Review:Acer Aspire 6920

The 16inch Aspire 6920 beams with notebook cinema excellence, enhancing high-def digital life with truly immersive audio and captivating video!

Headlined by the Aspire CineReal Sensation, a suite of superior show-time advancements, HD entertainment has never looked, sounded or felt so good.
The CineReal Sensation boasts the 16:9 Acer CineCrystal™ Full HD display with 8 ms response time; Acer CineHD graphics playback ; Optimized Dolby Home Theater® via the Acer CineSurround audio system featuring two speakers, the Acer Tuba CineBass booster and True 5.1-channel surround sound output; the CE-like CineDash media console, and much more. Take high-def movies, creative applications and games to the ultimate level!

Specifications

Processor
Intel® Centrino® processor technology , featuring:
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T5550 (2 MB L2 cache, 1.83/ 667 MHz FSB), supporting Intel 64 architecture
Mobile Intel GM965 Express Chipset
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG4 (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp wireless technology

Operating System
Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium

Memory
Dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM support
2 GB of DDR2 667 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules7

Graphics
Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset with integrated 3D graphics, featuring Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (Intel® GMA X3100) with up to 358 MB of Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0 (8 MB of dedicated system memory, up to 350 MB of shared system memory), supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9
Dual independent display support
16.7 million colors
External resolution/refresh rate:
2048 x 1536: 75/60 Hz
1920 x 1440: 85/75/60 Hz
1920 x 1200: 75/60 Hz
1920 x 1080: 100/85/75/60 Hz
1600 x 1200: 120/100/85/75/60 Hz
1600 x 900: 120/100/85/75/60 Hz
1400 x 1050: 85/75/60 Hz
1280 x 1024: 120/100/85/75/60 Hz
1280 x 960: 85/75/60 Hz
1280 x 768: 85/75/60 Hz
1280 x 720: 100/85/75/60 Hz
1024 x 768: 120/100/85/75/60 Hz
800 x 600: 120/100/85/72/60 Hz MPEG-2/DVD acceleration
WMV9 (VC-1)8 and H.264 (AVC) acceleration Acer Arcade™ Deluxe featuring Acer CinemaVision™ and Acer ClearVision™ technologies9

Resolution
16″ HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (220-nit), Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista™
16:9 aspect ratio 8 ms high-def response time 60% color gamut 8 ms high-def response time 60% color gamut

Audio
Optimized 2nd Generation Dolby Home Theater®10 audio enhancement, featuring Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Live, Dolby® Pro Logic® IIx, Dolby® Headphone, Dolby® Natural Bass and Dolby® Sound Space Expander technologies11
Two built-in stereo speakers and one Acer Tuba CineBass booster supporting low-frequency effects
True5.1-channel surround sound output
High-definition audio support
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)12 support for digital speakers
MS-Sound compatible
Acer PureZone technology with two built-in stereo microphones featuring beam forming, echo cancellation, and noise suppression technologies

Storage
250 GB hard disk drive13 Intel® Turbo Memory supported1 6-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital™ (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), MultiMedia Card Plus (MMCplus™), Memory Stick® (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD)

Optical Disk Drive
8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive:
Read: 24X CD-ROM, 24X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 8X DVD-ROM, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 6X DVD-ROM DL (double-layer), 6X DVD-R DL (double-layer), 6X DVD+R DL (double-layer), 6X DVD-RW, 6X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM
Write: 24X CD-R, 16X CD-RW, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD-R DL (double-layer), 4X DVD+R DL (double-layer), 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM

Communication
Acer Video Conference, featuring:
Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting enhanced Acer PrimaLite™ technology
Acer Video Conference Manager software featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE) technology with H.264 video compression, supporting 640 x 480 resolution online video calls with drag-and-drop Picture-in-Picture (PIP) interactivity14
Acer PureZone technology
Optional Acer Xpress VoIP phone
WLAN1, 3, 4 Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
WPAN1: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
LAN: Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready
Modem: 56K ITU V.92 with PTT approval15, Wake-on-Ring ready

Dimensions and weight
385 (W) x 275 (D) x 43.6/39.3 (H) mm (15.13 x 10.81 x 1.71/1.55 inches)
3.3 kg (7.28 lbs.)

Power Supply
ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes
48.8 W 4400 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack:
Upto 2.8-hour16 battery life
Adapter:
80% charge in 1 hour
2.5-hour rapid charge system-off
3.5-hour charge-in-use
3-pin 65 W AC adapter
Energy Star 4.0-compliant

I/O Ports
ExpressCard™/54 slot
6-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MMCplus™, MS, MS PRO, xD)
Four USB 2.0 ports
Consumer infrared (CIR) port
External display (VGA) port
Headphone/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support
Microphone-in jack
Line-in jack
Ethernet (RJ-45) port
Modem (RJ-11) port
DC-in jack for AC adapter

Keyboard
88-/89-key keyboard1 with inverted “T” cursor layout, 2.5 mm (minimum) key travel Touchpad pointing device with Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint reader, featuring Acer FingerNav 4-way control function1 12 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows® keys, hotkey controls, embedded numeric keypad, international language support, independent US and Euro dollar sign keys
Empowering Key
Easy-launch buttons: WLAN, Internet, email, Bluetooth®
Acer CineDash media console capacitive human interface device, including:
Acer Arcade™
Volume meter (volume up/down)
Menu navigation (enter/back/left/right)
Media control (play/pause, stop, previous, next, fast forward, rewind)
Mute and hold keys
Acer Media Center remote control (optional)

Software

Acer Empowering Technology (Acer eAudio, ePower, eDataSecurity1, eRecovery, eSettings Management)
Acer Arcade™1 Deluxe featuring Cinema, Album, Music, HomeMedia
Acer InstantOn Arcade
Acer Bio-Protection
Acer Crystal Eye1
Acer GridVista™
Acer Launch Manager
Acer GameZone1
Acer Video Conference Manager1
Acer Video Conference Manager featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE)1, 14
Adobe® Reader®
CyberLink® PowerDirector® trial version
Norton Internet Security™
NTI Media Maker™
Microsoft® Works 9.0 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial1

Security and service features
Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint solution, featuring Windows® logon, computer protection, FingerLaunch, ProfileLaunch, MusicLaunch, Password Bank, MyLaunch, Acer FingerNav BIOS user, supervisor, HDD passwords Kensington lock slot

Options and Items
Acer Xpress VoIP phone and Acer Video Conference Manager pack
Acer Media Center remote control
512 MB/1 GB/2 GB DDR2 667 MHz soDIMM module
8-cell Li-ion battery pack
3-pin 65 W AC adapter
External USB floppy disk drive

Warranty
One-year International Travelers Warranty (ITW)