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Acer to launch Blu-ray equipped laptops
Posted on 28/02/08 23:11 by Seán Byrne
Acer has announced its plans to launch two large Blu-ray equipped laptops in the second quarter this year, one with a 16" display and the other with an 18.4" display. As most homes still have yet to get a HDTV set, let alone their first HD set-top box, these laptops rule out the issue and Acer predicts that Blu-ray equipped laptops will play a major role in boosting sales.
One of these would also be ideal for executives as an alternative to hotel TVs and other forms of portable entertainment, as these people would more likely be able to afford one. Acer plans launching these in the Asia Pacific region with price tags of $1,900 and $2,240 for the 16 and 18.4 inch models respectively.
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i for one will not replace my $6000 DVD collection with sony blueray shit
@ mentor
You spent only $6,000? I'm down for $12,000, or about 650 DVDs. Blu-ray won't see any coin from me.
18.4" is not bad as a desktop replacement for execs but watching TV on a lap? 
The only acceptable laptop screens I've seen are made by apple and even on those they have to sacrifice colours, brightness, contrast and viewing angles for energy savings. Forget laptops, I'm having hard time choosing a 24" lcd display - none of them has a CRT picture quality or even comes close to big LCD TVs from sony and samsung.I hope Sony chokes on Beta-ray. They don't deserve a cent for their anti-consumer and bullying tactics.
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