Acer ships AMD-powered Revo RL100 HTPC to Americans: $499 and up

ACER REVO RL100 MEDIA CENTER;THE DIGITAL HEART OF THE LIVING ROOM

Sleek system with Blu-ray makes aggregating and sharing digital data among home devices simple and seamless; Winner of Computex Top choice and Design & Innovation awards

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 13, 2011 – Acer America Corp. announced today that the slim and classy Acer Revo RL100 media center is now available at leading technology retailers within the America. A digital hub for a den or front room, it connects to a flat-screen TV and is derived with a dual-mode wireless touchpad/keyboard for smooth navigation from the relaxation of the couch. There are two models available, including one with Blu-ray.

Outfitted with Acer clear.fi, the Acer RL100 automatically interconnects all Acer home-based and mobile devices, including smartphones, making it easy to consolidate and share HD multimedia during the household. This implies users can access HD movies and private content from any Acer device in the home for taking part in on an important screen TV.

This unique system won both Best option and Design & Innovation awards at Computex 2011 in Taipei. Your only option awards jury selects Taiwan’s best information and communications technologies (ICT) products within the overseas market every year. The Design & Innovation awards, organized in cooperation with the area-leading industrial design institution iF Design, honors products showcasing excellence and originality in construction.

Available in an awfully slim, low profile black chassis that’s concerning the size of a game console, the Acer Revo RL100 measures just 1.0 inches (H) x 11.81 inches (W) x 7.09 inches (L). It’s sleek, understated and versatile having the ability to lay flat or upright on a stand reckoning on the user’s preference. It connects on to a TV via an HDMI port and seamlessly integrates with a high-definition 5.1 channel surround sound system. Enhanced with Dolby® Home Theater v3, the Acer Revo RL100 provides an immersive, crystal-clear audio experience.

The graceful acceleration for HD home cinema features next generation NVIDIA® ION discrete graphics with support for 1080p/720p HD video playback and Web HD Flash acceleration. Equipped with an AMD Athlon™ II K325 processor (1.3GHz), a 750GB SATA hard disk (1) and 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, the Acer Revo RL100 has loads of power and storage for cinematic entertainment.

Flexible Dual-Mode Wireless Touchpad/Keyboard
The Acer Revo RL100 comes with a dual-mode wireless touchpad/keyboard. With the clicking of a toggle button, the wireless multi-gesture touchpad transforms between a back-lit full-function keyboard and a straightforward touch-based mouse. The keyboard is ready the dimensions of an index card that allows a considerable amount of text to be typed using fingers or thumbs.

A feature called Free Touch provides screen navigation, cursor movement and alertness control with the usage of only 1 -finger. Using two-finger pivot motion, PDF files might be rotated 90 degrees. Users could also pinch for zooming and skim photos, websites, documents or media albums backward and forward by sliding three fingers horizontally and vertically.

Acer clear.fi: Simple Sharing, Set-Up, Search and Scalability
The integrated Acer clear.fi media sharing system is predicated at the idea that it’s easier if all personal multimedia content is integrated right into a single system with a standard interface. clear.fi works by automatically detecting the clear.fi-enabled devices connected to the wireless home network and allowing digital content stored on these to be shared with other devices leveraging a similar interface. clear.fi is Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) compatible, allowing users to access media on DLNA-capable devices corresponding to network attached storage (NAS), Microsoft® Xbox 360, Playstation® 3, some digital cameras and mobile phones. Highly scalable, all Acer-branded consumer devices now have clear.fi embedded and may instantly join the wireless home network to share stored multimedia.

Connectivity and Software
Acer Revo RL100 has three USB 2.0 ports (one in front, two in back) for connection to a large gamut of digital devices. The integrated multi-in-one card reader supports MultiMediaCard™ (MMC), Secure Digital™ (SD) Card, xD-Picture Card™ and Memory Stick™. It also offers an optical S/PDIF port for connecting to an external home theater speakers and both wired and wireless connections to the web via integrated 802.11b/g/n wireless and an Ethernet port.

Practical software includes Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft® Office Starter 2010, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader, Adobe Flash Player, Acer Recovery Management, Nero Essentials, Clear.fi, eSobi™, Wild Tangent Zone and NetFlix®.

Pricing, Availability and Warranty
The brand new Acer Revo RL100 is accessible now at leading retailers. It comes with a 12 months parts and labor limited warranty and toll-free technical support.(2) The Acer Revo RL100-U1002 has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $499.99 and the Acer Revo RL100-UR20P with a Blu-ray drive has a MSRP of $569.99.