HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook Computer - Silver

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.4 x 10.8 x 1.4 inches ; 6.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0055N8HC0
• Item model number: Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 13, 2011

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Hear the difference with Beats Audio^™ on the HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook PC. Now you can play music the way the artists intended it to be heard. Stay comfortable with HP CoolSense technology, which directs heat away from your lap. Plus, access your online accounts securely using the integrated fingerprint reader on this dv7 laptop. With one-time password, logging in is safe and fast.

IDEAL FOR

Replacing a desktop PC and entertainment with a cooler design. Edit and enjoy photos and high-definition videos using the large widescreen display, plus listen to music in premium audio and play games. Use the HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook PC to work in multiple applications at the same time and count on fast data entry with the numeric keypad. This laptop PC helps you do it all.

THIS PRODUCT HAS

HP COOLSENSE TECHNOLOGY

Stay more comfortable as heat is directed away from your lap

BEATS AUDIO^™

Play music the way it was meant to be heard

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor VISION A8 Technology from AMD with AMD Quad-Core A8-3500M Accelerated Processor Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit) Display 17.3" diagonal High-Definition+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900) Memory (RAM) 6GB DDR3 Hard Drive 640GB (5400RPM) SATA with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection Weight & Dimensions (w x d x h) 6.65 lbs; 16.38" x 10.83" x 1.24"/1.42" Battery Life Up to 10.5 hours Wireless Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN Optical Drive SuperMulti DVD Burner Video Graphics AMD Radeon™ HD 6750M switchable graphics with 1024MB GDDR5 and up to 4085 total graphics memory Finish Brushed aluminum in steel gray

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FEATURES

Fingerprint Reader Manage passwords easily using your fingerprint Built-in Webcam Video chat in low-light environments using your HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook PC Digital Media Reader Transfer photos from a digital camera to your laptop PC without using cables Beats Audio™ Hear music in crisp, clear sound and deep bass INCLUDED

Fingerprint Reader

EXCLUSIVE HP SOFTWARE

HP SimplePass Identity Protection Keep passwords and important data safe HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection Help prevent data loss due to bumps or short drops

ACCESSORIES

HP Notebook 90W Slim Adapter Keep this compact adapter in your laptop bag so you’re always ready to power up. Plus, use the integrated USB port to charge your smartphone or MP3 player at the same time.

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HP Wi-Fi® Mobile Mouse Connect this mouse to your Wi-Fi enabled laptop without using a USB wireless receiver. Free up the USB ports for other devices, like your MP3 player.

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HP Wireless Optical Comfort Mouse Left click, right click and scroll up and down with ease using this mouse. The LED indicator lets you know when the batteries are running low.

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HP Webcam HD-3110 - 720P Autofocus Widescreen Webcam with TrueVision Look sharp in video chats, even in low-light conditions, using this webcam with HD resolution. With built-in face tracking, quick launch buttons and special effects, keeping in touch with your friends and family is simple and fun.

MORE INFORMATION

Datasheet (PDF)

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Product Description

Hear what you’ve been missing with Beats Audio on the HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook PC. Plus, stay comfortable with HP CoolSense technology, which helps direct heat away from your lap. This HP laptop has a large 17.3-inch diagonal high-definition LED display that’s great for watching DVDs. It also has an integrated fingerprint reader so you can access your online accounts securely with the swipe of a finger. Video chat in low-light environments, capture short videos and take still photos using the integrated webcam. Print, e-mail and browse the web wirelessly using built-in Wi-Fi. You can also store thousands of files right on the hard drive for fast access. HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection helps prevent data loss. The HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook PC shows off your sense of style, too, with the brushed aluminum finish in steel gray. Transfer photos from a memory card directly to your HP laptop using the digital media reader and back up your files on discs using the DVD burner. With a battery life of up to 10.5 hours, work and play on the go without plugging in your notebook. And at 6.65 lbs, the dv7 delivers the power of a desktop PC in a portable solution.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Gaming Laptop for the Price!, September 3, 2011

By 

Katwoman - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook Computer - Silver (Personal Computers)

First off, I am a HUGE gamer, and finding a decent enough laptop that can handle new games with ease for a price easy on the pocket is definitely difficult.
This, my friends, is probably the best one you could find.
My old laptop I bought 3 years ago and had for 2-and-a-half years was an HP Pavilion dv7 that was one of the higher-end models for about $1100. It worked very well, even with an integrated video card, but after having it replaced 4 times under the warranty, I decided it was time to move on.
I searched high and low, and was originally going to buy the now top of the line dv7 model, but figured I couldn't afford it.
Then, I found this one, and I just knew it was perfect.

