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HP Computer Laptops go 3-D with the Envy 17 3-D
The 3-D bandwagon is the latest technology movement that laptop manufacturers have been trying to get on. Acer was first to market last year with 3-D laptop for gamers and people who like to watch movies on their laptop. HP computer laptops wasn't late to the party either. They came to market in time for the holiday season with their Envy 17 3D, a member of the Envy 17 series that is capable of playing movies in 3-D. Now most 3-D PCs on the market for the most part use Nvidia's 3-D glasses. If you've been looking for an alternative to that, you should probably take a look at HP computer laptops. This one especially, uses ATI graphics and a new kind of glasses technology called XpanD. When you buy the laptop, you'll find that they have demo 3-D footage for you - it's some NBA All-Star game. Simply put, the 3-D is very effective and it's a lot of fun. It just highlights a little issue with the whole 3-D game plan - there is almost no true 3-D content available to watch.
This very HP laptop sells without the 3-D for about $1100. With 3-D added and everything else remaining the same, you pay about $400 more. For the money, you get a freakishly large 17.3 inch 3-D capable full HD display, a Blu-Ray player, the power of a 1.6-GHz Intel Core i7-720QM processor, 6 GB RAM and a fast 1TB hard drive. And oh, it weighs in at a hefty 7 1/2 pounds and a pretty fat 1 1/2 inch. And of course, it's pretty cool that this particular model comes with a backlit keyboard and a really large touchpad. Lately, HP computer laptops have attracted a lot of criticism for having flaky touchpads. Fortunately, they seem to have got their act together with Envy 17 3-D.
Like other HP computer laptops in the company's current lineup, this model features their impressive Beats audio technology too. The sound quality is crisp and beautiful. But you're probably reading this review to get to the part where we say something about the laptop's 3-D abilities. Let's start with the quality of the display. The display is a spectacular UltrabrightView Infinity display that gives you great viewing angles and a 120 Hz refresh rate. You also get a special mini display port that allows you to connect three external monitors at a time. The color quality on this laptop will leave you with nothing to complain about.
The reason this laptop refreshes the display at 120 Hz (twice what any other laptop does) is that it needs to display separate images for each lens of your 3-D glasses - and each lens need to see the screen at 60 Hz each for flicker-free viewing pleasure. If you're trying to decide between the active shutter type 3-D technology and the passive display technology such as the kind you see on the Lenovo Y 560D, active shutter technology is way superior. The 3-D glasses weigh just 2 ounces and are comfortable even for people who already wear glasses. You can buy an extra pair for $100 at HP and unfortunately, the glasses need batteries replaced from time to time - no recharging here. Playing 3-D games on the Envy 17 3-D is a very enjoyable experience. You even get a laser sight to help you shoot targets with accuracy. The only problem of course is that most of the stuff you want to watch or play happens to be 2-D. The computer's Tridef 3-D engine does do a decent job of converting 2-D to 3-D on-the-fly. If you want more depth, there is a control that lets you tweak that. While native 3-D Blu-Ray movies look spectacular, you can't convert Blu-Ray movies from 2-D to 3-D on this laptop. About the only 3-D problem you're likely to experience with this laptop is that since it uses the older HTML 1.3 standard, you're not going to be able to put out 3-D images to an external monitor.
