Product Description

HP DV2410US Pavilion 14 in Notebook PC. For those who want rich digital entertainment capability coupled with leading edge mobile performance and communication features, the HP Pavilion dv2400 series Entertainment Notebook PC delivers; Dual headphone jacks allow you to share your entertainment. And mobile dual core technology enables use of multiple demanding applications, such as photo editing, DVD burning and playing a game, at the same time. This 5.3 lb /starting weight/ light notebook provides a convergence of portable entertainment player and high performance notebook PC with its 14.1in High Definition BrightView widescreen display and innovative entertainment features. HP innovation and technology leadership helps you work faster, connect in new ways and play more. Turn your next instant message into a live video chat with the 1.3 Mega pixel webcam, omnidirectional microphone and IM solution of your choice. Or, take still photos and short video clips that you can edit, email and upload to your favorite Web site, such as YouTube and Facebook. Create custom laser etched disc labels right in the drive with LightScribe and preinstalled Roxio ExpressLabeler. Just burn data on the disc, flip it over and burn the cover image using any scanned image and/or text. Free label designs and color background discs in five vivid shades are now available.

Product Details

• Brand: Hewlett-Packard

Customer Reviews

Good for the price
The specs are very good for the price with this one. The hard dive is 200 gb even though Amazon's title reads 160. The screen and keyboard are great. The speakers are similar to every other laptop. Having 2 gb of ram is very good since vista home premium combined with integrated graphics really uses a lot of ram and system resources. The GeForce 6150 works well with games. I have tried the following and they all work good at medium or high settings: Doom 3, Warcraft 3, Red Alert 2, Empire Earth 2, Star Wars Jedi Academy, and Jedi Outcast, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. 1 game did not work which was the original doom, I think this is a vista compatibility problem and may be fixed by updating the video card drives which I have not done yet. I played all those games though without updating the video card drivers, newer drivers are available for the motherboard/video card on nvidia's website. The battery manager is simple to use and set up well, you can simply select your preference, to conserve power or high performance etc. HP built in the power settings but, you can customize them easily if you don't want to use the built in HP options. The lighting is very good on the keyboard. There is a on off indicator for the mouse and wireless.

I don't like the way connection ports are on the sides and on the front is the audio. This is kind of visually unattractive. I don't like having wires for my usb mouse, speakers, lan, and ac adaptor going out all sides of the computer. The fan is in the back. I think it would be SO MUCH better to have the fan on the side and all the ports on the very back. This would make it a perfect design layout, and I'd give 5 instead of 4 stars. Another thing is the mouse pad is at a bad location because when I type, my hand goes across the mouse which jiggles the curser around. HP solved this problem by putting a button at the top of the mouse pad that you can press to disable it, or a disable while you type feature which works ok. I use these features when I type. The other issue with vista and this computer is that it's just filled with junk I don't want and don't need, advertisements and pop ups are nonstop form the time you turn on your computer from both HP and Microsoft. All of these can be disabled within windows, using the control panel. After uninstalling built in junk software, trial versions etc. and disabled a lot of windows pop ups and start up programs, its running really great. There is a built in partition on the hard dive which is used to back things up and as a recovery drive. There is an option on the start menu to get rid of the partition to just make the one entire size c drive. This is what I did. I also turned off all the system restore features which constantly suck system resources for stuff you don't need. It works best for me to simply back things up on dvds. A final note: this computer does not come with restore disks, you have to make your own. This is very simple to do, just follow the on screen instructions when windows starts up. You will need 1 blank dvd dual layer.

Excellent for the price
Pros - Very fast, loads of storage space, the dv2420us is actually a 200gb hard drive albeit running at 4200RPM. Light weight, flexible, included webcam is a plus. Bluetooth & WiFi works extremely well. Light Scribe is an added touch
Cons - Not a gaming notebook..graphics card is low-end, gets very hot if used on lap, included battery is only about 1-1.5 hrs long. Windows Vista takes an incredible amount of time to boot, I clocked 4 minutes on a start-up.
Baseline - If you are looking for a notebook for school/office work/home/multimedia you get a great deal here. I avert my startup problems with Vista by putting the computer in hibernate mode and at the push of the power button, then it starts up in about 20 seconds. Also as with most electronics nowadays, this notebook runs hot. Use the notebook on a desk or if you have to use it on your lap, put it on a book so it gets good ventilation or it becomes very hot and sluggish.

Everything I've been looking for.
After struggling for over a year with a Gateway M675 and a Dell Inspiron, and being dissatisfied with both, I went to the local Freys and checked out the HP DV2xxx series. Liked the key layout, finish, screen and I/O. Got it shipped overnight from Amazon (much cheaper than getting an eBay auction to ship overnight, and half the cost of local sales tax!), and had it the next day. Could not be happier - everything worked upon installation, the 14-inch screen is great and it's very portable and compact. Will get another 1G RAM for it. Vista takes a bit of getting used to (still prefer XP), but will strip out a lot of the time / space wasting features and get it a bit faster and more straightforward to use (I'm a Windows Classic throwback). The only drawback I can possibly find about it is the outside finish, which retains fingerprints and palmprits. I've heard there's a protector cover for it, which I'll look into. You do have to be a bit careful of hitting the touchpad with your palm while you type, but that's easily fixed. A joy to use!