HP Envy 17-1190NR Laptop (Gray)

First off, let me point out that this is the HP Envy 17 3D series laptop, the best that HP makes. One pair of 3D glasses are included, and the 3D demos included with this Laptop are amazing. I haven't had a chance to fully test this thing out, just got it about a half an hour or so ago, but so far, I'm very impressed. The audio is the best, by far, that I've ever heard in a mobile platform (this coming from my previous gaming laptop: Gateway p7811fx). I have not tested any games with it yet, but will follow up when I've tried a few out. The 120hz screen is stunning, that's the only way I know how to put it. The touchpad is finicky, but its something I will try to get used to in the coming days, if not, Ill include that in my follow up. Did I mention the sound quality yet? Another plus to this laptop is the layout of the keyboard. I have large hands and the amount of spacing between the keys makes it more comfortable to type than any other laptop I've used.

To sum it up:

+screen image is amazing

+audio is the best I've heard in a laptop

+excellent keyboard

+3D

+Super Fast!!!!!

The only con I can think of is getting used to the touchpad, I'm sure it wont be much of a con with time.

Ps. The photos don't do this laptop justice.

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December/31/2010

I have installed and played a few games so far. Farcry 2 runs great in 3D on high settings, and looks breathtaking, it's hard to describe but it's a definite must see. The touchpad no longer bothers me as I was able to turn down the sensitivity in windows. In addition, I was able to return the F keys to their original function in the BIOS screen, so no big deal there.

In addition, I have been able to play Farcry 2 for hours without experiencing any overheating, the bottom left area gets slightly warm, but no where near uncomfortable.

A few things to point out:

The two 500gb hard drives are not in raid from factory

The photos on Amazon are the wrong laptop, they look similar, however this one says ENVY 17 3D in the top right corner.

The 3D glasses work great, however I have discovered they will not work properly if you are facing a TV that is turned on (I assume IR interference)

Overall I am very impressed with this laptop and feel that it is worth investing in.

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April 3 2011

This laptop just up and died on me while playing a game. The screen started to flicker like an old black and white tv. I attempted to restart it, however it will no longer boot on. I contacted HP for an RMA, so far the staff has been very nice and helpful. However, paying this much for a laptop, there is no excuse for it to fail after 3 or 4 months of casual usage.

In December of 2010 I ordered a Dell XPS 17 with the upgraded CPU (i7 840QM) and Nvidia 3GB graphics card. It arrived in January 2011; within 10 days time I began experiencing problems. The machine would freeze and the network card would shut down. I called Dell and they sent a new hard drive Toshiba to replace the Samsung which I was not happy about because it is a cheaper, lower-performing hard drive according to Passmark (). Nonetheless, I was willing to give Dell a mulligan. The technician that came to my house was very professional and quick. My problems persisted. I called Dell and they promised me an exchange. 14 CALENDAR DAYS later I receive an e-mail that reports that XPS 17s have a "worldwide issue with the cpu" and would I like to call them to discuss receiving an XPS 15 in exchange. I asked for a refund and immediately ordered the HP Envy 17 quick ship model.

I received my Envy 17 3D (1190NR) and right away noticed that the feel and profile of the machine is vastly superior to the XPS 17. In fact the only thing that I would say is better about the XPS is the sound (the JBL speakers have great bass and crystal clear sound). Regarding the downgrade from the i7-7-840 to i7-720, I cannot tell the difference between the chips, but I don't do any gaming or video editing. I do lots of multitasking, movies, music, photo viewing. Aside from the better "feel" of the Envy, the screen is also noticeably superior to the XPS screen and the 3D is pretty cool. The Envy quick ship model came with an extra oversize 9-cell battery, which I have learned is really, really needed! The laptop rips through the 6-cell battery very, very quickly. Granted, I choose to have my laptop run the "performance" profile at all times whether plugged in or not.