AMD's A8-3500m may seem like a lower-end quad core processor compared to Intel's i7, but it by far makes up with it by having a very strong gpu. That by itself is rated to perform as well as a Radeon 5650, which isn't too shabby. The processor runs very well compared to my old Intel 2.4 dual-core, but if you've been on an i7, or even an i5 quad-core, you'll notice the difference in performance.

Throw in a dedicated 1GB Radeon 6750, and you're looking at a hefty bit of graphics for games and media. For all those wondering EXACTLY what you can throw at this thing, I can play Witcher 2 on all high settings with all effects turned on at MAX 1600x900 resolution and it runs beautifully. I haven't tried the ultra settings yet, but I have a feeling that's where it would start to stutter. Borderlands, Arkham Asylum, New Vegas, Just Cause 2, and Sims 3 all run outstandingly well. EDIT - I RECENTLY PURCHASED ALIENS VS. PREDATORS FROM STEAM, WHICH IS A GAME CAPABLE OF BEING RUN IN DX11. THE GAME RUNS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING IN DX11 MODE WITH MAX RESOLUTION AND SETTINGS, EVEN IN MULTIPLAYER/ONLINE MODE, AND MY INTERNET REALLY SUCKS.

Now for the pros and cons.

PROS: AMAZING graphical performance. Compared to the high-end dv7 model with i7 and Radeon 6770 for $1100, you get more graphics power with the A8.

AMD's Catalyst control center offers a lot of performance and power-saving options. You can enable/disable Cross-fire (Which utilizes both the graphics power of the processor and the dedicated card) and tweak a lot of the graphics settings, such as anti-aliasing and anisotropic levels. (My boyfriend has an i5 desktop, and his options for performance and power-saving are very limited.)

You can set the range for the clock speed you want your cores to run. You can lower it all the way down to 800mHz, from 1000 to 1300mHz, at 1500mHz all the time, or however you want. The intervals are set from about 100-200mHz and you're free to play around with it all you want. You can even set separate ranges for when it's on AC power and when it's running off the battery. Very handy if you use the battery a lot and aren't using graphics/processor-intensive programs, or if all you do is intensive stuff. The auto-clock seems to run very well and quite consistently. (My boyfriend's i5 will jump from 1.5 and stay at 3-4, even if all he's running is Skype. It seems to bounce all over the place.)

You can set which programs you want to run at high-performance and which you want to run at power-saving levels. It's very easy to figure out, and I picked up how to change settings fairly quickly. A new user can easily customize their settings.

64-bit Windows 7 runs smoothly and quickly...for the most part (More on that in cons). Startup is fast, and desktop loads even quicker so long as you don't have any startup programs other than the ones needed.

Beautiful, clear, 17", 720p, 1600x900 display.

640GB hard drive runs quickly, even at 5400 rpm.

The disk drive is whisper quiet. After two laptops with noisy/vibrating drives, it's extremely nice.

The built-in webcam works EXTREMELY WELL in low light, and even if there's no light on at all! Even with the screen dimmed, or on a dark background, it still works terrific.

The speakers sound really nice, but you can't tell that there's even a subwoofer on the bottom of this thing. There is definitely some bass to it, but any home speaker system could outdo it. They don't sound too much different from my old laptop's speakers, which I thought sounded pretty good, too.

Keyboard takes a bit to get used to, but I really, really like it. It feels very comfortable to type on and the keys are responsive. My only gripe is that the arrow keys are oddly sized, with the left & right being very large and the top & bottom are squished and small. The caps lock key also lights up when active, but the num lock key doesn't. Not that big of a deal, but I thought it was a little inconsistent.

