AspireRevo, Acer’s first Nvidia Ion-Based Nettop

Finally someone made it, the first nettop (Atom powered desktop) powered by Nvidia's extremely promising Ion-Platform that supports full HD Video quality and Blu-ray video quality on an Atom based device.

The AspireRevo is also not your average Atom. As it's powered by an Atom 230, it can take up to 4GB of RAM, 250GB of HDD, a 4 in 1 card reader, HDMI and VGA out, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0… The ideal little desktop that I'd love to plug under each TV at home.

SANTA CLARA, CA-APRIL 7, 2009-NVIDIA and Acer reshaped the PC landscape today by setting a new standard for small PCs with the introduction of the world's first NVIDIA® ION™ -based PC, the Acer AspireRevo.

No larger than a typical hardcover book, the AspireRevo is a fully capable desktop with advanced graphics and impressive multimedia features. Equipped with NVIDIA ION graphics, the system can handle a wide variety of computing needs including high definition video, gaming, sharing digital photos, surfing the web, and other tasks consumers expect from full-size systems.

The AspireRevo represents a sharp break from 20 years of big, power hungry, and expensive PCs by delivering a full PC experience in a small, energy efficient, and affordable system. NVIDIA ION graphics make this possible with performance that is 5-10 times faster than traditional PCs with integrated graphics.


"The AspireRevo is small and quiet enough to go anywhere, yet big enough to handle all the needs of your digital lifestyle," said Gianpiero Morbello, corporate vice president of marketing for Acer. "It's perfectly suited for the living room, because NVIDIA ION provides a brilliant graphics experience with digital photos, watching video, and playing family-friendly games."

"The Acer AspireRevo with our new NVIDIA ION GPU is so small and powerful it's unbelievable," said Dan Vivoli, senior vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. "Watch Blu-ray movies1 and HD movie trailers, or clean up jerky, dim cell phone videos for internet streaming. This is the perfect PC for today's consumers."

The NVIDIA ION graphics processor in the AspireRevo supports:

• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Outstanding 1080p HD video with true-fidelity 7.1 audio
• Popular games including Spore, Call of Duty 4, and Sim City 5
• DirectX 10 graphics with advanced digital display connectivity
• Accelerated video enhancement and transcoding using NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology

About NVIDIA ION graphics processors
NVIDIA ION graphics processors turn up the visuals on small PCs with up to 10X faster graphics performance than similar systems. ION graphics processors provide support for premium Windows Vista features, outstanding media capabilities including 1080p high definition video and Blu-ray movies, and support for popular PC games.

1 Requires an external Blu-ray movie player.

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Acer and e-Machine Japan Introduces a New Atom Powered Desktop

Here 's the EL1600 e-Machine, a nice little underpowered desktop with the usual ATOM 230 (1.6GHz), 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD, 945GC Express Chipset, DVD Super Multi, and a motherboard that allows you to add a PCI Express one free slot and Windows XP Home.

Definitely not the ultra killer that you may have expected, but for 35,000 Yen (2€70), this may be the perfect micro FTP server, NAS thingy, or ultimate Torrent machine… Oh, and a regular PC for your kids or grandma.

If you are interested in getting something more powerful but with the same body, Acer and e-Machine Japan also has the EL1800 powered by an Pentium E5200, 2GB of RAM, 320GB of HDD, Nvidia 7100+nForce 630i.

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Pink Aspire One

A Pink and Cheaper Acer Aspire One in Japan

Acer Japan will cut the price of their Aspire One by 5,000 Yen (42€). It's available in Pink, Gold, Brown, and traditional Blue Sapphire.

Nothing new for specs, 8.9” LCD with WSVGA resolution, an ATOM N270 (1.60GHz), 1GB of RAM, and 945GSE Express chipset.

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Two New Full HD LCDs from Acer Japan

Two New Full HD LCDs from Acer Japan

Introducing Acer Japan's H223HQbmid a 21.5” LCD, and H243Hbmid a 24” LCD, . Both with a very interesting screen resolution of 1920x1080. While many LCDs are 1920x1200, Acer chose to follow the HD trend for these two entry level LCDs starting from 250€ to 330€.

Specwise, the 21.5” has a 20000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of 300cd/m2, while the 24” has a 40000:1 contrast ratio with the same brightness. Otherwise the view angle of our LDCs is 160/170 and a 72% color reproduction in the NTSC spectrum. Since we're talking about Full HD screens, Acer made sure to provide them with an HDMI port.

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ASG7700: Acer's New Desktop

ASG7700: Acer's New Desktop Beast Available Now in Japan

Acer's new ASG7700-A11 desktop is available now in Japan. This new Hellcat comes with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (3.00GHz), two GeForce 9800 GTX graphic cards, NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI chipset, 4GB of memory (up to 8GB), 1TB of SATA HDD (7,200rpm), Blu-ray disc drive, six USB ports, a multicard reader, two eSATA ports, four DVI-I ports, and two S-video outputs.

