20% account credit back in April if you buy a computer over £349 and select to buy now pay later (over 104 weeks - be careful to read the offer precisely on their site and select the right option) but must repay in the first 12 months or you'll get charged v high interest. You can only select this option if you have enough account credit limit to do so (have to have a high credit limit as they add the potential interest on when calculating if to let you order).
£749 with 12 months interest free
There's a 10% code off KNVYF for first time customers which brings the price down to 749, plus you can pay over 12 months interest free. As a new customer I got a 750 credit limit so went this route. Frustrating but still a good deal.
Here's the specs:
HP Omen 15-Ax202na, Intel Core I5-7300HQ Processor, 8Gb RAM, 1Tb Hard Drive + 128Gb SSD, 15.6 Inch Full HD Gaming Laptop With 2Gb Nvidia GTX 1050 Graphics - Shadow Mesh
MPN: 1AN98EA #ABU EAN: 190781141310
The HP Omen 15-Ax202na Gaming Laptop Is Always Ready For Action.
Get ready for cutting-edge computing in a stylish, portable package – from superior performance to its stunning design, premium quality is built into every curve and pixel of this HP Omen laptop.
The 15.6 inch full HD display (1920x1080) and state-of-the-art Bang & Olufsen sound are perfect for getting the most out of all your entertainment, with music, movies and more bursting into life before your eyes.
The combination of an Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ processor and 8Gb RAM will breeze through all your computing needs, with 2Gb Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics providing smooth, lag-free visuals. Now you've got the weapons you need to take on any challenge, including the most demanding AAA games.
The 1Tb (1000Gb) hard drive gives you storage space for up to 280,000 digital photos, 250,000 songs, 440 hours of DVD standard video or 120 hours of HD video. A 128Gb Solid State Drive also ensures everything happens fast, including super-quick boot-up times that let you get straight on with whatever you need to do next.
When you spend your days on the go, you need a device that is always ready for what's next – weighing only 2.2kg and with a battery that lasts over 10 hours on a full charge, then you know your laptop can keep up the pace when you need it.
HP Lounge lets you get closer to the artists you love with unlimited access to music and exclusive content for HP customers.
Depth: 38.2 CM
Display Size: 15.6in
Height: 2.45 CM
Width: 25.3 CM
Graphics: Discrete NVIDIA GeForce G
Hard Drive Storage: 1 Tb
Processor: Intel Core i5-7
RAM Memory: 8 GB
Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Screen Type: IPS
Touch Screen: N
Wifi Enabled: Y
Bang & Olufsen; HP Audio Boost; Dual speakers
1 HDMI
1 headphone/microphone combo
1 USB 2.0; 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1
1 multi-format SD media card reader
Full HD IPS UWVA anti-glare WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
HP Wide Vision HD Camera with dual array digital microphone
Intel® 802.11ac (2x2) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 4.2 Combo (Miracast compatible)
Supports battery fast charge: approximately 50% in 30 minutes
Top comments
nomeames
27 Feb 175#15
Or buy direct from HP for £746 if you want to avoid Very's BNPL....
Kidmonkey
27 Feb 174#1
Sure it's £663 and not £666?
heathergreen1
1 Mar 173#54
Mine has turned up. Very pleased with it so far. Beautiful screen and nice comfortable keyboard. I haven't tried any games out on it yet but so far so good.
Noxia
28 Feb 173#39
Yeah I don't think sunlight is going to be an issue for the target audience of these :wink:
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Kidmonkey
27 Feb 174#1
Sure it's £663 and not £666?
bluep
27 Feb 17#2
£829 x 80%?
I didn't get charged a delivery charge.
ILOVEYOUMAN
27 Feb 17#3
Hot :wink:
bluep
27 Feb 172#4
Worth saying I struggled to find these specs elsewhere at any where near this price. Very were doing i5 and i7 gaming Dells for similar but their screen is apparently really low quality and they were just SSD without the HD storage plus only a crappy Radeon 445 card unless you went for the 7000 models.
This seemed to have it all - quality IPS screen, good GPU (albeit 2gb rather than 4gb), 7th gen processor. Very are doing it at £829 with 10% credit back if you BNPL but they wouldn't offer me the 12 months for some reason so couldn't get the credit back.
What I really wanted was the ax002 which is the next step up with a i7-6700HQ. Very had that reduced to £899 which with 10% account credit would have been a bargain. Littlewoods had it at £999 with 20% account credit (so £799 overall) but my credit limit wasn't big enough for the "hypothetical" £1400 including interest. I phoned customer services and offered to pay a deposit but they wanted £750 up front to do it like that just so I could get the 20% off. Phsssk.
So worth fiddling with Very and Littlewoods to see which one offers you the right deals to get the right package at the best price. If you have the account credit to get the az002na for effective £799 with not having to pay anything for 12 months, I'd JUMP at that ..
