Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4454 in Personal Computers
- Color: Silver
- Brand: HP
- Model: DV7-4280US
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.46" h x
16.35" w x
10.80" l,
6.86 pounds
- CPU: Intel Core i5 2.66 GHz
- Memory: 6GB DDR3 SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 750GB
- Graphics: Radeon HD6550
- Processors: 1
- Native resolution: 1600 x 900
- Display size: 17.3
Features
- Intel Core i5 Processor 2.66GHz
- 6GB DDR3 RAM
- 750GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
- 17.3-Inch Screen, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6550
- Windows 7 Home Premium, 7.75 hours Battery Life
HP Pavilion dv7-4280us 17.3-Inch Entertainment Notebook PC (Silver)
Product Description
Watch Blu-ray DVDs at home and on the go. It's simple with the Blu-ray player and large 17.3-inch diagonal High-Definition LED display on the HP Pavilion dv7-4280us Entertainment Notebook PC. Plus, play music the way it's meant to be heard with integrated Beats Audio and count on fast data entry using the numeric keypad. You can also manage your passwords effortlessly on this HP laptop using the integrated fingerprint reader. Keep your digital library on the large hard drive and help prevent data loss with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection. With ATI Mobility Radeon HD video graphics and lots of memory, image-intensive programs and games run smoothly. The HP Pavilion dv7-4280us Entertainment Notebook PC has everything you want, including style and substance. It looks great thanks to a brushed aluminum finish with the stream design in argento. Video chat in low-light environments using the integrated HP webcam, burn custom labels onto CDs and DVDs using LightScribe Technology and transfer photos from a digital camera to your HP laptop using the digital media reader. Browse the Web from any room using built-in Wi-Fi, plus wirelessly sync your HP laptop to a printer or smartphone using integrated Bluetooth.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
55 of 55 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent Computer - only minor compaints
By Larry N. Robinette
I've been using this computer for about 3 weeks now, and am quite happy with its performance and battery life. It has switchable graphics and automatically (unless disabled) switches between built-in graphics when battery powered and dedicated graphics (ATI HD6550) when wall cube powered. I don't use this computer for gaming, but the HD6550 is a fairly respectable card. Battery life is listed at 7.75 hours. I was originally seeing around 6 hours in my typical usage scenario (see note re change below). I am also pleased with its thermal management. When working hard it gets warm - but not hot. Air exhaust is on the left, toward the back of the case, which is an acceptable location. Since it is billed as an "entertainment" laptop, there is a goodly amount of HP software installed for managing audio, video, photos, etc. I thought I would remove most of this, but found it to be relatively inoffensive and even useful at times. The hard drive is a generous 750 GB, so I wasn't too concerned about needing to free up space. I did disable the built-in backup management software in favor of adding a second 750 GB hard drive (this required purchasing an HP4000 series drive caddy and cable). I made the new drive (7200 RPM) the primary drive and relegated the slower 5400 RPM drive that came with the 4280 to backup. Having two hard drives did, of course, reduce battery life somewhat, but I still get around 5.5 hours - not bad at all. I can now do backups in-situ via partition imaging, plus daily backups to an external USB drive. Regarding that - the HP4280 has a powered eSATA port (combo USB and eSATA), which I use with a Seagate GoFlex Pro 750 GB drive with eSATA interface - and it is fast (GoFlex pro uses 7200 RPM drive which matches the one I swapped in and made my boot drive).There is also a fingerprint scanner which can be used to log in (password entry is still available as alternative). You have to spend a few minutes registering your fingerprint (plus one alternative print) - but after that, you can log in by just swiping your finger over the scanner. It took some getting used to, but I now log in this way almost exclusively. One little trick I found - place your finger over the scanner, then hesitate for just a bit (about 1/4 to 1/2 second) before swiping and it will read much more reliably. At least that's the case for me - maybe I "trained" it that way. ;-)My only real complaint is that the touch pad implementation is - well, just awful. As has been noted by others, it's almost impossible to position the cursor and click to select without moving the cursor off target, and if you touch the case near the touch pad - that moves the cursor. Really annoying. I added a Logitech M705 mouse which uses their tiny unifying receiver (I leave it plugged in all the time), and it works quite well, even with the receiver on the opposite side of the computer (that location works best for my carry case).One last note - this beasty has a blue ray player and Beats audio - very nice combo for watching HD movies.Overall, I am very happy with this computer. It lost one star for the schizoid touch pad and the slow hard drive.Update 2011-05-10. Recently updated Synaptic Pointing Device drivers, and there were definite improvements in touch pad operation.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful.My New Scream Machine
By W. R. Stockstill Jr.