329,800 Yen (2250€).

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Acer Aspire One

Aspire One, Another Atom Powered Wonder

This afternoon Acer Japan unveiled its new ATOM powered UMPC, the Aspire One. Available in either White or Black, it features a N270 Atom CPU (1.60Ghz), 1GB of RAM (512MB onboard), a 8.9” WSVGA Screen with LED backlight, a 0.3Mpix web camera, 120GB of HDD, Wifi B/G, a memory card reader, and Ethernet port. It weighs just 1.1kg with a size of 249x170x29mm.

In spite of their nice designs, it seems that many ATOM powered PCs look alike lately... I just hope that the next ATOM PC will bring us something new.

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ACER P5260i

ACER P5260i : New WiFi Video Projector

Acer launched a new professional WiFi video-projector, the P5260i. Our device features a 1024x768 resolution, a brightness of 2700 lumens, a contrast ratio of 2,000:1, VGA / DVI / HDMI inputs, WiFi 802.11b/g. It also supports 1080i/720p video projection and HD streaming of MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV9, AVI, DivX, XviD, ASF, and VOB (without encryption)

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ACER 24 Inch Full HD Monitor

ACER introduced its latest 24-inch Full HD monitors at Computex 2008

During last Computex in Taiwan, Acer introduced its latest Full HD 16: 9 ratio screen , the P224W. The new monitor of 24'' is in 1920x1080 resolution, offers a dynamic contrast ratio of 20000: 1, a gray-to-gray response in time to 2ms and is equipped with an HDMI input. We don't have further information at the moment, especially concerning the price, availability, and other specs.TAIPEI, TAIWAN (June 3, 2008 ) -- Acer presents the world's first 24" full High Definition (FHD), with 1080p resolution and 16:9 ratio widescreen LCD monitor at the Computex Taipei. The Acer P244W supports real 1080p content playback, pixel by pixel, without loss of image quality. Designed for those who require exceptional multimedia performance with intense graphics and superb video, the P244W is the ideal second display to accompany 1080p mobile PCs for maximum productivity and visual enhancement. Target users include gamers, designers and home-theater enthusiasts.



Magnificent display and productivity

The widescreen aspect ratio of P244W monitors makes them perfect for gaming and multimedia applications. Magnificent display technologies within include Acer Adaptive Contrast Management (ACM) that dramatically improves the gradation and detail, especially for dimmer and brighter scenes. The P244W supports a superior contrast ratio up to 20,000:1. These adjustments are focused at the input image directly to produce ultra-sharp images, at the same time, power is used more efficiently. A rapid response time up to 2 ms gray-to-gray permits immersive graphics and video display. The key benefit of this overdrive technology is the clear improvement of the gray-to-gray level, which is the most important factor in the moving-picture viewing experience.



Impressive design

The P244W carries a striking, shiny black bezel with a polished black base and gleaming silver arm. Convenient touch-sensitive OSD (onscreen display) further maintains the clean, streamlined look.



Leading functionality

Acer strives to take the lead in compliance with the latest technology standards. The P244W is compliant with the most up-to-date Microsoft Vista® operation systems, supports HDMI™[1] for projecting HD movies and high-impact gaming. Acer eColor Management enables color adjustments with great simplicity.



About Acer



Since its founding in 1976, Acer has constantly pursued the goal of breaking the barriers between people and technology. Focused on marketing its brand-name IT products around the globe, Acer ranks as the world's No. 3 vendor for total PCs and No. 2 for notebooks, with the fastest growth among the top-five players. A profitable and sustainable Channel Business Model is instrumental to Acer's continued growth, while the successful mergers of Gateway and Packard Bell complete the company's global footprint by strengthening its presence in the U.S., and enhancing its strong position in Europe. Acer Inc. employs 5,000 people worldwide. 2007 revenues reached US$14.07 billion. See www.acer.com for more information.

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New Acer Notebook

Acer Unveils its New GemStone PCs

Yesterday in New York, Acer announced the worldwide launch of two new Notebooks with a 16" ( 1366x768 ) and 18.4” (1920x1080) WideScreen. Both have HDMI, and HDCP, multi speaker with True Surround 5.1, a Penryn based CPU with 1.5GHz, 512MB of VRAM with a Nvidia GeForce 9650m GS…

The price is expected to be around $900 to $1700 US.

More information and a photo gallery below in the press release.

The Aspire 6920 series was designed to deliver a high-quality High-Definition experience that engages all the senses.

Power

The new series expresses maximum power thanks to the Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology featuring the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors, the mobile Intel PM965 Express Chipset and the integrated module for wireless connection, supporting Acer SignalUp with InviLink Nplify wireless technologies.

