HP Pavilion DV3

Hp pavilion DV3 laptop gets a lot of things right in its design and delivers just the right amount of style and also supplies the right ports to get your multimedia mobilized. Hp pavilion dv3 were looking at today is not quite as cheap; it still offers excellent value for our money.

HP Pavilion DV3

HP impresses us with the connectivity. It has a power input, which has a handy LED to indicate it’s active, as well as two USB ports. An 8x DVD Re-writer with Light Scribe support dominates the rest of the space.
It has a 34mm Express Card slot, a 5-in-1 memory card reader, a combined eSATA/USB port, an HDMI out, the Gigabit Ethernet port and a VGA out. On the main body of the machine, meanwhile, is a fingerprint reader – something not often seen at this price point – while a webcam with dual-microphones is subtly integrated above the screen.

Like so many laptops of late the dv3 range has moved to a 16:9 aspect display. Its 1,366 x 768 resolution does mean less vertical space than older machines, but the wider aspect is better for film viewing and also makes it easier to view documents side-by-side – a less advertised but arguably more useful benefit! Like many this is also an LED backlit display, so it’s very bright, though the reflective finish won’t help matters in bright sunlight. In normal light the image quality is good without ever being outstanding. Colors are nice and vibrant, black levels decent, and viewing angles reasonable. Small text could be sharper, but overall this is a good effort.

Hp Pavilion DV3

Likes/dislikes

Its color is very dark brown-hp calls it espresso. Fingerprint issues apply here because of the glossy varnish. HP laptops are their artsy imprint designs and the dv3 doesn’t disappoint. Overall, the dv3 is a classy and attractive machine. Keys are large and easy to use and HP has made good use of the space available, squeezing in Page Up and down keys to the right of the Return key .The touchpad works very well its mirror like finish is very smooth and the buttons are smooth and responsive.
Where battery life is concerned things are a little different, dv3 has been beating the Samsung in all the tests. In the Productivity segment it managed an impressive four hours and 10 minutes, 40 minutes more than the Q320. This trend is continued in the Reader and DVD tests, with results of four hours 43 minutes and just under three hours. You can also get five hours of normal usage and perhaps three and a half of video playbacks – more than enough for even a long film.

This 13.3in machine delivers on many levels. It’s packed full of useful features, particularly that capacious 500GB hard drive, while the design is attractive -

Technical specifications

Wieght: 4.6lbs
Dimensions: 12.2 in (L) x 9.05 in (D) x 1.01 in (min H) / 1.27 in (max H)
CPU: Core 2 Duo T6400
Resolutiom: 366 x 768
Ram: 4GB
Display: 13.3” Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
Graphics Chipset:
Hard disc:500GB