EagleUK to bluep
27 Feb 17#6
Surely if they offered you 20% off paying 750 up front was a steal? £800 overall. Not good if you can't afford it, but then if you can't afford that then I wouldn't want to buy on credit anyway as you should always have about 1K laying around at least in case you need it.
Joe90_guy
27 Feb 17#5
Excellent price! Voted hot. Hopefully this is a sign that prices of 1050 laptops is set to fall in the months to come.
didsburydan
27 Feb 17#7
Heat.
In the market for a new laptop and have my eye on the 15-ax206na (similar specs but has an i7 and 4gb 1050ti). Only available direct from HP for £999 so far so waiting for it to become available from other retailers and see what deals they can offer first.
bluep
27 Feb 17#8
Yeah I know but I didn't like the idea of paying £750 up front, then having £750 showing as outstanding on my account, the having £200 credit applied then having to get a refund for £150 overpayment etc...too much faff even for this bargain hunter. I decided I didn't need the i7 model anyway as I'm not a gamer anymore - will mostly do photo editing on it.
Wanted to explain the option though to others who would want to play around with the discount options and do that.
heathergreen1
27 Feb 17#9
Funnily enough, I just bought this but assumed that I couldn't use the new customer 10% off code as well the buy it now pay later 20%. Have I done myself? Could I have got another 10% off?
bluep to heathergreen1
27 Feb 171#10
Nope you can't use the 20% off in conjunction with the other offer so don't fret.
heathergreen1
27 Feb 17#11
That's what I thought but thanks for confirming! :smiley:
stevenj246
27 Feb 171#12
Beware though because they had the 25% offer back in October and they've only just applied the discount to my account because of their incompetence. It's taken numerous phone calls, which cost me over £30 (they've now refunded these calls) to get them to sort out the mess up.
meherenow
27 Feb 171#13
Word of warning, next to no chance of getting this - you need to add the laptop to your account on BNPL 12 month etc.
What they do though is add the WHOLE interest on - which will at least double the price - so if they don't give you a £2000 credit limit then you are going to be refused the order.
edit: obviously you are only charged the deferred interest if you do not pay the original amount within the interest free period, but they DO add it on to your account and your credit limit is decreased by the whole amount including interest.
bluep
27 Feb 171#14
As I explained, got to have broadly a £1100 credit limit or be prepared to phone up and pay the difference between that and your credit limit up front to access the 20% otherwise it's 10% (and no interest gets added so just go to make sure the 90% is within your credit limit)
meherenow to bluep
27 Feb 17#16
It will be more like £2000 though - they will take the base price and add the interest onto that - the 20% off doesn't come into play immediately.
"We'll automatically credit 20% of the computer price back to your account by 11th April 2017. We’ll email you when we have applied the credit to your account."
I also got a £750 credit limit when I joined a few weeks ago (this would seem to be the norm) - had to just buy what I wanted straight out, however they did give me the 10% back on my initial order even though I didn't add it to the account and paid outright.
nomeames
27 Feb 175#15
Or buy direct from HP for £746 if you want to avoid Very's BNPL....
seanmcr
27 Feb 172#17
I would pay extra to avoid dealing with Very. They have avoided refunding me for an item they cancelled.
dannyjones106
28 Feb 171#18
This is a cracking spec. Although I need a deal for a 17" model.
HugoLuca to dannyjones106
28 Feb 171#20
Yes 17.3 inch worthy contenders and price please :laughing:
K1LLER_HORNET
28 Feb 17#19
Great price but I'd go directly via HP for very little more.
These things are unfortunately fingerprint magnets. I'd love one but that one issue would annoy me so much.
bluep
28 Feb 17#21
That's not right - its £1192 as I did the actual order on my account over 104 weeks but it wouldn't let me complete. The az202na at £663 equated to £1192 and the az002na at £799 came out at around £1440 from memory. It's because from 0-52 weeks there's no interest then it adds interest from 52-104.
So you'd get £829 on your account (with potential interest of £363 blocking out your credit limit) the next month or so they'd credit 20% bringing it down to £663. You can then pay any time up to the 12 month mark and avoid any interest charge at all.
Not sure why you are het up about this point - I explained it all in thee deal post - how it works and the interest taking up your credit limit.
Very gave me a £3k limit when I opened an account with them, Littlewoods only £750...luck of the draw.
meherenow
28 Feb 171#22
No, I'm getting het up because you are wrong.
You only get the 20% discount if you take the 12 months BNPL.
When you do that you do not get to choose the interest free 52 week option.
You must choose a weekly payment plan (to pay when the 12 month BNPL ends) of 104 weeks (total payable £1,727.86) or 156 weeks (total payable £2,022.00).
So you must have a credit limit of at least those figures - yes when the 20% is eventually taken off then this total will drop.
I know this because I already tried this on another laptop a few weeks ago and also because I just did a dummy run on my account with this deal!
Maybe you should check your facts out before berating people for doing your sums for you and posting a deal that not many will get.
