HP Pavilion dv6

The Pavilion dv6-6116tx will cost you Rs.38,897, which is not too bad for a mainstream multimedia notebook. Granted, it’s a bit underpowered, compared to the competition at the same price point, but then not many notebooks in this price bracket are...

High-end, hard aluminum finish; Four loudspeakers; Gaming suitability; Fast hard disk; Good application performance; Long battery runtimes; Low power consumption; Very cool case

Poor contrasts, viewing angles; Crashes in games, benchmarks; Little gaming performance; Cover on bottom can jam

Blue screen crashes in a few games and the 3D benchmarks

The power consumption levels did, of course, fluctuate a bit, but the values shown below were the ones most often displayed by our measuring device (Voltcraft VC940). While the laptop was idle, the power consumption among the five processors varied...

Design ; Materials ; Workmanship ; Sound system ; Switchable graphics

Fan could be less audible ; Processor is a bit weak in some situations

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Even quality-wise, there's nothing to complain about, in fact, thanks to the use of metal, and the superb finishing, the DV6 looks and feels stunningly robust. The only areas where plastic is used, is the screen frame and the base of the unit, and of...

Attractive design ; Very good value for money ratio ; FireWire, eSATA interfaces ; Docking station available ; Mini remote control ; Useable graphic performance

Constantly loud, even without load ; Glossy display with average contrast ; Coated "smeary finger" touchpad ; Short battery life ; Imprecise typing feel ; Average application performance

An unceasingly unsavory smear film on the touchpad. - As customers, we don't want to accept that even in a cheap consumer notebook

Felicitous design ; Extensive port configuration ; Docking option ; Low heating of the case ; Good sound

Case is susceptible to pollution ; Unpleasant surface of keyboard and touch pad ; Strong reflections of the display ; Mediocre 3D- and application-performance ; High level of noise, even without load

Definitely: the similarity of the case's lacquering to the HDX16, which is twice as expensive. A different lacquering does by far not make a better or worse case

Very good video playback quality ; Excellent keyboard with a great feel

DVD drive's eject button is tiny ; Speakers distort at high volume

HP's dv6 is a classy-looking (though slightly bulky) laptop with a good mix of features for its price.

Consumers looking for a stylish and affordable multimedia laptop with strong performance, convenient fingerprint security, and impressive sound should snatch up the $769 HP Pavilion dv6t. The second-generation Intel Core i5-2410M CPU provides more than...