Vision

Acer is first to market with a 16-inch notebook series that features either a Full HD CineCrystal LCD panel with 1920x1080 resolution or a HD CineCrystal LCD screen at 1366x768 pixel resolution, 8ms response time and native 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, perfect to enjoy High Definition TV or Blu-Ray Disc™ content.

The screen is managed by the latest NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS graphics engine with up to 1280 MB of TurboCache, supporting NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology, Shader Model 4.0 and Microsoft DirectX 10.

The Aspire 6920 also features an HDMI port with HDCP support.

In addition, the new notebook series is equipped with Wide Color Gamut displays and delivers more intense shades and tones with 33% more color range intensity than the typical notebook panels.

Feeling

The Aspire Gemstone blue design integrates the second generation Dolby Home Theater technology with powerful audio technologies – CineSurround, Tuba CineBass booster, and True5.1 output – that set a new standard for the notebook sound capability.

Acer CineSurround blasts virtual 5.1 surround sound through two speakers and the Acer Tuba CineBass booster; to set-up a True 5.1 surround system you just need to plug in three pairs of PC speakers, follow the simple steps of the eAudio setup application, and the immersive experience of True 5.1 surround sound becomes a home theater reality.

The specially crafted tube-style Acer Tuba CineBass subwoofer exceeds 10 W, blasting the clearest low tones imaginable via Dolby Natural Bass technology. With amplified volume and no static or muffling, music enthusiasts can really feel the deep bass beats.

Experience

The Aspire 6920 comes with the brand new CineDash media console, a touch-sensitive interface that gives you a new way to manage entertainment and launch Acer Arcade in seconds, as well as navigate menus, adjust volume and control media on the fly. The new design also means new surfaces including the intricate texture of the NeoWeave palm rest, which signifies refined taste and exacting technical prowess, while providing a comfortable area for placing your hands.

Style

The Aspire Gemstone blue sits on the leading edge of a new era in Acer notebook design. Dynamic and sophisticated, it reveals its true identity through eye-catching features like the multi-layered, shimmering 3D finish, contrasting textures, a chic blue, black and silver color scheme, and interior/exterior lighting effects.

The Holographic 3D cover radiates true elegance. The Starlit backlight shines beneath the Floating Acer logo, the focal point of the iridescent, midnight sapphire sub-layer, which sparkles with varying gradations of black and blue when viewed from different angles.

The Enlightener power button shines flashes to life in a sharp line of bright blue neon when the notebook is turned on, along with the CineDash media console. This ultra-slick media control area is both magnificently styled and instantly easy to use. No other notebook offers the same degree of style and substance.

The intricate texture of the NeoWeave palm rest is both refined and rugged, providing a comfortable, ergonomic area for your hands.

A shining adaptation of the original Gemstone design, the DiamondBlack eKey flaunts the classic appeal of precious stones and launches a world of empowering technologies.

Storage

A generous HDD of up to 320GB meets the needs of multimedia collectors. For the optical drive, the Aspire 6920 models lets you choose between the excellent Blu-Ray Disc™ and a DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive. In addition, for easy and speedy data transfer, the series features a handy 6-in-1 card reader that supports the most common card formats.

By integrating a TV Tuner for digital television the Aspire 6920 models (on selected models) provide a simple way to capture the interactive world of terrestrial digital and analogue television. Arcade Deluxe, Acer’s multimedia software suite, helps users view and switch between channels with a clear and easy-to-use interface.

The Aspire notebooks come with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows Vista Home Premium preinstalled. Additional installed software includes Acer Empowering Technology (Acer eAudio, ePower, eDataSecurity, eRecovery, eSettings Management), Acer Arcade Deluxe featuring Cinema, Album, Music, Acer HomeMedia, Acer InstantOn Arcade; Acer Bio-Protection; Acer Crystal Eye; Acer GridVista; Acer Launch Manager; Acer GameZone; Acer Video Conference Manager; Acer Video Conference Manager featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE); Adobe Reader; CyberLink PowerDirector trial version; Norton Internet Security; NTI Media Maker; Microsoft Works 9.0 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial.

All Acer notebooks come with a standard 1 year Carry In (International travellers warranty - ITW) which can be extended to 3 years’ cover with the Acer Advantage service that also covers accidental damage to the notebook.

The Aspire 8920G series was designed to deliver a high-quality High-Definition experience that engages all the senses.

Power

The new Aspire 8920G series expresses maximum power thanks to the Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology featuring the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors, the mobile Intel PM965 Express Chipset and the integrated module for wireless connection, supporting Acer SignalUp with InviLink Nplify wireless technologies.