Littlewoods is the chav company of Shop Direct, that's why most (not all) of the prices are higher compared to Very - I too have a high credit limit with Very but no doubt because they have the same parent company then a second account will yield a lower credit limit.
So my original post stands - not many people will be able to take advantage of this deal - they would need to have a c. £2000 credit limit or get more than what seems the standard initial £750 to even get the 10% (or blag the discount when paying the difference upfront).
You are mistaking "interest free" for "interest deferred" because when the 12 months BNPL is up and you revert to weekly payments (if you are stupid enough not to have paid it off) then the interest for that 12 months period is added on - that's why the total repayment is so large.
The reason they offer this deal is to suck you into the high interest low weekly payment scheme after the 12 months deferred payment is up.
It says my APR is a whopping 44.9% so maybe that's not the same for everyone but it definitely makes this deal £1727.86 over the 104 week, not the £1100 you state...
"20% account credit back in April if you buy a computer over £349 and select to buy now pay later (over 104 weeks) - they charge interest from 52-104 weeks as the first year is free but you can pay off in full at any time before then and avoid any interest charges. You can only select this option if you have enough account credit limit to do so (has to be over £1100 limit as they add the potential interest on when calculating if to let you order)."
That's just wrong and misleading, sorry - the first year is NOT technically free.
edit: I see you have changed your original post, but what I quote above was your wrong info before you secretly admitted your mistake...
You are welcome by the way :wink:
nipstyler
28 Feb 17#23
Just get an interest free credit card. It's safer and has lower interest rates if you miss a payment etc. These catalogues are a massive rip off.
bluep to nipstyler
28 Feb 17#26
I agree - I have to cash to buy in full but can't find it for £663 elsewhere...or £749 for that matter!! HP direct are doing 10% off of it at £899.
bluep
28 Feb 172#24
I can see what you are saying meherenow however:
The BNPL offer clearly says if you repay within the payment free period you avoid interest.
When I do a dummy order at 104 weeks it comes out at £1192.
I spoke to Customer Services and they confirmed if you repay in the first 12 months then no interest is charged at all. Obviously if you don't pay it all off in that period, then you revert onto their repayment plan with punitive interest. This is a deal for those willing to work the system and make sure they pay in full.
Fair enough if I didn't explain it in the clearest way - if you play the system right you get almost all of the first 12 months interest free and can walk away rather than Littlewoods only charging interest in the second year. It's interest free if you repay in the first 12 months, interest deferred if you don't. Still not sure how you get to £1727 though.
I didn't post the deal as - wow great 104 week payment plan! It was - wow great price, there's a few options you have to jump through but if you do it right works out better price if you are just buying outright.
As for the £750 credit limit and 10% discount, I got that credit limit, the 10% code brought the £829 down to £749 and I ordered on 52 weeks interest free so not sure again why you think people won't be able to get that deal?
Not wanting to argue - we are all here to find the best deals for people so if you feel I've explained something wrong then let's be nice about it and all get on. These companies revel in making things as complex as possible. :smile:
meherenow to bluep
28 Feb 171#30
Sorry to keep barking on about this, but what you haven't done there is press the button that activates the 12 month BNPL that is REQUIRED to get the 20% off!
You are correct in your price for the 104 week terms - but that is to pay it off OVER 104 weeks, not to defer payment using BNPL 12 months which YOU NEED TO TAKE to get the 20% off...
Try it again and you will see - you have to select the BNPL option, then you will see the two figures I quoted above for 104 weeks or 156 weeks.
And yes, it is deliberately complicated because then they can rip more people off, buying a laptop and paying more than double for it in the end up.
I'm just trying to make people aware that your initial figures were wrong (and anyway, it does state the "typical" credit limit is £750 so again, this 20% "deal" will just not be available to 99% of viewers to this thread).
jaydeeuk1
28 Feb 171#25
Was just about to kick myself as bought the envy 7500u for same price last week but then noticed this was from littlewoods.
Good luck to those that order.
JamieH
28 Feb 17#27
Littlewoods/Very BNPL. Never again.
crispymorgan
28 Feb 17#28
Gaming. Laptop. You can have one of those, never both.
Got 10% off it, down to £1350 - a bargain and works a treat.
I'd agree though, the spec on this laptop does not leave much room for games running that well.
bluep
28 Feb 17#29
Hmmm the more I read about Littlewoods the more worried I am...
badasschris
28 Feb 17#32
yea that guy doesn't know what he is talking about
oom
28 Feb 17#33
Is the screen on this any good, some reviews say that this is the weak point.
Does anyone know who display on these compare to those at PC specialist.
brilly to oom
28 Feb 17#34
yeah the screen is whats putting me off - previous gen anyway
cant see reviews for this gens
only 60% sRGB of the one i saw
tbh i dont see the brightness as a massive issue though
oom
28 Feb 17#35
there is a review on youtube, same machine and the screen seems very bad in sunlight..
brilly
28 Feb 171#36
tbh i couldn't care less about that - not like i am going to be using it on the beach or in the garden
anything said about the contrast, colour range and accuracy?
edit: stuey? seems a bit of a rambling idiot 'to be honest with you' :stuck_out_tongue:
Neanderthal
28 Feb 17#37
That's a really good spec, I am tempted as I want a portable system so I can do room scale VR in my living room with the Vive but play racing sims upstairs where I don't need the extra room.
