Product Description

HP Pavilion DV9720US 17 Inch Entertainment Notebook PC. HP innovation is most visible in its breakthrough notebook PC designs that truly integrate fashion and technology for todays mobile, digital lifestyle. High gloss HP Imprint Finish encases the elegant, curvilinear form and is more durable than traditional painted surfaces. It features a subtle HP exclusive Radiance pattern that influenced by the emerging trend towards ornamental design. Building on the original design of concentric waves, Radiance is an ornate mixture of ripples on a sea of radial lines speaking to the fluid way we have come to live and connect. Encouraging more direct interaction, the backlit media control panel responds to the touch or sweep of a finger. Personal entertainment is now even easier to enjoy with an updated menu and built in demos. Providing more choices than ever, HP QuickPlay enables access to DVDs, videos, photos, music, karaoke, games, Internet TV, and streamed or recorded TV, with an optional TV Tuner at the touch of a button. Watch DVD movies on the full screen using simple media controls. Add music to your slide shows or videos with drag and drop functionality. Watch Internet TV. Throw an impromptu karaoke party or play preinstalled games from leading brands. Find and stream media from universal plug and play devices such as Windows Media Connect. Listen without disturbing others with included stereo earbud headphones. And control content from up to 10 feet away with the HP Mobile Remote Control that can be stored in the ExpressCard slot for convenience. For those who want innovative digital entertainment capability coupled with desktop replacement performance, the HP Pavilion DV9720US Entertainment Notebook PC delivers. Dual headphone jacks and Altec Lansing audio allow you to share your entertainment. And AMD mobile dual core technology enables use of multiple demanding applications, such as photo editing, DVD burning and playing a game, at the same time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1144 in Personal Computers
• Color: Black
• Brand: Hewlett-Packard
• Model: DV9720US
• Dimensions: 1.65" h x 6.70" w x 11.22" l, 10.80 pounds
• CPU: AMD Turion 64 2 GHz
• Memory: 2000MB DDR2 SDRAM
• Hard Disk: 160GB
• Processors: 2
• Display size: 17

Features

• Entertainment-centric notebook PC with widescreen 17-inch LCD and stylish high-gloss finish with wave imprint, integrated webcam
• 64-bit 1.9 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 TL-60 dual-core processor, 160 GB hard drive, 2 GB RAM (4 GB max), LightScribe dual-layer DVD drive
• 54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g); 10/100 Ethernet; Nvidia GeForce Go 7150M graphics (up to 799 MB of available memory)
• Connectivity: 4 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, ExpressCard 54/34, 5-in-1 memory card reader
• Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities); includes remote control

Customer Reviews

Just bought and so far its been.... Great!
I recieved this laptop about 4 days ago and all I can say is wow! The laptop is performing beyond my expectations and the price while higher than other laptops was well worth it for this performing machine. I will admit to being biased to HP as all of my laptops have been HP and majority of my printers have been HP too. The details are as follows. Impressive screen with no dead pixels or such.
Long lasting battery life- I had it on all during and 1hr30min class with the internet on in balanced power mode and at the end of class I still had 80% of 100% battery left. Much better than my old lappy whose total time with wireless was 2hr max. I have watched 2 full lenght films on here in power saver and was able to get through both and had 40% battery left. Games take up a little more juice of your running full screen with serious graphics. The 17 screen is gorgeous and big. For some it may be too big but I like big screens for watching movies and practicing presentations. The included remote is a big bonus.
I despise Microsoft Works and can't afford the new Microsoft Office Student addition (even with the break through my college) So I downloaded OpenOffice 2.3 and all I can say is that I will never go back to Microsoft as long as OpenOffice keeps putting out such a quality product for free. I know I'm reviewing the lappy but this software is 150% better than MS Office. I will be upgrading the graphics card in a year or two (its good just not great). Internet over the n route is blazing fast. Have no problem picking up wireless signals. Has a handy little feature where if its going to overheat it shuts itself down. (I left it on on my bed and pillows got tossed on it while on and wonderful lappy that it is it shut down) I hate with a passion Vista but not much to do about it execpt maybe try Linux out though I haven't been a big fan of that either. Lets face it Vista is here and we are all going to have to learn to use and deal with it. Came with some decent games and the gadget side bar. Webcam and quickplay are awesome. I love that when using the webcam you get great resolution and no lag time in image (I use it to converse with the folks back home) Overall I rate this lappy a 4.7 out of 5 it only loses some due to OS and extra software junk preloaded on it.
UPDATE 4/12/2008: So I've been using this in class and doing some moderate to heavy photo and video editing and it works great. I will say that I have never had so many updates that take for ever on any of my other laptops but I assume this to be because of Vista. Lightscribe is fun and the built in card reader works like a gem. The outside (nice shiny black) does get horribly filthy with fingerprints and such but is easily cleaned with the microfiber cloth included. The sound from the speakers is good but not great now that I have been playing tunes on it (better than my previous lappy) I will still hook up to external speaker for when I have it connected to my HD projector. Speaking of which my vid on the projector be it through the TV on my comp or dvds played is amazing. Overall I now give it a 4.6/5 only taking of .1 because of the above mentioned issues. Will update more later...

Finally upgraded!
I finally decided to upgrade my 8 year old Sony desktop (which still works fine). This is my first laptop! I am not a computer geek at all, but wanted something with a big screen as a home computer and take up little space. I also wanted a machine that had all the bells and whistles on it so I will hopefully last me along time and I wont need to upgrade anytime soon. Not to mention computers these days come with crazy amounts of memory compared to my old desktop. that was a plus

I wanted a Sony, but didnt find a laptop style to my liking. I like the HP 17" screen, and side numerical pad on right of keyboard. This machine is not that heavy as some people say (on other sites). I mean jeez go work out if you think this is too heavy. I will be using this mainly as home PC, but great to have the option of transporting it with me. The main attraction was the blu ray player of this model. I wanted the future hd disc technology and be able to play my collection of blu ray movies.

Also having the option to hook up to my TV via hdmi output port is awesome! I just got it yesterday, and figured out a little trick. Had to search all over online for solution. When you connect to hdtv with hdmi cable and want to watch a blu ray movie on hdtv....Make sure you go to your Nvidia console (your display settings program), Change to use single monitor instead of dual monitors displaying at same time because blu ray movies will not be allowed to be displayed on 2 monitors at same time for some reason. You will get a message that says "Content protected not allowed to play in this display mode". So change to single monitor as your hdtv and then you should be in business! Hope that helps anyone with the problem I encountered. I was frustrated because this was the sole purpose I wanted the blu ray player to hook up to my hdtv. Glad I found people with same problem and a solution online. So I am giving back to the online community. HP online support was no help they just said some blu ray discs will not play on HDTV only on the laptop screen because they have alot of memory on them. That is a load of bologna.

So far this is a great machine, works clean, very easy to setup, easy controls, cool remotes that come with it, tv tuner need some adjusting to get clear channels but cool feature still, and getting used to Vista but dont see any show stoppers i will catch on to it soon.

Terrific Value
Your money will not go any farther than with this laptop. I knew how many features this computer had when I bought it but I was still surprised to find so much stuff in the box when I received it yesterday. I have tried out many of the features already and everything seems to work as advertised. I was most impressed with the tv tuner. It works great and the laptop comes with a full-size remote (as well as a mini one) so you can change the channels without having to touch the notebook at all. The remote also works great with music (including I-tunes). The large widescreen 17" display is great for watching movies. Another nice feature is the amount of ports (HDMI, S-Video, 4 USB) this thing has: more than you could ever need.