Multi-gesture touch pad, which is somewhat responsive. EDIT - I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WHILE TYPING, IT'S NIGH IMPOSSIBLE TO SWIPE YOUR HAND OVER THE TOUCHPAD. IT'S VERY NICE FOR TYPING, AS YOU DON'T ACCIDENTALLY CLICK SOMETHING OR MOVE THE MOUSE ELSEWHERE. THIS MAKES IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HASSLE OF TURNING OFF THE TOUCHPAD EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO USE A SEPARATE MOUSE OR ARE DOING EXTENSIVE TYPING.

Fingerprint scanner is a neat touch, but it's not something I would really use. It says you can use it to log onto websites, but I can't figure out how to do this. There's a basic menu that you can use to create hotkeys to quickly open websites with the touch of a finger, but it seems a bit of a hassle. If your browser is already open, and you swipe a finger to open a website, it will open an entirely new window, instead of a new tab. A bit of a nuisance. I also found it very difficult to get it to correctly scan my other fingers. The index finger was the only one that I could get easily.

The 9-volt battery offers a lengthy life. On high-performance settings, and even while playing a game, I got around 4-and-a-half hours out of it. On power-saving settings with relatively simple programs (Browsing, music), it's double that--around 8-9 hours.

The laptop stays fairly cool compared to other laptops I've used, even while playing a game at high settings.

The f keys and the media controls are switched. So, if you want to use the f keys like normal, you have to press the fn (Function) key. It takes a bit to train yourself to remember that, but I like it much more than the other way around. Very useful if you listen to lots of music. My old laptop had separate touch controls, and I was very sad to see they weren't implementing them anymore. This is a fine-enough compromise.

CONS (I know. We're just now getting to the cons. That's how amazing this thing is.): Processor could be considered a little weak compared to Intel's i5 and i7.

No Blu-Ray. This means nothing to me, but seeing as how it's pretty much standard for laptops nowadays, it could be a disappointment for some people not to have it on this one.

Screen isn't 1080p. Again, doesn't mean anything to me, but I've seen it being implemented a lot more. However, having 1080p usually marks the price up on a laptop quite a bit, so I doubt you could even find one with it at this range.

Speakers sound pretty nice, but are nowhere near what HP constantly boasts about.

Touchpad - Multi-gestures work half the time at best. The two-finger scrolling is a terrible substitute for a small section on the side to be used for scrolling. I can't for the life of me get the two-finger drag to scroll correctly. It's very finicky. The zoom gesture works just okay, but I find myself often zooming in or out on a page when I'm trying to scroll. The touchpad buttons are also very noisy! A very loud click. Normally, I could handle it fine, but I'll get to it later on how it's absolutely terrible. Also, there is no simple, quick way to disable the touchpad. On my old laptop, there was a handy button right on top that you could click. On my mom's you could do fn-f9 and quickly disable it. With this, you have to open the touchpad software through the menu on the taskbar and disable it that way. A hassle if you're in a game, but otherwise not much more than that--a hassle. EDIT - THE TOUCHPAD IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BRUSH AGAINST WHILE TYPING, AND I'VE NEVER ENDED UP ACCIDENTALLY CLICKING OR MOVING THE MOUSE, SO TURNING IT OFF IS NOT NEEDED AT ALL.

Built-in webcam - It runs mostly the same as it did on my old laptop, but both my boyfriend (Who I cam chat with often) and I have noticed that there are lines going through the video. It almost looks like a grid of some sort, and though it's not terrible looking, it makes it look worse than my old laptop's camera. The camera also seems to reset itself, which my old laptop's did as well. It will turn off for a quick second, and then turn back on. I don't know why it does this. It could just be Skype. However, the camera has a great range and picks up a pretty large area. Even sitting close, it shows a lot around me. EDIT - THE GRID LINES APPEAR ONLY WHILE USING SKYPE VIDEO CHAT. USING MSN'S VIDEO CHAT WORKS PERFECTLY WITH NO LINES. THIS MEANS IT'S NOT THE CAMERA, BUT THE SOFTWARE ITSELF.

