HP introduces 16-inch Pavilion dv6t

HP introduces 16" Pavilion dv6t

HP has introduced its first 16-inch Pavilion notebook, the dv6t. It shares the same design of other Pavilion notebooks and starts at $679.99. Specifications are as follows:

• Windows Vista Home Premium/Business/Ultimate 32/64-bit
• Intel Core 2 Duo processors T6400/T6600/P7450/P8600/T9400
• 16.0-inch widescreen display (1366x768)
• DDR2 RAM, 8GB max.
• Intel GMA X4500 or Nvidia GeForce 9200M-GS 512MB graphics
• 160GB - 500GB SATA hard drives
• Available internal HDTV tuner
• 6 or 12 cell battery

In addition, the dv6t features an e-SATA port and is available with a Blu-ray optical drive.

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i thought they had been selling this for a while, anyway the starting price is great the GPU...well not so much

 

You're probably thinking of the HDX16; HDX is HP's premium line a la Dell's XPS:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4736

This dv6t seems to be nice, though its 1366x768 screen resolution is a joke. They should offer 1920x1080 or something similar . . .

 

Just like the Dell 1640, except they do offer the 1080P screen too. Really these screens need to start at 1600x900 imo. I still don't like 16:9 on a laptop though. I feel my zest for notebooks slowly being eaten by my disdain for these screens.

 

You should edit your sig to something like:

16:9 Die! Die! Die!

 

Hm, I might do that thanks.

 

this is probably an identical screen/keyboard to the g60 i just picked up for 499 after rebate. the screen is superb btw - but like most 16:9s you'll find yourself scrolling a wee bit more. on the plus, you'll have a few inches of room on the side for other windows/etc. for me, 16:9 fits the box my eyes track a bit better (field of vision), so i already feel less eye strain, over a traditional 17" notebook.

 

no i know about this what i meant is the information regarding an "upcoming" DV6 was found about a month ago i thought it has came out though....though those preorder units people had found consted around $1000 so it wasnt worth it to take a look then

Man everyone is just retooling there lineup the new studio XPS, then the Dell Studio 14, HP DV3/DV2......its just getting bigger and bigger

 

Hmm Dv5t has 9600 and this, 9200?

 

It does seem a bit crippled in therms of optional parts. The graphic card is low and you can't go above that while the screen res is too low and there's no FullHD option.

 

It seems that this laptop is in-between a rock and a hard place. The dv5t offers better features - high res screen and a more powerful graphics card - for a similar amount of money, and the HDX 16 costs more but has much better features. This laptop has cut down features . . . there really is no reason to choose it over the dv5t. This laptop doesn't really fit that well into HP's lineup IMO.

 

So I am thinking of buying this laptop. It'll be my first one. Does it really matter about the resolution so much? Is it worth buying? Anything else I should be concerned about?

 

ok so HP replaces the dv5t with this inferior laptop and then ups the price $100?

 

Apparently.

The dv6t is vastly inferior to the dv5t. It has a lesser-resolution screen (1366x768 is the only option on the dv6t, while you could get 1680x1050 on the dv5t), much slower video card (the dv6t's 9200M GS is probably 3x slower than the dv5t's 9600M GT), and to top it off, it's bigger. It's a crapshoot all around.

 

im surprised this thing has been on the market so long and they still havent made updates like a WUXGA display and 9600gt......Looks like DV5T is gonna become a collectors item

 

I could deal with the 16:9 if it had a 9800m variant, 1920x1080 res, and quad core.