Apple abdicated the high-end all-in-one market as soon as dominated by its 27-inch iMac, however nobody’s rushed in to fill the hole. Even Microsoft discontinued its 32-inch touchscreen Floor Studio 2. The development is not stunning, provided that each the value and measurement of 24-inch fashions tends to make them extra engaging than the bigger fashions for the kind of purchaser contemplating an all-in-one, the place velocity is often fairly far down the listing of necessities. And when you do desire a 27-inch mannequin, there are quite a few midrange choices in Dell’s Inspiron and HP’s Pavilion strains. Because the lone remaining premium big-screen possibility (so far as I can inform), the HP Envy 34 AIO turns into the only option in that class by default.

However that does not essentially make it the very best purchase as a desktop PC. It is a tremendous system with a pleasant 34-inch show and a few helpful options, like a magnetically attachable webcam and Qi charging pad within the base, however you are paying for fairly and never efficiency.

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HP Envy 34 All-in-One

$2,300 at Amazon

Like

• Enticing design with clever format
• Qi charger in base and removable webcam
• Simply replaceable/upgradable reminiscence and storage
• Moderately shade correct, vibrant show

Do not Like

• Due to cellular GPU and show configuration, not nice for gaming
• No HDR assist
• Graphics efficiency like a laptop computer

Like a ton of methods nowadays, our roughly $2,300 take a look at configuration of the Envy 34 AIO (Intel Core i7-11700, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and 16GB RAM) has been going out and in of inventory, although in the mean time yow will discover it on Amazon. You will get it with a number of combos of CPU, GPU, reminiscence and storage beginning at about $1,750 for an i5-11400 and GTX 1650. 

In order for you extra highly effective graphics, you may configure it with the RTX 3060, however you may additionally need to take into account merely shopping for a midrange gaming laptop computer — some provides you with higher efficiency with related elements — and a good monitor that meets your wants. Or lower your expenses by going with one thing much less elegant however quicker, just like the Dell XPS 8950 tower, and shove it underneath your desk when you do not need to take a look at it.

Sensible Design

The system is effectively designed total. That features an SD card slot, USB-C and two USB-A ports on the stand, a fairly accessible location, along with the host of connectors on the again of the show. There are two watt stereo audio system that are fairly good for his or her comparatively low energy output, a slow-ish Qi wi-fi charging pad on the bottom and an above-average webcam that connects magnetically to the highest of the display screen. It comes bundled with a good wi-fi mouse and keyboard, although the keyboard does not have a backlight.

You’ll be able to improve the reminiscence and storage comparatively simply through a panel on the again, which can also be good. On the flip aspect, it did take two of us about 20 minutes to seek out the facility button, because it’s laborious to see and laborious to really feel: It is flat and on the precise underside of the monitor bezel. 

There aren’t any controls for the webcam, akin to zoom or publicity compensation, and take into account that “16 megapixel binning” interprets to a bit larger than 2 megapixels/1080p (2,304×1,292, or about three megapixels). The binning permits it to have a serviceable picture in near-dark lighting. HP’s lighting utility enables you to toss up a hoop gentle on the show to enhance publicity, and it is truly a fairly helpful app. As a result of the display screen is so massive (the software program was meant for laptops), the digital ring gentle can get vibrant sufficient to gentle up a darkish room. 

It is all display screen

However the show is basically the spotlight of the bundle. It is primarily based on an identical 34-inch, 5K2K panel because the LG 34WK95U. As examined, it carried out very effectively, above common for a general-purpose show and ok for non color-critical picture and video modifying: most brightness of about 550 nits and sometimes about 350 nits at its default settings, 97% P3 shade gamut, a mean shade error of lower than 2 Delta E at its finest, about 1,200:1 distinction and no seen uniformity points.

It comes with a show utility that swaps among the many hottest shade profiles and permits you to map particular profiles to functions to robotically swap on launch. However they are not true calibrations; they do not embody particular brightness ranges or remap out of gamut colours to throughout the boundaries of the house. Toss in that the white level varies a bit with brightness — it is about 6700Okay on the default setting however rises (will get cooler) notably as you enhance output, unsurprising given it is over 500 nits — and that is why I do not assume it is good for color-critical work. 

You’ll be able to at all times carry out your individual software program calibrations, although, which ought to get it fairly shut. (All measurements have been taken utilizing Portrait Show’s Calman 2021 software program utilizing a Calibrite ColorChecker Show Plus, previously X-Ceremony i1Display Professional Plus.)

Nevertheless it does not assist HDR. Whereas that is not important and the specs of the show would not actually do it justice, it is one of many belongings you robotically dream of while you see that huge, fastened show. You’ll be able to join the Envy to a different monitor through Thunderbolt or HDMI if it turns into a must have for you. Take into account that like most all-in-ones you may’t use the show like a monitor for an additional system (in different phrases, join two methods to the monitor). As a result of all-in-ones appear like they’re only a monitor, individuals are likely to make the idea that it might probably act precisely like one, however that is a specialty characteristic.

Enough velocity

Its efficiency is sweet sufficient for lots of people, however less than the extent of the equal H-series cellular CPUs, and the cellular RTX 3060 GPU underperforms some laptop computer opponents, partly as a result of the facility appears to be capped at 70w (the half can go as much as 80w). Extra irritating, although, as a result of it makes use of a laptop computer structure the show is not on the GPU bus, which I believe contributes to some frustrations of getting video games to run windowed at decrease resolutions. The 3060 is a tremendous GPU, but it surely’s not meant to run video games at satisfactory body charges in 5K decision. 

That does not imply you may’t, and actually I had a wonderfully enjoyable time taking part in Stray on the native decision. And there is at all times cloud gaming.

I just like the HP Envy 34 AIO, and it actually seems like a pleasant house or conventional workplace system for individuals who want huge screens in a small house. However a laptop computer with a monitor and dock is much more versatile and cheaper within the “you do not have to purchase all the things without delay” sense, particularly if you are going to spend over $2,000 on a desktop that performs like a laptop computer.

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