You'll have to settle for a max of 1366 x 768.Īs this is the Beats Audio Edition of this notebook, you'd naturally expect excellent audio quality, and the Envy 14 delivers. (This option is also no longer available on the regular Envy 14).
Unfortunately, Envy 14 Beats Edition owners can't get the Radiance Infinity screen with 1600 x 900 resolution, which was available on the original Envy 14. Viewing angles were excellent, though we found the glossy finish kicked back a lot of reflections in brighter settings. While watching the same HD trailer for Iron Man 2, we noticed slightly crisper images on the Mac, but it was a pretty fine point. When placed side by side with the 13-inch MacBook Pro, we found the Envy 14 to be pretty evenly matched. Whether we were watching movies stored on the hard drive or streamed from the web, colors were bright and crisp and popped off the screen, while blacks were lustrous and deep with no artifacts. The 1366 x 768 screen displays up to 82 percent of the color gamut, and has a max brightness of 350 nits. Like the Pavilion dv5t, HP opted for a new 14.5-inch widescreen, which provides a pretty good balance between extra screen real estate and portability. Two-finger scrolling was spotty, and when pinching to shrink an object, we had to remember that our thumb could not start out in the area where the buttons were. Multitouch gestures worked fairly well, but not as smoothly as the glass touchpad on the MacBook. Historically with all non-Apple touchpads that use the pad for clicking, those who use two hands to navigate will find that the cursor moves abruptly when they click this was less of an issue on the Envy 14, though it still happened on occasion. Overall, navigating the desktop was easy-as it should be. We wish it was moved slightly more to the left, but we didn't encounter the problems we had with the Envy 15-namely, our palm accidentally moving the cursor. We appreciated the quick access keys for adjusting the volume and brightness.Īs before, HP integrated the mouse buttons into the touchpad, which is a spacious 4.25 x 2.5 inches.
While typing, we liked the smooth surface of the keys and the lack of flex, but we sometimes had to press slightly harder than usual. And the red on this special edition just adds another layer of cool. New, though, is backlighting: While it only has two settings (on or off, as opposed to the gradient lighting on MacBook Pros), it's a nice addition. Like previous Envys, the Envy 14 Beats Edition features a black island-style keyboard.
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