Review By: Latha Jayaprakash Review Date: 18 Nov 2008
The HP Pavilion dv5t is a stunning looker, sleek, ultramodern and with tasteful accents.This is a very streamlined and a great looking laptop.
The chassis is relatively thin which is 1,37 - 1.65 " thick and comes in two colours silver and black. All the viewing surfaces look glossy and stylish which is called asbliquid metallic.
It is easy to see the lights for power, battery and hard disc activity can be seen from the side even when the display is closed. the lights for caps lock, scroll lock are easy to see and read in this notebook as they are not very bright.
The HP dv5t is more solidly built than other notebooks in its price range.The HP dv5t is a stand-out in terms of build quality and especially design. A good deal of time and money has gone into the making of style and looks and to build a quality notebook.
The mid-range (vocals) is quite good for the HP notebook, as are the highs. Voices come through clear. The sound is more clear and enveloping than typical notebook sound. The low-end (bass) is lacking the dv5 does
not have a dedicated subwoofer. The speakers get reasonably loud but on the whole satisfied with the dv5s speaker system.
HP includes a small remote with the dv5t, which fits in the ExpressCard/54 slot. There are many multimedia controls on the remote. This a handy and useful component and is designed to be useful in media center.
A Built in web cam is of average quality, it can just show what is there on the other side of the laptop. The noise levels is very less in this notebook and this has been the quietest of the lot I have seen.
There is a great variety of ports on the dv5t.
Left Side: VGA, docking station connector, Ethernet, HDMI, eSATA/USB combo, USB, IEEE 1394 mini-Firewire,
ExpressCard/54 slot (top), media card reader (bottom) (reads SD, MS/Pro, MMC, XD).
Right Side: Optical drive, 2x USB, fillers for TV tuner/56k modem, Kensington lock slot, power jack.
The dv5t includes not only USB ports, but also an eSATA port. An eSATA support is basically an external Serial ATA port for an ultra-fast connection to external hard drives. HP was thoughtful enough to make the eSATA port double as a USB port, bringing the total number of USB ports on the dv5t to four. The HP dv5t comes with a one-year limited warranty and one year of toll-free tech support
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Good: Great value, Beautiful, classy design
Bad: Pre-loaded bloatware, but you can delete them
Recommend: Yes
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