Testseek.co.uk have collected 106 expert reviews of the HP Omen 15-5xx series and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HP Omen 15-5xx series.
December 2014
(76%)
106 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(82%)
26 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
If you like gaming laptops
And I do
This one is a knockout. It looks and feels fantastic
The Omen boots faster than any other computer I've ever used
Full stop. It's incredible. Five seconds flat
At least before I loaded a whole bunch of software to
The HP Omen has a bold design
Plenty of user customization options
A great keyboard
And something often missing from gaming laptops
A touchscreen
Build quality
Heat generated is minimal
High performance CPU
Decent GPU
Good headphone lineout
Slim and lightweight design
Generous 16GB memory
Good performance
The editors didn't like
The blasted right-angle power jack makes no sense for this PC. The cord's always either blocking one of the USB ports or one of the vents
And it's constantly wiggling itself out of the machine. Worse
If it's hanging partway out of the power socket
The
The screen resolution is capped at 1080p
While the competition goes up to 4K. Routing all the ports and heat vents to the rear won't appeal to everyone
And the only graphics card available is decidedly mid-tier
Published: 2015-11-20, Author: Andrew , review by: techadvisor.co.uk
The shiny touchscreen is a pointless ostentation raising price and weight besides sapping power, and network connectivity is limited. Otherwise the HP Omen 15 is a nicely built, stylish and speedy gaming laptop....
Slim and lightweight design, Generous 16GB memory, Good performance
No support for 802.11ac or Gigabit Ethernet, Trackpad poor for gaming, Processor heats to worrying temperatures, Poor battery life
HP Omen 15-1502na – Battery Life This isn't the first area where the Omen fails to compete with either rival. Our standard battery benchmark sets the screen to 40% brightness and runs a web-browsing and video-chat simulation. The Omen's battery lasted for...
Build quality, Heat generated is minimal, High performance CPU, Decent GPU, Good headphone lineout
Poorquality speakers, Glossy screen, Battery life, Positioning of connectivity ports on the back
For a first gaming laptop, this is a high quality product from HP. On top of its striking chassis and decent screen, its configuration is good enough to support a wide variety of games in the screen's native resolution. The main downsides are the quality ...
After the HP Omen 15-5000nd (K1R02EA) viewed to have you get a special feeling. Because even though the device is presented as a gaming machine, that is what we are concerned at all. Although he looks different than we are of most laptops of this brand ar...
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Published: 2015-01-16, Author: Sean , review by: gizmodo.co.uk
If you like gaming laptops, and I do, this one is a knockout. It looks and feels fantastic, The Omen boots faster than any other computer I've ever used, full stop. It's incredible. Five seconds flat, at least before I loaded a whole bunch of software to
The blasted right-angle power jack makes no sense for this PC. The cord's always either blocking one of the USB ports or one of the vents, and it's constantly wiggling itself out of the machine. Worse, if it's hanging partway out of the power socket, the
Not yet. If you're the kind of person who can afford to buy a new £1,299 laptop every year and absolutely need it to be thin and play games and yet never need to use it for work. then yes? But a lot of people expect a pricey laptop to be their primary d...
Published: 2014-12-18, Author: Dan , review by: CNET.co.uk
The HP Omen has a bold design, plenty of user customization options, a great keyboard, and something often missing from gaming laptops, a touchscreen
The screen resolution is capped at 1080p, while the competition goes up to 4K. Routing all the ports and heat vents to the rear won't appeal to everyone, and the only graphics card available is decidedly mid-tier
HP shakes up the world of gaming laptops with unique-looking and highly portable Omen. It offers very capable performance in PC games, despite being stuck with a last-gen graphics card....
Whether you're a CS:GO type or a WarCraft junkie, having a few programmable keys by your left hand is a feature you're going to miss the next time you play on different machine. As we mentioned earlier, we're less impressed by the Omen 15's extra-wide tra...
Compact, flat and light, Nice design, convincing materials, Impeccable build quality, Exclusive and nice illumination effects, Very good keyboard, Premium wireless adaptor (5 GHz, ac) with great signal quality, Configurable multi-colored keyboard illumina
Surfaces attract fingerprints, Touchpad sometimes does not recognize movements, Very glossy display, Ports hard to reach, Limited accessories, no recovery drives, No maintenance cover, device cannot be opened by non-experienced users, Battery and memory s
HP OmenIt is not an easy job to find a rating for this HP notebook. Display, performance and the great chassis are convincing, there is no criticism for the keyboard and the spectacular and configurable color effects as well as the keyboard illumination a...
Sleek design, Dedicated macro keys, Customizable LED backlighting, Extra-wide touch pad
Rear-mounted ports are inconvenient, Ethernet uses USB adapter dongle, No GPU upgrade option
The Omen 15 is a worthy gaming laptop that draws upon HP's Voodoo acquisition from forever ago. It's a sleek machine that'll play the latest games at 1080p at or near their top settings. Read More…...
