Acer Aspire One 571 Features HD Decoder/Encoder, Mini Blu-Ray Drive


Acer Aspire One 571Blog Macles has revealed the Acer Aspire One 571 10.1-inch netbook that features a dedicated HD video chip and a mini Blu-Ray optical disc drive.

The Quartics Q1721 Multimedia Coprocessor in the Aspire One 571 accelerates decoding and encoding of high definition video codecs, and also adds hardware scaling and filtering, according to Macles.

Regarding the optical drive, the 571 features a small Blu-Ray reader for Vmedia’s 1GB discs with a diameter of 32mm, whereas a standard Blu-ray disc measures 120mm.

The new netbook includes the Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz processor and a 10.1″ screen with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels and a 16:9 aspect ratio.

We have no info on pricing and availability.

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  • http://www.notebooknotes.com Michael

    I’m kind of curios if customers will actually use the mini Blu-Ray optical disc drive.

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