glossy screen
reflects everything and anything making it hard to see the screen outdoors or near a window with bright light coming through. The chrome touch pad
is not as good as a plain jane plastic touchpad in that when you drag you finger, there is a little too much resistance for my liking( a little less
friction than rubbing your finger across the bottom of a shoe, unless your fingers are free of any residue, ie oils., then its smooth).
Overall this machine is a great laptop allowing me to keep my desktop off now since I purchased it. Even though my desktop is a high end gamming rig, this laptop has essentially replaced it. That being said, there are probably those of you who will not want to lug it around where ever you go. If you do, do purchase a laptop backpack as a brief case design even with one with a strap would tear into your shoulders. The battery life is annoyingly low, but is expected from a laptop with a large screen and discrete graphics card. If you want more battery life choose a laptop that has integrated graphics, but performance will be much lower. The only laptop out there that I have seen with performance and big screen, with an 8 hour battery life is a $3000 mac! Vista is no isssue here as the machine is perfectly capable of running it flawlessly. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ERRORS OR BLUESCREENS!!!!! The user who rated this machine with 1 star messed up his machine him self. He is obviosly a novice user. You only get bluescreens on computers due to user errors 99.999% of the time. I have had no issues at all with this notebook.
I ordered 2 of these laptops for my wife and I. The laptops came packaged very good, with no defects, and were delivered the next day after the order was placed. Both screens had no dead pixels what so ever and were perfect. All extra ports(useb, hdmi, ect) do not get in the way of each other. The laptops came with the hp mini-media remote, ac adapters, user guides, and pollishing cloths. Setup is a breese with HP's setup program. Do note that HP Games from wild tangent is much like a video game arcade, where you purchase tokens to play the games. 500 tokens a month for 6.99 per month. All antivirus software and office software is a trial version. I recommend unistalling the trial versions of office, hp wild tangent games(the games are not free!!!), norton(horrible, bloated, antivirus software), and the sling box software(uselesss without a slingbox for your tv). Free antivirus programs are out there.
I am giving it only 4 out of 5 due to the battery life. Otherwise you will not be disappointed. PC PitStop is a website that benchmarks computers, it ranked my system among laptops in the top 9% in the world, graphics got the top 3%.
Windows Vista Performance Index Ratings:
Processor: 5.2
Memory(RAM): 5.9
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.6
Primary Harddisk: 5.6
Any questions just comment on my post.
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HP Laptop
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| Review Date: November 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Wally Lazkani, CT, USA |
| The computer itself is good. finger print shows easily. If you are looking to install engineering programs on it it is better off buy the HP Pavilion Dv7-2270us because it got the 7200 rpm HD. As for Amazon Company, it is one of the best to deal with. I sent an e-mail to the customer service and explain the problem with this model # (it has the 5400 rpm HD). Amazon issued a full refund including return shipment fees. Thank you Amazon for your service. |
Stay Clear !! of this item
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| Review Date: August 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: T. Ryan, |
| I bought it with one day shipping to my house and that was the best thing that I received, TY Amazon. When I got it the 1st problem I had was with connecting with the wireless router from Linksys that I had to pay a $9.99 fee for tech support. It took 3 - 4 hours to get it working. Then I had problems running videos from Apple with Quicktime and Youtube with flash. Then I ran City of Heroes that worked fine on it to my surprise. The next morning I started up the computer with a nasty blue screen and a system failure message that dump all system memory as well. The computer then put me in safe mode that now video was able to work ??? I called HP about my problems with the blue screen and video problems he instructed me to do a full system recovery on my day old computer. The computer, after reinstall, came up and seemed to work then the HP tech told me to reboot the computer for updates. The computer then got stuck in a system loop and now safe mode couldn't work now. He then told me he needed me to call a senior tech in which I had to call back at a different number, after 1 1/2 of being on hold enough was enough. HP tech had me on the phone for 5 hours. I bought computers in the pass but between system problems on a day old computer and terrible HP tech service I sent the computer HP Pavilion DV7-2170US 17.3-Inch Entertainment Laptopback for a full refund. |
Very bad computer, just use 4 month, now totally gone
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| Review Date: December 22, 2009 |
| Reviewer: MiMi, San Jose CA US |
I got this computer from birthday. I downloaded all my important files to this new computer. And donated my old computer to goodwill.
Now the computer can not start. HP service center will reformate my computer. All my files will lose. Even with losing my all files, HP sevice center told me I have waited several day to fix it. I won't buy HP computer any more. |
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1 Comments
October 4th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
AxtcuE I want to say – thank you for this!