I am no stranger to laptops, this is my 6th. I've owned Dell, Toshiba and Asus laptops, this is my first HP. It is replacing my Toshiba x205-s9349 which at 3 1/2 years old has become sluggish and a couple of times shut off by itself signaling the end might be near. I spend all day (and night) on my laptop and use it for surfing, photography, watching streaming movies, updating my iPod and iPhone and watching Blu-ray movies. I also use it to watch streaming live events on ESPN3 such as ALMS racing and college football which on my old laptop I connected to my TV via 25FT HDMI TO HDMI Cable. After checking reviews and features, I found this model had great reviews and most of the features I wanted. It also was a few hundred dollars less then other computers with the same features (6gb ram, 750gb hd, Blu-ray reader, 17" display, HDMI out, 802.11n, Bluetooth). The only thing I was weary of was the Windows 7 64bit OS and running older programs. To date, I have had no issues and Windows 7 is similar to Vista, so not hard to figure out.ProsBlazing fast, high end processorHigh end graphics with excellent LED screenBlu-ray player17"Aluminum casingLong battery lifePriceFinger scannerConsNo Firewire or any type of expansion card slot to add itThe converter part on the power cord gets pretty hotNeutralSound, even though it has the Dr Dre Beats Audio, it still sounds about the same as my old Toshibia (although that system also had a highly touted Harman Kardon speaker/subwoofer system). Obviously sound is limited to the small size/speakers limitation of laptops.HP Laptop reliability reputation. There was a report out a couple years back showing HP to have the worse reliability, in the upper 20% after 3 years. It was also noted that it makes the most laptops and that the smaller laptop makers, like Toshibia, had lower failure rates. To me, that study sounds flawed in that if there are so many more HP laptops, many more are going to need repair so I am not sure about the methodology of the study or if HP quality (or anyone else's) has changed since its been out.UPDATE: I have had the computer for 9 months. 2 problems arose and were quickly fixed by HP. First, the A/C adapter stopped working. They shipped one no charge. For some reason Fed Ex shipped the part from SC to Atlanta and instead of going to the local distribution center here in metro Atlanta, it was sent to TX. So that delayed the part, not HP's fault though. I did not have to send the bad part back.The second thing that happened, according to the H.P. Support Assistance software and third party S.M.A.R.T. software, I had some bad sectors on my hard drive, the kind that a Windows scan and fix can't help. So I contacted support, gave them the error code. They told me I needed a new hard drive and would have a supervisor call within 2 business days. The supervisor called the next day, Friday. He told me I would ship it out and I had 15 days to ship the bad one back. They take your credit card number and will charge it if they don't get the broken part back in the time allowed. It was stressed that if I sent it back after 15 days, they still won't refund the money. I got the feeling if I wasn't comfortable doing the swap, they would have me send the entire laptop in. They paid shipping of the part both ways. So, again, the distribution center is in SC and I am in Atlanta. The part arrived on Saturday, the next day. I bought an external USB drive, partitioned it so it was slightly smaller than the HD on the laptop. I followed the Windows 7 directions to make a mirror image which includes making a boot disc. It took a few hours to make the mirrors of c: and d: which was under 300GB total. d: is HP's backup partition. I swapped out the drives, and used the Windows boot disc with the external USB HD connected that had the mirror image and in a couple of hours, my computer was exactly like I had it before. HP sent discs, but I didn't need them by using Windows Backup. Once I made sure everything was right, I swapped back to the old disc and did a boot and nuke, erasing all content. One more swap and everything is great.So, HP support has been great.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Great customer service
By Grandma Mary
I received this laptop on 3/17/11. The number keypad was DOA. Since I purchased from an Amazon partner - I could not get a replacement - but could get my money refunded. I opted to contact HP customer support. Spoke with a total of 3 very nice young men. First one I spoke with I was disconnected from (cell phone) - called back - but call was dropped again. Called back in and second one helped me realize that it was a hardware problem. He told me I could send it in for repair - I contacted Amazon and found out could only get refund - so called HP back to make arrangements to send laptop back in. They sent out through FedEx the box to ship it in along with the label. Dropped it off at FedEx Kinko's - will come back and let you know how long to get it back, etc.The display was quite good and it did several Windows updates in extremely fast time. Please note - it took over 2 hours to make the recovery discs (7 dvds total).***UPDATE*** My laptop is working perfectly now. It did take HP 2 tries to get it working - but customer service was extremely nice and quite professional. They really wanted to make sure that the laptop was working correctly and to my satisfaction. The first time I sent it in with shipping and the weekends it took about 1 1/2 weeks to get it back. The second time they upgraded it to overnight shipping and with the weekend it took less than a week. All the keys work as they should and the keyboard has a nice touch. I'm not a big fan of the touchpad so I bought a bluetooth mouse - which works quite well.We purchased this exact same model for my husband and it worked perfectly right from the beginning and we had no issues with it. We feel that we got quite a bit for our money and would recommend this laptop to anyone.
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