But.... I'd like it to run triple screens too when I'm not VR'ing for work.
EDIT: I wouldn't use Very ever again. I pre-ordered the DJI Mavic with them in November last year, many delivery dates passed with no sign of it. I cancelled the order in January and closed the account. Last I heard they cancelled everyone's pre-order for it at the end of January.
legend8888
28 Feb 171#38
On the surface I agree this does look like a great deal, however I bought one of these "Omen" laptops in Jan this year and after just a week I had to return it. The build quality was really poor but the main issue was a lack of driver support. The laptop I bought had a 1070 card built in but it would not update using Nvidias website or drivers. HP said this was due to it being a 1070 "Type" gpu and not a true fully fledged 1070. As a consequence Battlefield ! would not play and I had other driver related issues.
Point to add also, the service I received from HP was fantastic on the sale side but I had to wait nearly a month for the refund to show on my account!
Noxia
28 Feb 173#39
Yeah I don't think sunlight is going to be an issue for the target audience of these :wink:
idrishussainw7
28 Feb 17#40
Ordered!
kiish
28 Feb 17#41
Littlewoods = Very, beware of their weird terms and support.
meherenow
28 Feb 17#42
Strange, the Omen 17 I have (the new one with the gen 7 intel chip) has the 1070 and the very first thing I did was download and install the latest driver straight from the Nvidia website. It went in no problem - I did download the mobile driver right enough and GeForce experience gives me options for being on mains or on battery. The cards are different from their desktop equivalents, but there is less of a gulf compared with the old "M" chips from Nvidia.
Anyway, main prob with this (my Omen 17 at least) is overheating - the Intel chip that is, not the gfx card - it get so hot that thermal throttling comes into play.
No matter, I just set the max performance at 99% so the turbo boost clock doesn't kick in and try to melt my cheap plastic notebook!
Doesn't bother me, the 1070 is more than capable even with the i7 @ 2.8Ghz - a similar gaming laptop would have set me back another £500+ so I'd rather take the saving! I knew I was buying something where corners have been cut to reach the price so will invest in a cooling pad as I use this mostly as a desktop replacement anyway. Might also crank it open and get a new layer of thermal paste on there for good measure.
bryngreen
28 Feb 171#43
For some reason I thought this series was made out of metal similar to macbooks. Would have pulled the trigger if it weren't for this. My days with plastic laptops are done, I'm too careless.
burgess101
28 Feb 17#44
These laptops come with an incorrectly shaped enter button.
Got one for my brother at Christmas from John Lewis and we had to take it back because of it.
chrisredmayne
28 Feb 17#45
You need to have a large credit account for the laptop price with the interest added on (even though youll probably pay it off well before it gets into the interest free zone), I wanted a similar deal previously but only had £1000 credit on littlewoods so they cancelled my order and I had to get a different one from very who don't operate like that
cabbage10
28 Feb 17#46
GTX 1050 is crap
Axeboy
28 Feb 172#47
Useful post
What would you propose is a better performer for the money?
idrishussainw7
28 Feb 17#48
A console for less than £200 xD
Axeboy
28 Feb 17#49
True, might as well buy a deck of cards
cabbage10
28 Feb 17#50
Quite right should elaborate although it is correct info it's not too bad a performer it'll play all your games at medium to high settings at a reasonable frame rate but as it's an entry level card for its generation of new pascal architecture for a bit more get the 1050m or 1050m top notch for more gaming level performance for the price though it's quite a good laptop just check on forums for reliability always look for the 2nd digit or third digit in the 10 series the higher the better and more powerful
Hardawan
28 Feb 17#51
Is it good for editing videos?
dudwood_fudwood
1 Mar 17#52
Isn't the 1050M an underpowered version of the 1050 aimed for laptop use? I'm not very clued up on PC gaming so only just learning. Looking for a laptop that will run modern games at mid-high so I can game whilst on the go. I was under the impression something like this would fit the bill.
The laptop 1050 shares identical performance with the desktop version.
This places the 1050 approx the same performance as the last generation GTX 960 desktop card. So yes, this can play everything on medium to high at 1080p
heathergreen1
1 Mar 173#54
Mine has turned up. Very pleased with it so far. Beautiful screen and nice comfortable keyboard. I haven't tried any games out on it yet but so far so good.
idrishussainw7
1 Mar 171#55
Mine aswell
Enet
1 Mar 172#56
Not this again!
A Quad core i5 CPU, a 1050 GPU and 8gb of ram is still a gaming laptop as it should play most DX11 and below games at medium to high settings and still get a playable 30 fps+.
