Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/31/ifa_acer_bluray/
IFA 07 Acer has thrown its weight behind the Blue-ray Disc to become the fifth big-name computer maker to back the next-gen optical disc format. It's launched a BD-equipped media centre PC to affirm its intentions.
Acer's iDea 520: Blu-ray on board
Acer's plan to acquire Gateway will catapult the joint company into the top tier of PC manufacturers alongside HP and Dell. Dell has always supported Blu-ray, and while HP has been notably pro HD DVD of late, it was nonetheless an early supporter of BD.
To that list we can add Apple and Lenovo, both of whom have pledged themselves to the Blu-ray cause. As has Sony, of course - it's the only PC maker yet to equip its machines with BD drives to any great extent.
Acer's iDea 520: all mod cons
At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin today, Acer announced the Aspire iDea 520, a media centre system with a slot-load Blu-ray Disc drive. The machine is based on a 1.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 and packs in 2GB of DDR 2 memory, a 500GB hard drive, an AMD ATI 'M76M' graphics chip with 512MB of video memory, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, and a digital/analogue TV tuner.
The iDea 520 is due to go on sale in Europe in October for €1999.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/21/acer_gateway_packardbell/
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/21/acer_profits_talk/
Acer joins HD DVD spin team (6 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/06/acer_joins_hd_dvd/
Asus backs Blu-ray (6 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/06/asus_goes_blu-ray/
Gateway sells professional biz unit to MPC (5 September 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/05/mpc_buys_gateway_professional_unit/
Acer CEO talks up Chinese expansion (4 September 2007)
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/09/04/acer_china_lenovo_gateway/
Pioneer, Philips revamp Blu-ray players (3 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/03/ifa_pioneer_philips_bluray/
Battle of the stats: Blu-ray beats HD DVD (3 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/03/ifa_bd_vs_hddvd_update/
UK CE firm preps sub-£200 HD DVD player (2 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/02/ifa_venturer_cheap_hd_dvd/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/31/ifa_casio_fastest_digicam/
Sharp shows off TVs, iPod hi-fis, Blu-ray player (31 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/31/sharp_shows_off_tvs/
Cowon strikes at Archos with Wi-Fi media player (31 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/31/ifa_cowon_iaudio_wireless/
Sony breaks out 'mass market' Blu-ray players (31 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/31/ifa_sony_blu_ray/
Philips untangles power cable spaghetti (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_philips_power4life/
Philips shines light on Aurea LCD (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_philips_aurea/
TomTom roadmaps new satnav kit (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_tomtom/
Sony strides onward with Walkman range (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_sony_walkman_series/
Samsung quietly serenades 'super 3G' music phone (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_sams_f330/
Casio enhances top-of-the-line digicam (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_casio_exilim_z1200/
Daewoo demos 'Blu-ray Disc 2.0' player (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_daewoo_bluray/
Foxconn launches Mars mission to wow overclockers (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/foxconn_launches_mars/
Sony to unplug Connect digital music service (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/sony_to_kill_connect/
Samsung eyes iPhone for music player UI (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_sams_mp3_players/
Samsung Blu-ray Disc player line blooms (30 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/30/ifa_sams_bluray/