The HD DVD Blu-ray PC
02 Oct 2007 13:00
Tuesday is never the most exciting day of the week is it? Monday is done and dusted, but it's still a pretty long stretch until the weekend. Still, there is always some interesting news at good old mangotango to keep your brain merrily ticking over until Saturday rolls into view!And what a gem we have for you this morning. It appears that Acer has unveiled what it claims to be the first desktop PC to feature a combo drive that supports both the HD DVD and the Blu-ray format. Oo-er we hear you exclaim!
The PC is part of its new Aspire M5630 series and it is powerful enough to play multimedia applications and for gaming because it features Intel's Core 2 Quad processor Q6600 (2.4GHz with 8MB L2 cache).
As such, it can play 1920 x 1080 resolution HD content via either Blu-ray discs or HD DVD discs.
Raymond Vardanega of Acer Computer Australia commented: "Acer realised that the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD is still in play, and therefore understood the need to create a solution that future proofed our offering in the market."
Prices for the Aspire M5630 range start from AUD2,299 (£998) and other features include Vista Home Premium, a 2GB DDR2 system memory, a wireless keyboard and mouse and a HDCP compliant Acer 22-inch wide LCD monitor.
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