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Shimmering design, scintillating 16:9 view
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Leading a new era of notebook design, the Aspire Gemstone Blue is lively and stylish with striking features like multi-layered 3D depth, an iridescent finish, contrasting textures, a chic blue-black-silver color scheme, and interior/exterior lighting effects. The huge 18.4" 16:9 LCD boasts 24 percent more screen space than 17", 16:10 displays as well as deep color, a fantastically wide viewing angle and the 16:9 golden aspect ratio for perfect cinematic viewing, ideal for HDTV and the latest Blu-ray Disc™ format -- empowering you with full native widescreen resolution. Discover visually superior, Full HD entertainment as it was originally created, without distorted images or black bars.
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Ultimate entertainment performance
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The Aspire 8920 is the world's first notebook to feature built-in multi-speaker True5.1 surround sound through six speakers. Contemporary entertainment plays flawlessly via the latest and most powerful dual core processing technology, ensuring smooth playback and multitasking, even with graphics intensive multimedia applications. The NVIDIA® GeForce® 9700M GT discrete graphics card features NVIDIA® PureVideo™ for high-quality scaling and pixel calculation at resolutions up to 1080p -- essential technology for the intense HD experiences delivered by the Blu-ray Disc™/DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive and HDTV-ready TV-tuner.
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Operating System
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Processor & Chipset
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- Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology, featuring:
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor with up to 6 MB L2 Cache, supporting Intel® 64 architecture
- Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset
- Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100/5300 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology
- Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5150/5350 Wi-Fi®/WiMAX™ dual-mode module, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology
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Memory
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- DDR2 memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using dual soDIMM modules
- Intel® Turbo Memory supported
(manufacturing option)
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HDD
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- One or two S-ATA hard disc drives
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Storage
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- 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)
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Display
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- 18.4" WUXGA (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™, or
- 18.4" WUXGA (Full HD) 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, high-brightness (220-nit), Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD, two lamps, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista™, or
- 18.4" WXGA ( HD+) 1680 x 945 pixel resolution, high-brightness (220-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista™
- 16.7 million colours
- 16:9 aspect ratio
- 8 ms high-def response time
- Up to 90% color gamut
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Graphics
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- NVIDIA® GeForce® 9700M GT with up to 2303 MB of TurboCache™ (512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 VRAM, up to 1791 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® 9600M GT with up to 2303 MB of TurboCache™ (512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 VRAM, up to 1791 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
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Multimedia
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- 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
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Communication
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- 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 5100/5300 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology, or
- Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5150/5350 Wi-Fi®/WiMAX™ dual-mode module, featuring:
•Wi-Fi® (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, featuring 1x2 or 3x3 MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology, or
•WiMAX™* (single-band 802.16e/2.5G ) WiMAX Forum Certified™ WAN (Wide Area Network) connection, featuring Mobile WiMAX™ and MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology
(* depending on network readiness)
- 56K ITU V.92 modem with PTT approval; Wake-on-Ring ready
- Gigabit Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready
- Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
(manufacturing option)
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I/O Interface
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- 1x ExpressCard™/54 slot
- 6-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MMCplus™, MS, MS PRO, xD)
- 4x USB 2.0 ports
(1x USB 2.0 port combined with eSATA port)
- 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
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Security
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- 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
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Power Supply & Battery
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- 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
- 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®
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Keyboard & Special Controls
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- 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
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Weight & Dimensions
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- 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.)
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Quality & Reliability Tests
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- 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
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Software
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- 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
- Adobe® Reader®
- CyberLink® PowerDirector® trial version
- NTI Media Maker™
- Microsoft® Works 8.5 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial
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Options
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- 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
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Warranty
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- One-year International Travellers Warranty (ITW)
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