NOW AVAILABLE - Updated ENVY 15, ENVY 17 / ENVY 17 3D

[TheAtreidesHawk]

Where does it say the 17" does not have an ips display?

[wii]

Where does it say that the 15" has an IPS display ?

The press release says:

The ENVY 15 and ENVY 17 are available with optional Radiance Full HD Infinity displays(1) – either 15.6-inch or 17.3-inch diagonal, respectively. Radiance displays offer higher resolution, richer color, better brightness and wider viewing angles than traditional notebook displays. The ENVY 17 display boasts 50 percent greater brightness than standard.

[zirra]

Where does it say that the 15" has an IPS display ?

The press release says:

The ENVY 15 and ENVY 17 are available with optional Radiance Full HD Infinity displays(1) – either 15.6-inch or 17.3-inch diagonal, respectively. Radiance displays offer higher resolution, richer color, better brightness and wider viewing angles than traditional notebook displays. The ENVY 17 display boasts 50 percent greater brightness than standard.

The first video on the engadget link stated it. Link is on the first post.

[computerwiz908]

Get a sexy Ivy Bridge Envy 14 refresh with a good screen and a real improvement on the GPU and it's an insta-buy for me next summer. The current Envy 14 is already fairly large for my portability desires, though, so an Envy 15 would have to shrink the bezel significantly to really attract me.

Still, it looks really sexy and it's great to see that HP appears to be developing the Envy line toward it's potential rather than the step back that was the Envy 14 2XXX series (or really, any post-Radiance Envy 14).

I really wish I had a Radiance screen on my Envy 14... I agree that the removal of that option was a step back in the -2XXX series, even though the new AMD card and Sandy Bridge processors are nice touches.

[TheAtreidesHawk]

From The Verge:

"The base 17-inch version has the same specs, but starts at $1,250. Lastly, there's the Envy 17 3D, which at $1,599 buys you the same specs as the entry-level 17, but brings along a full HD Radiance 3D, 120Hz display, a pair of active shutter glasses, and a Blu-ray player. How about battery life? HP is promising nine hours with the 15 and 9.5 with the 17."

[doniphon]

wondering if this is gonna have 2 or 4 so-dimm memory slots... only getting potentially interesting if with four ...

[wii]

I need documentation before I believe it, but yeah, it would be really cool if an IPS screen is available.

The first video on the engadget link stated it. Link is on the first post.

[Lvivkse]

Engadget mentions the 15 having an IPS display but HP doesnt mention it on their materials

can someone confirm this?

also, between the IPS and TN on the 17....is it going to be a HUGE difference? I was planning on getting a 17" laptop for my next purchase but display quality matters to me more than anything. Will blacks be blacker?

[wetwillycf]

Phooey. Now I wish I'd waited, even if the 15 is about a pound heavier than what I want.

I don't like how much more Mac-ish they look though.

Dying to know which GPU it is.

[Netherwind]

I think I just came, as long as it doesn't have the heating issues the original 15 had this is my new baby, hoping for something more powerful like a 6950 but one can dream, I'm hoping it's more powerful than the dv6t for the sheer fact it's an Envy and not a Pavilion. Maybe it has AMD's unannounced 7000 series GPU's, since neither is willing to spill the beans about what's in it. Either way, if it supports the slice battery I will be one happy camper!