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HP HDX16-1005EA 16in Blu-ray Notebook Review

Author Andy Vandervell
Published 5th Jan 2009
Manufacturer HP
Supplier Laskys
Price £756.51 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £869.99 (Inc VAT)
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Design Score 9 for Design
Features Score 10 for Features
Performance Score 8 for Performance
Value Score 10 for Value
Overall Score 9 for Overall
HP HDX16-1005EA 16in Blu-ray Notebook
award recommended

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Just in case you were getting bored of the superlatives, one of the few negative points about the HDX 16 is its battery life. In the Productivity test it managed less than two and a half hours, only just reaching this milestone in the lower intensity Reader test. At 100 per cent brightness, DVD playback came to an end just short of an hour and a half. You could, of course, get more than this by reducing the brightness, but the dual-lamp backlight clearly has a significant impact battery life.


However, given this is a desktop replacement, battery life is the one area we can forgive some weakness and the raw performance can't really be faulted. Though we wouldn't characterise the HDX 16 as a powerhouse, it performed well in all our benchmarks and benefited particularly well in PCMark Vantage due to its 64-bit OS. Therefore, unless you're very demanding, it'll deal with everything you throw at it fairly comfortably.


This rounds things off rather nicely, yet despite the excellent design, multitude of features and good performance, the best thing about the HDX16-1005ea is the price. We reckoned, at around £900, that the Acer Aspire 6935G was excellent value, but the HDX 16 can be had for as little as £869.99! Given it brings with it a Full HD display, compared to the 'HD Ready' one found in the Acer, a better design and a few extra accessories and features, too, the HDX 16 represents quite astonishing value.


Verdict

If you're after a fully-featured desktop replacement with "all the trimmings", the HP HDX 16 delivers on pretty much every level and represents superb value for money. In fact, we can't think of any reasonable reason not to buy it.

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comment Craig said on 23rd January 2009

Landed a nice timely bonus at work and decided to go with the 18.4" upgraded version (P8600+1024mb dedicated graphics+?).

This will be delivered on Monday. £129... more

comment laughingfox said on 6th February 2009

Does anyone know if the remote is software or hardware based? i.e. I wouldn't want the vista 64, and if I format the HD and install Vista 32 or XP or Windows 7, will I still b... more

comment Micke Vickers said on 28th March 2009

I had just placed an order for the -1100 version of this laptop and dabs then cancelled saying the laptop had been discontinued. I've just visited the hp site direct and see t... more

comment Anthony Armstrong said on 11th May 2009

This laptop has now been superceded by the new HP HDX-1280. It has a new NVIDIA GeForce GT130M graphics card with 1GB dedicated. I bought mine from Currys for £1099 as I goog... more

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