While Acer shared floorspace with other vendors who were entirely new to the Media Center space at today's Media Center launch, in Acer's case it's not the first stab the company's had at producing a home PC with integrated TV and radio capabilities -- it's previously offered a Clayton's-like system called the Acer Aspire RC511 that used switches to flick between modes. Its Media Center PC, thankfully, is a touch more sleek than that approach.
Proving that nobody sits alone in any potentially profitable market space, it also announced that Acer would shortly have a notebook Media Center offering; it'll be interesting to see how that compares to Toshiba's newly launched Qosmio notebook range.
Upside: While Acer offers build-to-order options, the base model (AU$2,799) includes a P4 3.0GHz processor, LCD monitor, 160GB hard drive, remote control, and, of course, the Media Center OS itself. It also features six USB 2.0 ports and a 6-in-1 media card reader.
Downside: Like HP and Optima's desktop offerings, the T620 arguably toes the company line a little too closely for some living room decor -- it looks like an Acer PC, and while in an office or a study that's not neccessarily a bad thing, the rules do change when you're talking about putting a big black and silver box right in your line of sight. Like the other Australian Media Center PCs, analog tuners are the name of the game, as is integrating a DVD burner that can't in fact burn the TV content you capture with Media Center itself.
Outlook: It's got a competitive price point to commend itself, but will the Aspire T620 prove to be the Media Center PC to own? You'll have to wait for our full review shortly in order to find out.
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Abdul lateef
14/11/2008, 05:57 AM
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10/10
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Pros: w
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dayz
21/11/2005, 08:51 PM
great buy
I bought my media centre a week ago and just love it. Mine actually has a 186GB hard drive and i've coupled it with a 19 inch LCD monitor and actually paid $100 less than the RRP. I'm currently using it as my tv and can't wait to buy an LCD tv to go with it.
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PS
26/06/2005, 11:31 AM
Very Good for the price
I had something wrong with the one first given to me buy the store, i took it back and it was swapped no questions asked :)
The new one is great to use and has given no troubles.
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23/05/2005, 06:36 PM
great
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Roy Hogarth
27/02/2005, 10:23 PM
Quick, reliable, easy to manage
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