Enet
1 Mar 17#57
I think you mean the 1050ti. There are no m gpus anymore because the pascal laptop gpus have desktop performance.
Enet
1 Mar 17#58
I don't think you can do VR with the 1050. You may need the 1050ti at least.
DweebDude
1 Mar 17#59
Absolute bargain
Joe90_guy
1 Mar 17#60
A few weeks back, I posted up a similar 15" laptop from PC Specialist but with a 4GB1050 Ti GPU; not the 1050.
I see that they've just dropped the price a bit from £918 to £898. I also read in another HUKD thread that if you use the code 'TRAIN' when checking out, it drops another £15 off the price. Not sure if this code is still valid but if it is, it drops the laptop price to £883.
Don't want to knock the Omen deal. It's good, but if you're more drawn towards the 1050 Ti, the the PC Specialist Optimus VIII looks interesting.
PS, here's a guy saying you CAN do VR with the 1050 Ti GPU. Interesting...
where can you find reviews of those laptops though? seen quite a few posts about issues with their displays
(in general not that specific model)
Joe90_guy
2 Mar 17#62
If you follow my original thread and go to the Optimus VIII page, you will see a tab for 'Reviews'. These are reports from customers who've bought this machine. There's more info if you sign up and browse the forums.
I couldn't find any 'normal' reviews of the Optimus VIII but if you Google Clevo N580 (the name if the generic laptop), you can gleen some stuff (Sager pops up).
Regarding screen quality in general, who doesn't have issues today? The equivalent laptops from Dell & MSI have been panned for using crappy TN screens. At least this one had a proper IPS panel.
brilly
2 Mar 17#63
customer reviews are meh - would rather proper review from someone that knows what they are talking about and can make measurements etc
perhaps i woke up a google idiot today but i cant find any reviews to clevo n580 nor any links to sager
a ips screen isn't automatically better than a TN screen - its case by case
krisb1701d
2 Mar 17#64
I would avoid Very at all costs. Spent hours and hours on many different phone calls trying to get the £100 cash back they were offering on BNPL with laptops back in September... They incorrectly put it on credit and refuse to refund the interest they charged and refuse to give the 100 as they say it was incorrectly ordered... Complete nightmare!
meherenow
2 Mar 17#65
I always find that an email to the Chief Executive putting them on 8 weeks notice to sort things out before you go to the ombudsman reaps rewards...
naughtymonk
2 Mar 17#66
Has anyone else who has taken delivery of one of these noticed significant backlight bleeding around the hinges? It was apparent to me the instant I turned it on for the first time. By significant I mean obvious on a black background as if you happened to be watching a film say, or simply pulled up paint filled it in black and went full screen. It becomes far less obvious on lighter backgrounds or when simply interacting with Windows in general.
steviecrocker
2 Mar 17#67
Think this has expired. Can find no mention of the 20% back on the site.
meherenow
3 Mar 17#68
It has expired - hitting the expire button does nothing of course...
Perhaps the OP would be kind enough in the future to mention the end date of a time limited deal in his posts - it was mentioned quite prominently on the retailers website.
And get his facts right on what the deal actually entails.
Spod
3 Mar 17#69
Since the release of the Nvidia 10xx series Pascal chips, you're out of date with that comment. With the Nvidia 900 series, a 9xxM "mobile" chip was much slower than the 9xx desktop equivalent. With the 10xx series, there isn't a significant slowdown on mobile devices. What game can't you play on a laptop with a GTX 1070 or 1080? Actually, if you aren't going 4K, even a GTX 1050 isn't all that restrictive.
idrishussainw7
3 Mar 17#70
Screen is great, mine aswell but only on full brightness but in no way causes distraction so speaking mine is not that bad at all compared to my LG chromebase which uses lower grade panel. :smiley: return it get a replacement unit.
naughtymonk
4 Mar 17#71
Thanks! I'm in two minds about returning it as like you say when brightness is reduced it's not so obvious and it only really seems to come into play with big black borders (films) not games and the like. I had to fiddle with the sound settings to get something half way decent out of the speakers as by default they're terrible. Aside from those two points (so far) I really quite like the laptop.
I came across a thread which accurately depicts what I'm talking about for anyone considering this laptop in the future:
Must be a common design flaw on this model, along with the poorly placed bright power LED!
heathergreen1
5 Mar 17#72
To be honest, it's a common flaw with most LCD screens. If I've received a machine with bad backlight bleed in the past, I've often used it as an excuse to contact the retailer and get a discount. No harm in trying. :wink:
stimcity
6 Mar 17#73
Really disappointed with mine - managed to get it for work where I've recently started and the first laptop they gave me bailed in a week. The screen is poor, especially for an IPS and it flexes so much I worry that it just isn't portable (enough) - when I say flex, I'm not just talking about the screen, the chassis moves a LOT with any pressure at all. Last straw for me is the touchpad, just can't seem to get on with HP pads (must be me) but I literally hate it :smiley: Oh well :wink:
naughtymonk
12 Mar 17#74
This is now £770.96 direct from HP with e-voucher (CQ217HPAF23) plus you can then claim a free Xbox Elite controller after 30 days.
