The following set of images are taken with the same exposure (manual shooting mode) in a dark room. The next figure shows how well the display is able to reproduce really dark parts of an image, which is essential when watching movies or playing games in low ambient light. Speaking of the lid, it opens easily with one hand. Structurally, it is relatively sturdy, while the bezels around the display are very thin. And if you look closely at the top one, you will see the HD Webcam, the proximity sensor, and the IR sensors for Windows Hello.

Unsurprisingly, the build quality on this laptop is great, with a nearly all-aluminum body, and super comfortable input devices. Also, you have the option to get 5G support, IR, and a fingerprint reader for Windows Hello authentication, and more. Our “Design and Gaming” profile delivers optimal color temperature (6500K) at 140 cd/m2 luminance and sRGB gamma mode.Of course, there are some downsides. For example, the performance is not that great, to be honest. The only thing which you can do, and will surely help, is to use the device with two identical memory modules, so you get dual-channel support. And yes, there are two SODIMM slots for RAM upgrades. Also, we noticed something weird with the cooling fan. It was making a blipping sound while it’s spinning at low RPM. This fades away as it starts spinning faster, though.

We apply these photos to evaluate the viewing angles. The 45-degree photos are taken with a longer exposure than the front-facing one. Still, we’ve included other color spaces like the famous DCI-P3 standard used by movie studios, as well as the digital UHD Rec.2020 standard. Rec.2020, however, is still a thing of the future and it’s difficult for today’s displays to cover that well. We’ve also included the so-called Michael Pointer gamut, or Pointer’s gamut, which represents the colors that naturally occur around us every day.Interestingly, using the Sure View mode disables brightness adjustment. The slider still shows up, but the overall brightness seems to have a preset value, which is below the minimum of 80 nits for this panel. By the way, 80 nits are pretty high value for a minimum, which makes it a bit of a strain in a very dark condition. Thankfully, the panel doesn’t use PWM whatsoever. Additionally, HP EliteBook 830 G8’s display (IVO X133NVFF R0 (IVO8596)) has a very high maximum brightness, very good contrast ratio, and relatively wide color coverage (89% of sRGB). However, this unit comes with Tiger Lake CPUs – a huge jump from the Comet Lake-U processors from last year. Actually, the performance was one of the main issues with yesteryear’s model. Despite that, it was extremely efficient and posted one of the best battery life we’ve ever tested here. We really hope that the extra performance won’t come at the expense of screen-on time.