HP Pavilion DV6700T (Special Edition) Entertainment 15.4" Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 at 2.1GHz, 4GB RAM, 250 GB 5400RPM SATA HDD, 896MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M w/Webcam, Fingerprint Reader, 802.11N, SuperMulti Pavilion DVD Drive, 64-bit Windows Vista Premium)

List Price: $1,899.99 Discount Price: $1,099.99

Features:

• Special Edition Entertainment-centric notebook PC with 15.4-inch screen, HP Imprint finish, and 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor
• 250 GB 5400RPM Serial ATA hard drive, 4GB RAM, 8x LightScribe DVD-/+RW drive, integrated WebCam
• Connectivity: 3 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, expansion port 3 connector, ExpressCard 54/34, 5-in-1 memory card reader
• Fingerprint Reader, Quad-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Gigabit Ethernet, Nvidia GeForce 8400M video card with upto 894MB video memory
• Pre-installed with 64-bit Windows Vista Premium

Customer Reviews:

Don't make a mistake by purchasing HP [Posted on 2008-02-08]
I have the Pavilion dv6000 Entertainment PC. Don't be fooled by this computer's sleek look. I have made numerous calls, been on hold, hung up on, and struggled with a language barrier (someone from India was "helping" me) and finally just gave up. HP's idea of customer service is to ignore you until you go away. It works! Great tactic! This company is not interested in selling quality products or providing basic support services. The laptop speakers have not worked since I plugged in external speakers. Now the external speaker port is screwed up and only plays sound on one side of the speakers or headphones. So much for an "entertainment" pc. The CD Player rarely works, won't eject CD's, and randomly turns on and off by itself. The wireless controller doesn't work PERIOD. The only good thing I can say about it is that it's PRETTY... and we all know.. pretty just doesn't cut it anymore. I won't purchase another HP again.

Research is Key. [Posted on 2008-03-08]
Short story. I needed a computer as I was working in SE Asia all of last year. I bought this laptop (which I'm still using) due to a crunch-time situation and needed computer/internet access. I bought this in January 2007 for MSRP of $1100 USD. Within the last year, and you can read several other reviews, the CD player has 'a mind of it's own'... If this is a software or OS issue, HP needs to GET WITH THE PROGRAM and NOTIFY IT'S CUSTOMERS. I have never bought a brand new laptop before (mind you) but I WILL DEFINITELY TEST OUT OTHER NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS before purchasing another HP laptop.

Worthless piece of hardware. [Posted on 2008-04-06]
This computer has been back to HP 3 times for a broken wireless card and a messed up screen that blacks in and out. Luckily it was still under warranty, however the headache I went through spending hours on the phone with customer service in a another country, and waiting days on end for a manager to call back was not worth it. It was "fixed" and worked for another 6 months, but now the wireless card is not working again, and what do you know, the screen turns itself off and will not come back on until I do a hard reset and shut it down by the power button. I hate this computer, and HP.

Very poor quality [Posted on 2008-04-08]
I've owned this laptop for just over a year now. The AC power plug socket has been replaced twice and is failing, again. The hard drive is failing. I average a total system crash at least once a month with subsequent loss of any data that hasn't been backed up. Getting the DVD/CD drive to burn a usable backup can take hours and a lot of wasted media. As I write this I'm unable to access "My Documents or "Help and Support". Clicking on them only brings up an error message. The system crashed last night and I had to rebuild my user profile, again. Looks like I'm in for another wasted day struggling to extract some value out of the hefty investment I have in this laptop, over $2,000. Customer support is nonexistent. This is my 4th laptop, and the second one built by HP. The first HP I bought was made back in the mid ninety's and it was a well built solid performer. However even back then HP's customer service was terrible. I would definitely not recommend buying any of HP's products.

This PC for World of Warcraft, I don't think so... [Posted on 2008-08-01]
I was on the search for a gaming laptop for my new game World of Warcraft. When I found this laptop and found that its memory and video card was over the system requirements, I thought my search was over. I installed World of Warcraft and then the next day, the computer acted like I threw it off the table! I fixed it with the System Recovery (hit f11), and then it worked again but it deleted all my World of Warcraft data! I reinstalled World of Warcraft all over again, installed ITunes, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and Sonic the Hedgehog. I turn it off, and then pops up a blue Stop error screen which is also known as the Blue Screen of Death. And to be honest, it was like death. It wouldn't even start on Safe Mode. I later called Customer Service, and they helped me right away. I went through the hard drive tests with some "India" dude who had a 6 year degree in Computer Engineering, and we found the problem. Turns out the hard drive was faulty and needed replacing. They replaced my hard drive for free just because I sent the old one in. I was relieved to know that my computer would be fixed. I'm getting the hard drive soon and I seriously can't wait to receive it. But now I'm really scared to install World of Warcraft on here again... :(

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