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Acer Aspire iDea 500
5.8 out of 10

Acer Aspire iDea 500

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Reviews and Problems with Acer Aspire iDea 500

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Overall 8
8.0

User Review

Maurice Camp, Cnet.co.uk
1 January 2007
  • Summary: I purchased an Acer Idea500 and wrote a not very kind report a while ago that complained about a number of issues including support.
  • Pros: No wires no other boxes (dvd and stuff)
  • Cons: Can't think of anything
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Overall 8
8.0

User Review

David Marc, Cnet.co.uk
21 November 2006
  • Summary: This is my 3rd attempt at centring all of my media in one place. First I had a Showcentre media hub, which didn't do the job.
  • Pros: Accessing all of my TV, video and music and photos in one place
  • Cons: Easy enough setup but took a long time as you have to burn your own backup of Windows
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Overall 6
6.0

User Review

Niall Murphy, Cnet.co.uk
21 November 2006
  • Summary: I had to download drivers from Acer and Intel to get the TV and graphics cards to work well enough ot record TV.
  • Pros: MCE in a box that looks OK in the living room
  • Cons: Not usable out of the box
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Overall 2
2.0

User Review

KC, Cnet.co.uk
23 October 2006
  • Summary: If you want to waste your money, buy this PC. The graphics card is very poor, cable/digital TV is very poor quality when viewing or trying to record.
  • Pros: Looks great
  • Cons: Can't transmit image in 16.9 widescreen on displays
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User Review

Anonymous, Cnet.co.uk
20 October 2006
  • Summary: My unit did not work from the start. Even though I purchased a 2 business day on-site warranty I have yet to receive service 10 days after reporting the problem.
  • Pros: Good looking. Compact. Promises lots of features at an excellent price.
  • Cons: Atrocious customer service. Unit has not worked ever since I received it.
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Overall 8
8.0

User Review

David Williams, Cnet.co.uk
26 September 2006
  • Summary: I'd been thinking about getting a media centre PC for a while, and now I'm very pleased to have gone for the Acer. It looks good and use of the media centre is very easy.
  • Pros: Easy basic set-up for a media centre and reasonable picture with an old-style TV
  • Cons: User guides could be more detailed
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Overall 4
4.0

User Review

David Swift, Cnet.co.uk
19 September 2006
  • Summary: Mine came from DIGI UK, good price, excellent service but now FM radio doesn't work. Almost impossible to stabilise the picture on S Video setting even on my TV.
  • Pros: Cool looking pice of kit
  • Cons: Manual and support rubbish - dont rely on the manual to tell you what to do
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Overall 8
8.0

User Review

Steve Pontin, Cnet.co.uk
18 September 2006
  • Summary: Very good machine with all the possible connections that you need. While easy to get up and running, I would have liked a more detailed user guide to illustrate...
  • Pros: Range of connectivity
  • Cons: User guide could be better to cater all connectivity posibilities
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Overall 6
6.0

User Review

Maurice Camp, Cnet.co.uk
25 August 2006
  • Summary: If you have no techy knowledge find a friend before you buy ANY media centre. Mine came from DIGI UK, good price, excellent service but now FM radio doesn't work, almost...
  • Pros: Styling is perfect, picture and sound quality pretty good
  • Cons: User guide USELESS! Teletext doesn't work. Programme guide REALLY USELESS
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