Built-in microphone - Let me just start by saying that I used a Rock Band mic as my main microphone. (I'll not go into extreme detail as to how I used it while playing games, but let's just say it entailed me stuffing it down my shirt.) The built-in mic on my old laptop was pretty crappy, and when I was forced to use my mom's laptop after mine broke, I still used the Rock Band mic. I thought with this new laptop that I could just use the built-in one, and at first, my boyfriend said it sounded fantastic. As soon as I started typing, however...he said it was like I was thumping on a dead body right in his ear. The mic picks up keyboard sounds very easily, and the touchpad is even worse! I could hear... Read more ›

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NICe, August 28, 2011

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kaori (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook Computer - Silver (Personal Computers)

Took me a long time to search to internet for a good a8-3500 laptop. This was the best one for the value and 100$ off of retail as well. Some things to consider.
1.Energy efficiency 11w idle - 20 average docs,webs, bursts to 60w load i think.
2.High end video card HD 6750M/6620g almost rated class 1 but rated at top of classs 2 [class 1 cards usually 1000$ range higher] and its 1600x900 resolution. Now thats nice combo, while others are lower resolution. This is by FAR best graphics+ resolution + efficient processor.
3. Plays lot modern games on High settings.
4. Amd cata suite says crossfire mode, havnt really messed with it. Laptop has sticker that says as well.
5. Battery lasts long anywhere from 2-9 hours depending on tasks. Games usually tend to drain battery in all laptops.
Cons
1. Vga+hdmi TOO CLOSE together cant run 2 monitors. Just bought for dual monitor with extra usb monitor total of 3.
Had to slice up my vga cord for it to work, since the head is to bulky. Works fine
Using samsung xl 2370 22"+ Acer S273HL bmii 27[hdmi works awesome doesnt screw up resolution]. They dont sell small head vga cables.
2. Annoying HP icon Lid light(bright white) always on when plugged in, cant be turned off or in bios[bios is generic, not much to customize], was hoping to turn off to make it more efficient energy.
Trackpad lights up as well, prety neat.

Other thoughts
Didnt realize this laptop was so BIG. Since its max resolution (1600 x 900).
Its shiny and silvery.
Wanted to buy the MX series clocked at 1.9x4 cores.
Not much BLOATware, easy to remove. Only bloatware is norton. I already gave
up on antivirus programs, havnt caught any virus's in long time on any of my machines, easy to catch and remove.

EDIT : 12/3/2011 Little side note PC Gaming. Can play Skyrim 1080p on my 27" monitor and a tv show on my tv only using
60% cpu usage, thats prety crazy I thought coming from laptop. Skyrim works on high quality but you need to tone down antialias/anisotropic Sample rates. Cross fire mode works GREAT. Only game I found enjoyable lately.
My poor intel i7 desktop gaming pc just built, collecting dust lately.

Other note, good to do a little research on AMD dual gpu chipsets, not all laptops are the same, while some have slower ones, while others have faster ones combined. AMD GPU/CPU chipset is awesome and its really energy efficient when its compared to my desktop [200+watts] while laptop at 45 watts at most with gaming.. I feel bad for intels HD Graphic chipset, VERY SUCKY! compared this, intel is best at CPUs while AMD owns BOTH graphic gpus + Cpus NICE COMBO! Intel laptop processors are nice if you're going to plan on using CPU intensive programs mainly.

Final note
BUY IT FAST its selling quick, I barely got my order in, bad habit of waiting, usually end up being sold out for me. EDIT: That was dumb, they restock this quite a bit...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Smooth Styling, August 24, 2011

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Jarret McFadden (OXFORD, OHIO, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HP Pavilion dv7-6165us Entertainment Notebook Computer - Silver (Personal Computers)

Great laptop for the money. The specs are more than enough for the average user. The laptop power settings make it incredibly simple to manage your power correctly for whatever tasks you need to complete. There wasn't a bunch of junk software loaded on the machine and the beats audio is fantastic, you won't find better laptop speakers. I've just begun to really findout every feature of the laptop and am extremely satisfied with my purchase

My one and only pet peeve about this machine is the awkward battery shape, its great for setting it on a desk or table, but it is a little weird when the laptop's on your lap