I'd still rather have the money off assuming Littlewoods stay true to their cashback promotion but not bad for a deal direct from the manufacturer!
steviecrocker
12 Mar 17#75
Looks a deal worth posting on its own.
naughtymonk
12 Mar 17#76
Go for it! Voucher expires today according to the site I copied the code off (vouchercodes).
mraconnor
13 Mar 17#77
FREE XBOX ONE ELITE CONTROLLER
Not sure if this has been said but if not : Claim a FREE Xbox Elite Controller worth £119.99 when you buy this HP Omen Laptop. For full redemption instructions, and to claim your controller, please visit http://www.hppromotions.uk.com. T&C's Apply. Offer ends 17/04/2017*
meherenow
15 Mar 17#78
The kicker is in the T&C of course - you must have bought your machine between 06/03/2017 – 17/04/2017.
So many that took this deal for the 20% back will not qualify.
tomo196
23 Mar 17#79
hi! is that offer of 20% account credit back in April still available?
idrishussainw7
27 Mar 17#80
actually no, it ended in March.
heathergreen1
10 Apr 171#81
£165.99 credited to my account today so thank you op and thank you Littlewoods! Now... just got to make sure I pay it off within 12 months.
dominicafonso
15 Apr 17#82
just picked his model up from very for £675, originally 750 before 10% bnpl discount for new customer. If I actually get the elite controller and sell it I should get to under £600
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Opening post
£663
20% account credit back in April if you buy a computer over £349 and select to buy now pay later (over 104 weeks - be careful to read the offer precisely on their site and select the right option) but must repay in the first 12 months or you'll get charged v high interest. You can only select this option if you have enough account credit limit to do so (have to have a high credit limit as they add the potential interest on when calculating if to let you order).
£749 with 12 months interest free
There's a 10% code off KNVYF for first time customers which brings the price down to 749, plus you can pay over 12 months interest free. As a new customer I got a 750 credit limit so went this route. Frustrating but still a good deal.
Here's the specs:
HP Omen 15-Ax202na, Intel Core I5-7300HQ Processor, 8Gb RAM, 1Tb Hard Drive + 128Gb SSD, 15.6 Inch Full HD Gaming Laptop With 2Gb Nvidia GTX 1050 Graphics - Shadow Mesh
MPN: 1AN98EA #ABU EAN: 190781141310
The HP Omen 15-Ax202na Gaming Laptop Is Always Ready For Action.
Get ready for cutting-edge computing in a stylish, portable package – from superior performance to its stunning design, premium quality is built into every curve and pixel of this HP Omen laptop.
The 15.6 inch full HD display (1920x1080) and state-of-the-art Bang & Olufsen sound are perfect for getting the most out of all your entertainment, with music, movies and more bursting into life before your eyes.
The combination of an Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ processor and 8Gb RAM will breeze through all your computing needs, with 2Gb Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics providing smooth, lag-free visuals. Now you've got the weapons you need to take on any challenge, including the most demanding AAA games.
The 1Tb (1000Gb) hard drive gives you storage space for up to 280,000 digital photos, 250,000 songs, 440 hours of DVD standard video or 120 hours of HD video. A 128Gb Solid State Drive also ensures everything happens fast, including super-quick boot-up times that let you get straight on with whatever you need to do next.
When you spend your days on the go, you need a device that is always ready for what's next – weighing only 2.2kg and with a battery that lasts over 10 hours on a full charge, then you know your laptop can keep up the pace when you need it.
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Depth: 38.2 CM
Display Size: 15.6in
Height: 2.45 CM
Width: 25.3 CM
Graphics: Discrete NVIDIA GeForce G
Hard Drive Storage: 1 Tb
Processor: Intel Core i5-7
RAM Memory: 8 GB
Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Screen Type: IPS
Touch Screen: N
Wifi Enabled: Y
Bang & Olufsen; HP Audio Boost; Dual speakers
1 HDMI
1 headphone/microphone combo
1 USB 2.0; 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1
1 multi-format SD media card reader
Full HD IPS UWVA anti-glare WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
HP Wide Vision HD Camera with dual array digital microphone
Intel® 802.11ac (2x2) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 4.2 Combo (Miracast compatible)
Supports battery fast charge: approximately 50% in 30 minutes
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I didn't get charged a delivery charge.
This seemed to have it all - quality IPS screen, good GPU (albeit 2gb rather than 4gb), 7th gen processor. Very are doing it at £829 with 10% credit back if you BNPL but they wouldn't offer me the 12 months for some reason so couldn't get the credit back.
