Brightview vs. Ultrabrite

Differences between BrightView and UltraBright?

Dual lamp, extra lamp at the top, cover slightly thicker, decreased battery life. Extra expense when a lamp goes out, extra weight, heat...

I ordered mine with the higher resolution WSXGA+, single lamp option. Dual lamp gives slightly better (even) screen lighting.

One unit you may want to check out is the DELL 1705.... 1900x1200 (I think), and I think it's dual lamped.


If you end up buying the HP.... buy from COSTCO www.costco.com....

If you're not a "member" it's worth becoming a member. Costco has a lifetime money back policy on everything, 6 month return on computers...

Ordering thru HP "direct" gives you like a 21 return window. and your only allow (1) return, then they "ban" you I've heard. Regardless HP is higher priced, and has a very short return /grace period.
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(May have missed it on the Costco site, ... but I wish Costco would work out something with DELL to allow you to CTO (Custom to Order), Custom spec out a unit.)

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One more thing, extra battery is $83 if ordered at time laptop is ordered thru Costco...
($99 if ordered thru HP)

If you order a battery later thru HP... Hp wants like $180... for the same $99 battery. Keep in mind also you CAN purchase the accident /repair warranty thru HP once you receive a unit purchased thru Costco.

Keep in mind also that I "think" the HP accident /repair warranty is priced WAY higher than the one thru DELL... So compare the units "total cost...

Dell may turn out to be a better option for you do to the higher resolution screen.

I was sort of thinking about a DELL 1705... I think their two year accident /repair warranty is like $99, vs $250+ from HP... (May be wrong on those fiqures.)


I'd look into the 7900 video card option on the DELL... My thought process being that if the card can run the latest games that would help unload the CPU, make rendering images faster. (it should help on doing CAD rendering as well.)

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> WeAreNotAlone: One unit you may want to check out is the DELL 1705.... 1900x1200 (I think), and I think it's dual lamped.


I'd like to know where that is accurately stated. The Dell chat dipshits don't know the answer. My choice seems to be between an 8000t and a 1705, but I like the notion of the dual-lamp, dedicated number pad on the 8000t.

Dell chat dip*** don't know? Are you talking about DELL itself? If so that's pitiful... HP dv8000t, or the DELL 1705.... that is the question.... I might be going with the 1705 because of the GPU options. That being said I'd prefer to buy from Costco.com because of their no-hassle six month return policy, and the fact the dv8000t has a numeric keypad.. Do like the fact the Dells come with a DVI out port but I'm wondering if it's DVI + HDCP... so they can be hooked up to a BIG SCREEN TV directly... You may not know this be most if not ALL TV's on the market require the HDCP part of the data stream to be there... otherwise you get a blank screen. http://www.digitalconnection.com/FAQ/HDTV_12.asp Con on the HP units is the (1) year warranty-- I've heard Dell come with 3-5 year warranties??? 3 vs 1 year warranty would be "nice".... Of course if they jerk you around on getting warranty service that is a moot point. Never had a DELL, since I build all my own systems. Had thought about building a "white box"? laptop... but I think the pricing was more than I ended up spending on the dv8000t... From what I've read on the DELL's the GPU is replaceable, upgradeble... The HP GPU's being part of the motherboard. One thing that I'm wondering about on a DELL GPU after the sale (Say 6 months after you have the unit) is the "price"... How to work the DELL system to be able to order the faster part. I've read posts about the call tag? /service tag being tied to what you can buy.... Heard anything about that in your research? (Price+ what you have to do to be able to order a better GPU) I ran accross this post regarding the 3dmarks of the Dell 1705... with I assume the top of the line GPU. If a Dell 1705 could be had for about the same amount of money... I'd consider losing the numeric pad of my dv8000t... Post #12 in this thread: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1061507 E1705 all the way. Best gamming notebook out atm as terms as bang for your buck. 7900GS when O/Ced can move into the 8K range in 05 which is great. It works with Memron aka moblie conroe, and if Dell contiunes its trend with one upgradedable gpu, we could see and NV 80 Direct X 10 part * * * * From what I've read the 7400 series GPU used in the dv8000t gets around 2250 as a 3Dmark. The 7600.. around 3300 which is a huge step up. As you see the DELL GPU blows those fiqures out of the water.. Of course all this is a moot point if the price of the Dell is too much higher than the HP. Then you have to fiqure in what you're going to be using the unit for. From most posts I've read the owners of the 1705 don't rave about the battery life (faster GPU, higher resolution screen using more juice I would assume)... The HP owners pretty well happy with the battery life, real world useage of the dv8000t.

Hmm I don't think that is accurate...about HP banning you if you try to return a system more then once. I just returned a second notebook I ordered from them that had poor build qualitites. They can't refuse my return, all you gotta do is call up your CC company and they would take care of it. Why should I be stuck with a system that wasn't built correctly (scratches all over the lid of the notebook, rubber feet not touching the desk, lcd lid screen not flush on one side when the lid is closed, etc.) Yeah, I'd like to see them try that with me. They wouldn't get very far.

Anyways I'm getting ready to try one more time with HP, if the 3rd system comes in messed up I'm giving up! I've never gone thru this before with a computer company. I'm not sure who is building these notebooks but they are being extremely careless about it.

Straight from HP's website on return policy:

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...Freturnspolicy

I would be interested to hear who told you they ban you after 1 return That's illegal and CC companies would have a field day with them.