Is this laptop worth of its value

[Hamied Abou Hulaikah]

I bought recently a laptop from ebay:
Costing me $320
HP Zbook 15u G6
Windows 11 with warranty until end of 2023
Intel core i7 gen 8
DDR4 ram 32GB
External graphic card 4GB
SSD hard disk 1TB
Condition like new
It has a sim card slot and a slot for additional external graphic card
It has many type c usb slots and classic one
Slim in shape
Durable battery

Is it good deal!

 

[mcqueccu]

It's already bought. Make good use of it

 

[Hamied Abou Hulaikah]

I don't know how to set its screen brightness, it is automatically focus light on only part of screen that I concentrating on it, I want its light ito be equal on all screen, screen brightness follow my eyes, how I disable this feature?

 

[aeric]

 

[Hamied Abou Hulaikah]

See attached images.
Note brightness only on what your eyes concentrate/focus

 

[aeric]

See attached images.
Note brightness only on what your eyes concentrate/focus

I don't know it is possible. Are you running some kind of software? Have you tried close the webcam?

 

[Hamied Abou Hulaikah]

webcam not running!

 

[William Lancee]

I have never seen a screen with differential brightness. It may be associated with the light sensor and your room's lights and your head position.
I don't think so. but try this

Disable Ambient Light Sensor on a Laptop
1. Power on your HP laptop.
2. Locate the "Fn" key. On HP laptops, this key is usually near the bottom-left corner of the keyboard.
3. Press "Fn+F11" to disable the ambient light sensor. Press "Fn+F11" again to re-enable it.

 

[Hamied Abou Hulaikah]

I have never seen a screen with differential brightness. It may be associated with the light sensor and your room's lights and your head position.
I don't think so. but try this

Disable Ambient Light Sensor on a Laptop
1. Power on your HP laptop.
2. Locate the "Fn" key. On HP laptops, this key is usually near the bottom-left corner of the keyboard.
3. Press "Fn+F11" to disable the ambient light sensor. Press "Fn+F11" again to re-enable it.

not solved

 

[aeric]

Have you contacted the seller?
I afraid it is a defect.

 

[udg]

Search for "HP SureView Integrated Privacy Display", it could be your case.
This is from HP support, for example. There are YouTube videos on the subject too

 

[yfleury]

Place a tape on your webcam to see what is the effect

 

[William Lancee]

Looking closely at your photos, the physics is puzzling.

1. it is not your eyes, since the camera taking the pictures sees it too
2. it is not a head lamp, since then there would be reflection not a brightness from the screen
3. sophisticated software could do it but it would require eye tracking and some kind of screen overlay
- and I wouldn't know why anyone would go to that effort, since it would be terribly annoying
- you assured us that the webcam is off
4. the screen could be fried, but the fried part would not move
5. it is not the brightness level since the indicator that's on your screen is high in all pictures
6. the following questions come to mind, but I have no idea how the answers would help
- When you move away from the laptop is there any light coming from the screen or does it go black?
- What happens when you turn up the ambient light or lower it?
- What happens when another person looks at the screen?
- What is your ambient temperature? Very hot? Very cold?
7. it is a real screen - you're showing the Forum in real time
8. if I tried to create this effect, I would not know how

Conclusion: probably as @udg said
I have had many HP laptops in my life but never one with a "HP SureView Integrated Privacy Display"
But I can see situations where it would be very useful.

I hope this is the case for you and that you can turn it off.

 

[Sifu]

Very low price considering the configuration

 

[Hamied Abou Hulaikah]

You are right, it is HP sure view feature! I think it is not good idea!
Disable it not make sense, behavior still!

 

[William Lancee]

Do you mean that f2 or fn+f2 do not work?

 

[Hamied Abou Hulaikah]

Do you mean that f2 or fn+f2 do not work?

fn+f2 combination works, but the problem still

 

[aeric]

You mean you can't turn off or disable this function?
Or turning off doesn't have any difference?

 

[Hamied Abou Hulaikah]

Or turning off doesn't have any difference?

yes

You mean you can't turn off or disable this function?

fn+f2 work and respond correctly, but smart view effect still.

 

[aeric]

Does it have warranty or send to your nearby PC shop to have a check.