What I really wanted was the ax002 which is the next step up with a i7-6700HQ. Very had that reduced to £899 which with 10% account credit would have been a bargain. Littlewoods had it at £999 with 20% account credit (so £799 overall) but my credit limit wasn't big enough for the "hypothetical" £1400 including interest. I phoned customer services and offered to pay a deposit but they wanted £750 up front to do it like that just so I could get the 20% off. Phsssk.
So worth fiddling with Very and Littlewoods to see which one offers you the right deals to get the right package at the best price. If you have the account credit to get the az002na for effective £799 with not having to pay anything for 12 months, I'd JUMP at that ..
In the market for a new laptop and have my eye on the 15-ax206na (similar specs but has an i7 and 4gb 1050ti). Only available direct from HP for £999 so far so waiting for it to become available from other retailers and see what deals they can offer first.
Wanted to explain the option though to others who would want to play around with the discount options and do that.
What they do though is add the WHOLE interest on - which will at least double the price - so if they don't give you a £2000 credit limit then you are going to be refused the order.
edit: obviously you are only charged the deferred interest if you do not pay the original amount within the interest free period, but they DO add it on to your account and your credit limit is decreased by the whole amount including interest.
"We'll automatically credit 20% of the computer price back to your account by 11th April 2017. We’ll email you when we have applied the credit to your account."
I also got a £750 credit limit when I joined a few weeks ago (this would seem to be the norm) - had to just buy what I wanted straight out, however they did give me the 10% back on my initial order even though I didn't add it to the account and paid outright.
These things are unfortunately fingerprint magnets. I'd love one but that one issue would annoy me so much.
So you'd get £829 on your account (with potential interest of £363 blocking out your credit limit) the next month or so they'd credit 20% bringing it down to £663. You can then pay any time up to the 12 month mark and avoid any interest charge at all.
Not sure why you are het up about this point - I explained it all in thee deal post - how it works and the interest taking up your credit limit.
Very gave me a £3k limit when I opened an account with them, Littlewoods only £750...luck of the draw.
You only get the 20% discount if you take the 12 months BNPL.
When you do that you do not get to choose the interest free 52 week option.
You must choose a weekly payment plan (to pay when the 12 month BNPL ends) of 104 weeks (total payable £1,727.86) or 156 weeks (total payable £2,022.00).
So you must have a credit limit of at least those figures - yes when the 20% is eventually taken off then this total will drop.
I know this because I already tried this on another laptop a few weeks ago and also because I just did a dummy run on my account with this deal!
Maybe you should check your facts out before berating people for doing your sums for you and posting a deal that not many will get.
Littlewoods is the chav company of Shop Direct, that's why most (not all) of the prices are higher compared to Very - I too have a high credit limit with Very but no doubt because they have the same parent company then a second account will yield a lower credit limit.
So my original post stands - not many people will be able to take advantage of this deal - they would need to have a c. £2000 credit limit or get more than what seems the standard initial £750 to even get the 10% (or blag the discount when paying the difference upfront).
You are mistaking "interest free" for "interest deferred" because when the 12 months BNPL is up and you revert to weekly payments (if you are stupid enough not to have paid it off) then the interest for that 12 months period is added on - that's why the total repayment is so large.
The reason they offer this deal is to suck you into the high interest low weekly payment scheme after the 12 months deferred payment is up.
It says my APR is a whopping 44.9% so maybe that's not the same for everyone but it definitely makes this deal £1727.86 over the 104 week, not the £1100 you state...
"20% account credit back in April if you buy a computer over £349 and select to buy now pay later (over 104 weeks) - they charge interest from 52-104 weeks as the first year is free but you can pay off in full at any time before then and avoid any interest charges. You can only select this option if you have enough account credit limit to do so (has to be over £1100 limit as they add the potential interest on when calculating if to let you order)."
That's just wrong and misleading, sorry - the first year is NOT technically free.
edit: I see you have changed your original post, but what I quote above was your wrong info before you secretly admitted your mistake...
You are welcome by the way :wink:
The BNPL offer clearly says if you repay within the payment free period you avoid interest.
When I do a dummy order at 104 weeks it comes out at £1192.
I spoke to Customer Services and they confirmed if you repay in the first 12 months then no interest is charged at all. Obviously if you don't pay it all off in that period, then you revert onto their repayment plan with punitive interest. This is a deal for those willing to work the system and make sure they pay in full.
Fair enough if I didn't explain it in the clearest way - if you play the system right you get almost all of the first 12 months interest free and can walk away rather than Littlewoods only charging interest in the second year. It's interest free if you repay in the first 12 months, interest deferred if you don't. Still not sure how you get to £1727 though.
I didn't post the deal as - wow great 104 week payment plan! It was - wow great price, there's a few options you have to jump through but if you do it right works out better price if you are just buying outright.
As for the £750 credit limit and 10% discount, I got that credit limit, the 10% code brought the £829 down to £749 and I ordered on 52 weeks interest free so not sure again why you think people won't be able to get that deal?
