RE: Acer Inspire Idea 500 MCE

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dave,

Do you have a HD ready TV? Is your 32" a Standard Definition TV? This
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s.

Would be interesting to see it through HDMI or 1080i Component to see what
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the difference is like.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Dave Sussman
> Sent: 13 June 2006 14:53
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Acer Inspire Idea 500 MCE
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> I'm going to do a full review once I've had a bit of time, but it's
> setting up at the moment. Initial thoughts are "wow, it's
tiny" - very
> slim indeed, slimmer than the Tivo. Comes with every conceivable cable
> to fit the myriad of sockets on the back. The keyboard is a bit
> lightweight and feels plasticky (unsurprising, since that's what it
is),
> but otherwise a solid piece of kit.
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> It's currently outputting through component to my standard 32" TV
and
> the display isn't great, but then it s doing the setup stuff which
uses
> small fonts (well, smaller than the normal MCE interface). The entire
> desktop is going through this - no other display devices connected.
I'm
> going to see what the MCE UI is like before trying scart.
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> I can't take any pictures until the end of the week as my brother has
my
> camera, but I'll include some in the review.
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> How did I get one so quickly? Luck, I think. I ordered it on Thursday
> and they said it should have come in on Friday, but there is
definitely
> a shortage.
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> d
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> > Paul Gale
> > Sent: 13 June 2006 12:17
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Acer Inspire Idea 500 MCE
> >
> > Great! Post as soon as you've had a play - even better - set up a
web
> cam
> > and let us see you playing with it (Oh err - maybe I ought to
> re-phrase
> > that!)
> >
> > What I'd be particularly interested in is how it outputs to
> component/HDMI
> > etc - does it just output the video screen (with or without
overlays)
> or
> > does it also output VGA and Windows desktop etc over
component/HDMI?
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > >
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