HP Omen 14 (2024) - Thin and Light, But at What Cost?

💻 Check Omen 14 Prices: 💵 Save money on your next gaming laptop with our daily deals: 💬 Chat with me and the community in Discord and get behind the scenes videos! HP are joining the 14 inch gaming laptop club in 2024 with their new Omen Transcend 14 - but they’ve made some big compromises to make this thin and light device. I’ll show you how it compares against the other 14 inch competition in this review! Other items featured: Tools I use for opening laptops: Cooling Pad I test with: Screen Calibration - X-Rite i1 Display Pro: RGB HDMI cables: EVERYTHING I USE: 💻 My Current Laptop - 🖥️ My Current Desktop PC - 🎥 My Camera Gear - 💍 My Smart Ring - FOLLOW ME: 🐦 Twitter - 🌍 My Website - 📺 2nd Channel - HP Omen 14 (2024) Review Timestamps: 0:00 A Thin, Light, Quiet 14” Gaming Laptop? 0:19 Design & Build Quality 1:06 Size & Weight 1:40 Laptop Specs 1:56 Unique Keyboard & Bundled Headset 2:38 RGB Lighting & Touchpad 3:17 Ports & Display Output Connection 4:24 Getting Inside & Internals 4:49 SSD & Wi-Fi Speed Problem 5:26 Upgrade Options 5:48 Speakers & Latencymon 6:02 Battery Size & Power Saving Features 6:32 Battery Life Comparison 6:58 Cooling Design & Performance Modes 7:51 Thermal Testing - Temperatures / Clock Speed / TDP 8:42 Game Performance in Different Modes 8:56 Boosting Game FPS with DLSS & Lower Resolution 9:07 CPU Performance vs Others (On & Off Battery) in Cinebench 10:03 Does it Feel Hot - Keyboard Temperatures 10:38 Is it Loud - Fan Noise 11:06 Is it Actually Cooler Than Other 14” Laptops? 11:30 Is it Actually Quieter Than Other 14” Laptops? 12:04 OLED Screen (Color, Brightness, Contrast & Bleed) 12:48 Screen Response Time & Latency 13:25 No MUX Switch! Is it a Problem? 13:41 Camera & Microphone Test 13:52 3x Game Comparison (1080p & 1440p) 15:34 FPS Can Be Improved 15:46 Big Problems with Game Testing 17:18 3DMark & Content Creation 17:34 BIOS 17:43 Linux Support 17:59 Pricing, Availability & Laptop Deals 18:55 HP Omen 14’s Biggest Positives & Negatives 21:00 Get This 14” Gaming Laptop Instead Disclosure: Purchases made through store links above may provide some compensation to Jarrod’sTech.