Not wanting to argue - we are all here to find the best deals for people so if you feel I've explained something wrong then let's be nice about it and all get on. These companies revel in making things as complex as possible. :smile:
You are correct in your price for the 104 week terms - but that is to pay it off OVER 104 weeks, not to defer payment using BNPL 12 months which YOU NEED TO TAKE to get the 20% off...
Try it again and you will see - you have to select the BNPL option, then you will see the two figures I quoted above for 104 weeks or 156 weeks.
And yes, it is deliberately complicated because then they can rip more people off, buying a laptop and paying more than double for it in the end up.
I'm just trying to make people aware that your initial figures were wrong (and anyway, it does state the "typical" credit limit is £750 so again, this 20% "deal" will just not be available to 99% of viewers to this thread).
Good luck to those that order.
http://www.littlewoods.com/hp-omen-17-w200na-intel-core-i7-7700hq-8gb-ram-1tb-hard-drive-nbsp128gbnbspssd-173-inch-full-hd-pc-gaming-laptop-with-8gb-nvidianbspgtx-1070-graphics-shadow-mesh/1600155599.prd?
Got 10% off it, down to £1350 - a bargain and works a treat.
I'd agree though, the spec on this laptop does not leave much room for games running that well.
Does anyone know who display on these compare to those at PC specialist.
cant see reviews for this gens
only 60% sRGB of the one i saw
tbh i dont see the brightness as a massive issue though
anything said about the contrast, colour range and accuracy?
edit: stuey? seems a bit of a rambling idiot 'to be honest with you' :stuck_out_tongue:
But.... I'd like it to run triple screens too when I'm not VR'ing for work.
EDIT: I wouldn't use Very ever again. I pre-ordered the DJI Mavic with them in November last year, many delivery dates passed with no sign of it. I cancelled the order in January and closed the account. Last I heard they cancelled everyone's pre-order for it at the end of January.
Point to add also, the service I received from HP was fantastic on the sale side but I had to wait nearly a month for the refund to show on my account!
Anyway, main prob with this (my Omen 17 at least) is overheating - the Intel chip that is, not the gfx card - it get so hot that thermal throttling comes into play.
No matter, I just set the max performance at 99% so the turbo boost clock doesn't kick in and try to melt my cheap plastic notebook!
Doesn't bother me, the 1070 is more than capable even with the i7 @ 2.8Ghz - a similar gaming laptop would have set me back another £500+ so I'd rather take the saving! I knew I was buying something where corners have been cut to reach the price so will invest in a cooling pad as I use this mostly as a desktop replacement anyway. Might also crank it open and get a new layer of thermal paste on there for good measure.
Got one for my brother at Christmas from John Lewis and we had to take it back because of it.
What would you propose is a better performer for the money?
The laptop 1050 shares identical performance with the desktop version.
This places the 1050 approx the same performance as the last generation GTX 960 desktop card. So yes, this can play everything on medium to high at 1080p
A Quad core i5 CPU, a 1050 GPU and 8gb of ram is still a gaming laptop as it should play most DX11 and below games at medium to high settings and still get a playable 30 fps+.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/laptop-15-nvidia-1050-ti-918-from-pc-specialist-2610311?p=30131388
I see that they've just dropped the price a bit from £918 to £898. I also read in another HUKD thread that if you use the code 'TRAIN' when checking out, it drops another £15 off the price. Not sure if this code is still valid but if it is, it drops the laptop price to £883.
Don't want to knock the Omen deal. It's good, but if you're more drawn towards the 1050 Ti, the the PC Specialist Optimus VIII looks interesting.
PS, here's a guy saying you CAN do VR with the 1050 Ti GPU. Interesting...
https://youtu.be/G-k1LzjPIhY
(in general not that specific model)
If you follow my original thread and go to the Optimus VIII page, you will see a tab for 'Reviews'. These are reports from customers who've bought this machine. There's more info if you sign up and browse the forums.
I couldn't find any 'normal' reviews of the Optimus VIII but if you Google Clevo N580 (the name if the generic laptop), you can gleen some stuff (Sager pops up).
Regarding screen quality in general, who doesn't have issues today? The equivalent laptops from Dell & MSI have been panned for using crappy TN screens. At least this one had a proper IPS panel.
perhaps i woke up a google idiot today but i cant find any reviews to clevo n580 nor any links to sager
a ips screen isn't automatically better than a TN screen - its case by case
Perhaps the OP would be kind enough in the future to mention the end date of a time limited deal in his posts - it was mentioned quite prominently on the retailers website.
And get his facts right on what the deal actually entails.
I came across a thread which accurately depicts what I'm talking about for anyone considering this laptop in the future:
Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/laptops/comments/5cfqry/am_i_being_too_critical_backlight_bleed/
Pics: http://imgur.com/a/UyRwm
Must be a common design flaw on this model, along with the poorly placed bright power LED!
I'd still rather have the money off assuming Littlewoods stay true to their cashback promotion but not bad for a deal direct from the manufacturer!
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So many that took this deal for the 20% back will not qualify.