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DV6500z: Flowing Along the Multimedia Mainstream |
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The idea of
using a laptop with their home's entertainment center might not
be mainstream just yet in the States. People with fancy
home-theater setups might tap into a laptop's multimedia
potential, but the average user is still happy watching DVDs on
their laptop on long flights rather than in their livingroom. The
HP Pavilion dv6500z might go a ways to change that. |
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Starting at
a mere $649, the new Pavilion beckons the big-box-store-shopping
general public with its affordable multimedia capabilities. Of
course, once you shop a little deeper for the HP, you realize
that, to actually get some value out of this HP
Pavilion, the price tag might need to be raised to
plus-$1,000 with the necessary options. For that extra change, you get the dedicated graphics card-an nVidia 8400M GS-that, along with the nVidia nForce 630M chipset, AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-60 microprocessor and 2 GB of RAM, can really let the Windows Vista Home Premium work its multimedia mojo on your high-def television, DVDs and even gaming. It also helps in the home theater front that the HP Pavilion dv6500z has a HDMI port, the premier hookup for HD devices. And for the rest of your devices-HD or otherwise-the Pavilion is accessible to most anything. It comes with VGA and S-Video outputs, as well as a 5-in-1 media card reader, three USB ports and an Expresscard slot. Of course, even at that price level, you can't expect a blazing fast gaming notebook. But we're still talking mainstream, where the HP Pavilion dv6500z holds its own. Read - Review of the HP Pavilion dv6500z By Matthew Brodsky - Laptopical Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
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