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05-15-2009, 03:33 PM
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Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
According to a post on macles.blogspot, Acer is planning to introduce an Aspire One 571 netbook with a higher-resolution screen and high-definition playback capability. The Aspire One 751 will still have a 10.1-inch screen, but the resolution has been increased to 1280x720 (16:9). Its Intel Atom N280 processor does not have the power to run high-definition video, so Acer equipped the 571 with a Quartics Q1721 Multimedia Coprocessor, which can process H.264 in addition to hardware scaling and filtering.
The other interesting feature about the Aspire One 571 is the addition of an optical disc drive, but this is no ordinary optical disc drive: it is a mini Blu-ray player that sits under the left palmrests. Mini Blu-ray discs hold 1GB of data and have a 32mm diameter.
There is no word on pricing or a release date.
Full Story (macles.blogspot.com)
Via (Engadget.com) |
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05-15-2009, 03:41 PM
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
They should publish HD movies on devices like SD-HC cards or some other type of flash device.
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05-15-2009, 03:55 PM
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
Oh wow, sounds exciting! I hope it isn't too much, because it seems that we are moving from netbook to notebook with these announcements...
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05-15-2009, 04:13 PM
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
pointless...who the hell needs mini blu ray if mini dvd holds 1.4 gb  |
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05-15-2009, 05:01 PM
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
Ummm....I want an optical drive in any computer I buy, but I'm not seeing much point to including a non-standard one.
Wow, it's Blu Ray on a mini-notebook!....except no actual Blu Rays will play.
Kind of funny/weird too to use a special media chip. It's like at some point it makes a lot more sense to just throw in a real CPU and GPU, and a real Blu Ray drive.
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05-15-2009, 07:05 PM
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
I don't see the point of a mini-Blu-ray drive either; I didn't even know they existed.
I wonder how that multimedia coprocessor works - do you need to use special software, etc.
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05-15-2009, 07:20 PM
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
Hmmm I was just at a local Super Walmart today and I think I saw this netbook, but I *think* it had a Walmart sticker on it that said 1368 x 768. It was just the display and it was not on so I could not check it out. It would be nice if that was the resolution. Price I believe was set at $398. I hope this helps. God Bless 
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05-15-2009, 09:51 PM
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
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Originally Posted by JDELUNA
Hmmm I was just at a local Super Walmart today and I think I saw this netbook, but I *think* it had a Walmart sticker on it that said 1368 x 768. It was just the display and it was not on so I could not check it out. It would be nice if that was the resolution. Price I believe was set at $398. I hope this helps. God Bless |
you may have seen the 11.6" acer. |
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05-16-2009, 04:58 AM
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My Greatest Weapon
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
I don't exactly see this becoming a trend...so dumb.
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11-04-2009, 06:17 AM
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Re: Leaked Acer Aspire One 571 has Blu-ray, 720p Screen
I will not lie to you but the mini blue ray doesn't have a future. I don't like it and i haven't seen it yet.  |
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