But I wish the corners of the pad had more feedback, since it I felt like I was pressing on a sponge at times.Īs I hacked and slashed my way through the countryside in Witcher 3, I got to experience HP's CoolSense technology at work. Performing gestures such as two-finger scroll and three-finger flick was a breeze. The large, 4.3 x 2.5-inch Synaptics clickpad was accurate and responsive. The keys were a little mushy, but had a fairly standard 1.3-millimeter key travel and 60 grams of actuation (the force needed to depress a key). I had a comfortable typing experience, quickly hitting my usual 60 words per minute on the 10FastFingers Typing Test. However, sound effects like the clashing of swords sounded hollow while the yelp of a large wolf I had dispatched seemed muffled.Įven though HP crammed in a full number pad on the Pavilion 15's deck, the green, backlit keys on the island-style keyboard were nicely sized with good spacing. The notebook delivered clear, distinct dialogue during Witcher 3, allowing me to hear all the gruffness in Geralt's voice. For the best result, I would recommend keeping the volume at 80 percent. The mids were relatively clear, allowing the vocalist's airy vocals to float above the distortion. At higher volumes, you'll start to hear distortions on the highs, as I noticed on Spree Wilson's "Counterfeit." The keyboards turned into a muddy mess, leaving little room for the percussion to breathe. The Inspiron 15 7000, Y700 and Alienware 15 were much brighter, at 222, 263 and 311 nits, respectively.Įven though the Pavilion 15 has Bang & Olufsen speakers, the audio didn't have the punch and clarity that I expected. The Pavilion 15 averaged a muted 176 nits, which is well below the 252-nit average.
You might need a spare candle or two with this one. That score was also enough to defeat Alienware 15's 1.3, but not the Y700 (0.7) or the Inspi(0.41) Luckily, the Pavilion 15's color accuracy was better than its color-reproduction abilities, hitting 0.71 on the Delta-E test (0 is ideal), which beats the 7.3 average.
While on a par with the Y700 (61 percent), it was well below the mainstream average (86 percent), the Inspi(70 percent) and the Alienware 15 (103.4 percent). It was no big surprise when we found that the laptop could reproduce only 62 percent of the sRGB gamut. I also had difficulty making out the individual links in the protagonist's chain-mail armor. The almost-bubblegum pink and the light orange in the dawn sky were paler than normal, which diminished a usually gorgeous scene. The faded coloring made its way into my gaming session, draining the vibrancy from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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