Acer Aspire iDea 500

Great design, Reasonable performance

Hard disk size

Acer has done a great job of disguising this PC as a set-top box. It's easy to setup and simple to use. We would highly recommend waiting for the Core 2 Duo refresh before purchasing this product. However, if you need something right away it will still...

There also an antenna input and output for the two TV Tuners. These are hybrid, which should mean that you can pick up both analogue and digital signals. I say should as I could not get the Acer to detect any digital TV channels from the office TV...

Looks great ; plenty of connections ; no messing about

Limited expansion options ; not suitable for high-end games

An interesting attempt that may have rivals sitting up and taking notice

The Aspire is affordable, attractive, discreet and equipped with a full array of connectors. It's the closest we've come yet to the ideal media centre PC.

Format ; Nombreuses entrées / sorties audio et vidéo ; Tuner TV hybride

Circuite graphique limit

Au final, la bonne impression de départ est principalement ternie par la faiblesse du circuit graphique. On peut faire une croix sur les jeux sophistiqués en 3D. Même la navigation sur Internet est rendue peu agréable par un affichage grossier si l'on...

Als we dit toestel hadden gekocht, zouden we ons flink bij de neus genomen gevoeld hebben. De beeldkwaliteit via SCART bleek ronduit slecht, het tv-beeld vulde het televisiebeeldscherm niet volledig en de Media Center software crashte regelmatig. De...

Dotazioni porte audio/video ; dimensioni cabinet ; silenzioso

Grafica non esaltante

Una soluzione completa con un ottimo design

Il sottosistema grafico è limitato nel 3D