Vision

The Aspire 8920G is a pleasure for the eyes: Acer is first to market with a 18.4-inch Full HD CineCrystal LCD panel with 1920x1080 pixel resolution, 8ms response time and native 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, the golden ratio to enjoy HD content with realism and precision.

The system is shipped with a choice of graphics engines and can be equipped with either the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS graphics engine with up to 1280 MB of TurboCache (512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 VRAM, up to 768 MB of shared system memory) or by the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS with up to 1280 MB of TurboCache (512 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM, up to 768 MB of shared system memory). Both of them support NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology, Shader Model 4.0 and Microsoft DirectX 10.

The Exceptional high-definition viewing is guaranteed by an HDMI connector with HDCP support, an interface that delivers crisp high-quality visuals and high-fidelity audio using only one cable. In addition, the new notebook series is equipped with Wide Color Gamut Plus displays and delivers 100% more color range intensity than the typical notebook panels.

Feeling

The Aspire Gemstone blue design integrates the second generation Dolby Home Theater technology with powerful audio technologies – CineSurround, Tuba CineBass booster, and True5.1 output – that set a new standard for the notebook sound capability.

The Aspire 8920G is the world's first notebook to feature actual, built-in multi-speaker True5.1 surround sound through six integrated speakers, making it the ideal choice for Full HD movies and gaming.

The specially crafted tube-style Acer Tuba CineBass subwoofer exceeds 10 W, blasting the clearest low tones imaginable via Dolby Natural Bass technology. With amplified volume and no static or muffling, music enthusiasts can really feel the deep bass beats!

Experience

New design and new controls: the Aspire 8920G comes with the brand new CineDash media console, a touch-sensitive interface that gives you a new way to manage entertainment and launch Acer Arcade in seconds, as well as navigate menus, adjust volume and control media on the fly. The new design also means new surfaces including the intricate texture of the NeoWeave palm rest which signifies refined taste and exacting technical prowess, while providing a comfortable area for placing your hands.

Style

The Aspire Gemstone blue sits on the leading edge of a new era in Acer notebook design. Dynamic and sophisticated, it reveals its true identity through eye-catching features like the multi-layered, shimmering 3D finish, contrasting textures, a chic blue, black and silver color scheme, and interior/exterior lighting effects.

The Holographic 3D cover radiates true elegance. The Starlit backlight shines beneath the Floating Acer logo, the focal point of the iridescent, midnight sapphire sub-layer, which sparkles with varying gradations of black and blue when viewed from different angles.

The Enlightener power button shines flashes to life in a sharp line of bright blue neon when the notebook is turned on, along with the CineDash media console. This ultra-slick media control area is both magnificently styled and instantly easy to use. No other notebook offers the same degree of style and substance.

The intricate texture of the NeoWeave palm rest is both refined and rugged, providing a comfortable, ergonomic area for your hands.

A shining adaptation of the original Gemstone design, the DiamondBlack eKey flaunts the classic appeal of precious stones and launches a world of empowering technologies.

Storage

Generous HDD space of up to 640GB (2x320GB) meets the needs of multimedia collectors. For the optical drive, the Aspire 8920G models lets you choose between two excellent Blu-Ray Discs™ and a DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive. In addition, for easy and speedy data transfer, the series features a comfortable 6-in-1 card reader that supports the most common card formats.

By integrating a TV Tuner for digital television (on selected models) the Aspire 8920G provides a simple way to capture the interactive world of terrestrial digital and analogue television. Arcade Deluxe, Acer’s multimedia software suite, helps users view and switch between channels with a clear and easy-to-use interface.

Videoconference

On selected models, the Aspire 8920G comes bundled with a VoIP Bluetooth phone, a handy device that can be used as a normal cell phone connected to the notebook through Bluetooth connections, or can be placed on any desk or surface and used as a speaker phone, letting the user communicate freely while continuing to work on the PC. Used in combination with the integrated Acer CrystalEye camera, the VoIP phone guarantees real-time videoconferencing and effortless broadcasting.

The Aspire notebooks come with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows Vista Home Premium preinstalled. Additional installed software includes Acer Empowering Technology (Acer eAudio, ePower, eDataSecurity, eRecovery, eSettings Management), Acer Arcade Deluxe featuring Cinema, Album, Music, Acer HomeMedia, Acer InstantOn Arcade; Acer Bio-Protection; Acer Crystal Eye; Acer GridVista; Acer Launch Manager; Acer GameZone; Acer Video Conference Manager; Acer Video Conference Manager featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE); Adobe Reader; CyberLink PowerDirector trial version; Norton Internet Security; NTI Media Maker; Microsoft Works 9.0 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial.

All Acer notebooks come with a standard 1 year Carry In (International travellers warranty - ITW) which can be extended to 3 years’ cover with the Acer Advantage service that also covers accidental damage to the notebook.

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