Lenovo y480 vs. HP dv6-7000?

Lenovo 480 vs. HP dv6-7000?

Hi everyone, I'll try to make my question as straight forward possible

I need a new laptop because my old Lenovo Thinkpad Edge just broke. I'm having a hard time justifying to my parents that I should buy another Lenovo because of this, even though my experience has been generally really good with it. I need to consider my parents because they are paying for part of it. Anyways, they don't seem to think Lenovo holds up to their reputation but I guess the quality varies across brands. That being said, how does Lenovo's ideapad line measure against HP in general and HP's dv6 series?

Now based off on these brand perceptions, which of the two systems below should be better? I basically had four criteria for an under $800 budget: a solid discrete graphics card (capable of playing modern games at medium level), a backlit keyboard, an 3rd gen i5 processor, and generally good multimedia experience.

HPdv6 for ~$704:

3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M Processor (2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz)

Graphics card : NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 630M Graphics with 1GB of dedicated video memory

8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive

15.6-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1366x768)

Backlit Keyboard with numeric keypad

Lenovo y480 for $793.94:

3rd generation Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 6MB)

NVIDIA GeForce GT650M 2GB

8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz

14.0" HD Glare with integrated camera 1366x768

1TB 5400 rpm

I basically feel as if I'm choosing between superior graphics (Lenovo) and overall multimedia experience (HP with 15.6" build and good Beats speakers), but I'm not sure which is the better system. I would rather save money if these two are basically the same, but I'm not tech savvy enough to really know what is the case. I also want to consider the fact that both are at the 1366x768 resolution...I heard this is tolerable on a 14" like the Lenovo, but not on a 15.6" like the HPdv6. What do you guys think?

also, I've heard that Asus and Toshiba are good brands worth looking into. So far, I've gone towards a variety of outlet stores and Toshiba's direct websites but their customization options are really limited for under $800 and generally don't have great graphics cards--I saw a couple ASUS with Nivida GT610, but isn't that garbage.