Regarding HP customer support for new Envy owners: it is awesome! I received my Envy and began reloading my programs, files, etc. and noticed a problem with the audio jacks (I could listen to music/sounds on my headphones, but not on the laptop speakers). Because I had already spent a few hours customizing my computer I asked customer support to process a repair rather than an exchange as I was otherwise happy with the Envy's performance. I kept using my Envy without being able to listen to music. I decided to try and watch a movie on my hdtv using an hdmi cable. While the laptop screen was duplicated onto the hdtv without any problems, the laptop's screen was going crazy--fuzzy, lines, static, weird colors. I called HP Customer Support and told them I had changed my mind; I no longer wanted to repair my Envy, I wanted an exchange. HP's Mulligan. I spent maybe 20 minutes on the phone and next morning (I paid for Next Business Morning) I had my new Envy. It is working great, no problems whatsoever. I am running 4 programs with 12 windows open, music playing, and the machine is working great. Aside from the sucky battery life, my only issue so far has been playing blu-ray videos on my hdtv via hdmi. My tv picks up the regular signal, but once the blu-ray movie begins playing I get a purple screen on the tv (not the laptop). I have read on some forums that it may be an hdmi or refresh rate problem. I've also read reviews that complain about the heat generated by the Envy and I agree that it does get warmer than the XPS, but would not call it hot and definitely not uncomfortable.

All things considered, I am definitely an HP laptop fan and think the Envy 17 is a great buy.

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This is a great notebook ( I was corrected when I called it a laptop, although it will fit on my lap but gets really hot). I am no computer whiz, so using a good product support service was critical. And the support (I used it three times) was superb. It comes wwith a two year support contract. And when calling during normal business hours, you get support from the good ol' USA. I would recommend this computer to anyone. Have not tried the 3 D yet.

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I bought this laptop because of its large memory. I bought it so that I wouldn't have headaches with slowness or freezing. I didn't and don't plan on installing memory-eating games on it, and I don't even care about the 3D screen. I wanted to use a few programs for my business on it, and I thought that with a terabyte of memory and 6GB of RAM I had overkill, as far as memory goes. So I am very disappointed that it processes even simple programs like Excel slowly.

I have had to call hp 3 times already, because I could not find the answers to some relatively minor problems, after spending HOURS looking through the tons and tons of "help" and "support" information. The memory card that came with the product, which is the electronic user manual, has pictures on it that aren't even this laptop. There are two pictures of disc drives, for example, and both are from older models.

Now I am trying to figure out why this $1500 laptop, which I had thought was a bargain, at that price, is running so slowly. In the process of trying to troubleshoot this issue, I have been prompted to pay more for cleanup tools. Seriously? I am supposed to pay an extra $100 just to have someone take off the crap that they put on here, making it slow? If that's the problem ...

UGH.

To be fair to hp, I believe that most of the slugishness is from Windows programs ... however, hp is putting these programs on their laptops, so they are equally to blame, from a consumer standpoint.

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well, i have opened my envy 1190 two days ago. First thing i saw was a defective display. About 25% of the area is much darker than the rest. Luckily, HPIsrael don't ask questions, they just took it to repair.

In the meantime, while we wait for spare parts, i wanted to install all kinds of stuff. So after several windows updates the start menu got bustedit has now some weird black frame around it, where it should be transparent, like in rounded corners, etc. For some reason, firefox stopped showing jpg pictures. So i rolled back windows to a restore point before updates. Firefox was fixed, start menu remains bugged.

From time to time the systems gets stuck for some time. It's really frustrating, i don't see any overload in resource monitor, it's not CPU, memory or HD, almost no applications run, but still for 1020 seconds everything is stuck. Restart helps for some time.

The touchpad really sucks. It's the multitouch thing, but scrolling catches for only about 70% of attempts. I read forums, people suggest installing scrybe to improve it. Well, it does slightly improve it, but now the touchpad has some unwanted functionality. Probably i can switch it off, but i really have no time for these tweaks.

For some reason HP changed windows 7 style, and i really hate it.

Overall, after i fix the display, i will spend several days to make the computer worth it's price. I still think it's possible, because the hardware is really great. But i would expect, that such computer will be ready to use right after i unpack it.

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