Acer Aspire 8920

Aspire 8920

The new Acer Aspire 8920 is the first- in- market 18.4" widescreen notebook with FULL HD 1920*1080 resolution designed to immerse the most advanced home entertainment users into the new Gemstone blue concept. Featuring the stunning Acer CineCrystal™ Full HD display with a cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio, which is the golden viewing ratio for movies and removes the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. The Acer Aspire 8920 will deliver the best HD quality ever seen before. It will put you in control of all your entertainment just by a simple touch on the CineDash sensitive media console which will allow you to adjust the true 5.1 surround sound volume, navigate menus and control all your media on the fly.

Operating System	Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate
Processor & Chipset	Intel® Centrino® processor technology, featuring: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor with up to 6 MB L2 Cache, supporting Intel® 64 architecture Mobile Intel® PM965 Express Chipset Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with InviLink™ Nplify™ wireless technology or Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
Memory	DDR2 memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using dual soDIMM modules * A 64-bit operating system is required to enjoy the ultimate performance of 4 GB memory. Intel® Turbo Memory supported (manufacturing option)
HDD	One or two S-ATA hard disc drives
Storage	Blu-ray Disc™ (BD)/DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive or DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive 6-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital™ (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), MultiMediaCard Plus (MMCplus™), Memory Stick® (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD)
Display	18.4" Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, high-brightness (300-nit), Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD, two lamps, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista™ 16.7 million colours 16:9 aspect ratio 8 ms high-def response time 90% color gamut
Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® 9650M GS with up to 1280 MB of TurboCache™ (512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 VRAM, up to 768 MB of shared system memory*), supporting NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 10 (* depending on size of system memory) NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M GS with up to 1280 MB of TurboCache™ (512 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM, up to 768 MB of shared system memory*), supporting NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 10 (* depending on size of system memory) DualView™ support MPEG-2/DVD decoding WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support Acer Arcade™ Deluxe featuring Acer CinemaVision™ and Acer ClearVision™ technologies
Multimedia	Optimized 2nd Generation Dolby Home Theater® audio enhancement, featuring Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Live, Dolby® Pro Logic® IIx, Dolby® Headphone, Dolby® Natural Bass and Dolby® Sound Space Expander technologies Acer CineSurround with five built-in speakers and one Acer Tuba CineBass booster supporting low-frequency effects True5.1-channel surround sound output Digital( DVB-T) TV-tuner supporting hardware MPEG-2 stream encoding and DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) standard (6 to 8 MHz) (manufacturing option) High-definition audio support S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) 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
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) interactivity Acer PureZone technology Optional Acer Xpress VoIP phone Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with InviLink™ Nplify™ wireless technology, or Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology 56K ITU V.92 modem with PTT approval; Wake-on-Ring ready 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) (manufacturing option)
I/O Interface	1x ExpressCard™/54 slot 6-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MMCplus™, MS, MS PRO, xD) 4x USB 2.0 ports 1x HDMI™ port with HDCP support 1x Consumer infrared (CIR) port 1x external display (VGA) port 1 x RF-in jack (on models with TV Tuner only!) 1x Headphones/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support 1x Microphone-in jack 1x Line-in jack 1x Modem (RJ-11) port 1x Ethernet (RJ-45) port 1x DC-in jack for AC adapter
Security	Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint solution, featuring Windows® log on, computer protection, FingerLaunch, ProfileLaunch, MusicLaunch, password bank, MyLaunch, Acer FingerNav Slot for Kensington lock BIOS user, supervisor, HDD passwords
Power Supply & Battery	ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes 71 W (8-cell) Li-ion battery pack Up to 2.5-hour battery life with 8 cell battery Acer QuicCharge™ technology: • 80% charge in 1 hour • 2-hour rapid charge system-off • 3-hour charge-in-use 90 W AC adapter Energy Star 2.0-certified (Environmental Protection Agency level 4)
Keyboard & Special Controls	105-/106-key keyboard 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 function 12 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows® keys, hotkey controls, standard numeric keypad, international language support, independent US and Euro dollar sign keys Empowering Key Easy-launch buttons: WLAN, Internet, email, Bluetooth®* (manufacturing option) 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 Optional Acer Media Center remote control
Weight & Dimensions	441.4 (W) x 300 (D) x 40.2/44.2 (H) mm (17.4 x 11.8 x 1.58/1.74 inches) 4.1 kg (9.04 lbs.) with 8-cell battery
Quality & Reliability Tests	Temperature & humidity test Free drop test Acoustics test Weight and Pressure tests Spillage test Shock and Vibration tests Electrostatic discharge immunity test MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) test Hinge life test Keyboard-switch life test
Software	Acer Empowering Technology (Acer ePower, eAudio, eDataSecurity, eRecovery, eSettings Management) Acer Arcade™ Deluxe featuring Cinema, Album, Music, Acer HomeMedia Acer InstantOn Arcade Acer Bio-Protection Acer Crystal Eye Acer GridVista™ Acer Launch Manager Acer GameZone Acer Video Conference Manager featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE) McAfee Internet Security Suite 60-day trial version (or equivalent) Adobe® Reader® CyberLink® PowerDirector® trial version NTI Media Maker™ Microsoft® Works 8.5 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial
Options	Acer Xpress VoIP phone and Acer Video Conference Manager pack Acer Media Center remote control Memory expansion modules Additional battery Additional AC adapter External USB floppy disk drive
Warranty	One-year International Travellers Warranty (ITW)