You'll find displays with higher average brightness on the ThinkPad T460 (239 nits), Latitude E7470 (338 nits), and average thin-and-light notebook (247 nits). However, the center is quite a bit brighter, registering a respectable 269 nits on our light meter. The EliteBook 1040's 14-inch panel emits a deplorably low average brightness of 168 nits when all four corners are taken into account. While we expect better color from a display with a 93 percent score, the EliteBook's lackluster hues are likely due to a lack of luminescence. The one thing going for this 1920 x 1080-pixel display is its sharpness, as I could see fine details including the Chia Pet-like fuzz on Baby Groot's head as well as every distinct hair on Rocket Raccoon.Īccording to our colorimeter, the EliteBook's screen reproduces 93 percent of the sRGB gamut, which places it below the Dell Latitude E7470 (118 percent), but above the average thin-and-light notebook (85 percent) and the ThinkPad T460 (67 percent). I also noticed a persistent white tint, which led to grayish backgrounds in lieu of inky blacks and flat-looking reds.

2 trailer on the notebook, I noticed that the green of Gamora's skin appeared muted.

When I streamed the latest Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. The EliteBook's 14-inch panel offers clear image reproduction, but it suffers from terribly dull colors. I'd love to see a panel that sports rich, vivid color get this feature, so hopefully the technology advances soon.įor now, you're going to want to toggle Sure View on only when you're viewing sensitive files, such as banking information, private fiscal results or a creative project you're worried about someone else aping. Sure View works as advertised, but nothing really looks that great on the panel, even with the privacy mode disabled. One of my co-workers actually said, 'Whoa!' when I showed him the feature. The feature got rave reviews around the office. It's hard to overstate how much more convenient it is to activate privacy mode with a simple keystroke. Up until now, companies that wanted to avoid visual hacking needed to buy annoying $30 privacy screens that must be attached manually. Just clicking fn and F2 dims the screen in a way that makes it nearly impossible for someone sitting to your left or right, or standing above you, to read what's on your display. The big news about the EliteBook 1040 is the debut of HP's Sure View technology.

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