Acer Aspire Idea 500 Windows Media Center

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mappy @ Dec 15th 2006 12:11PM

Don't buy the Acer IDEA 500 unless you are PC literate, or know someone who is. The manual is hopeless as is Acer support. As a Freeview PVR it is an order of magnitude more complicated than the dedicated hard disk PVRs that are available. It is also considerably more expensive, but much more capable.

The SCART output is not RGB and of very low quality, and I could not get a decent picture using HDMI on my Samsung LCD TV. The only useable output is the standard PC VGA. If you use this, you will not get sound without a converter cable (not supplied). I used Belkin cable F8V3013B1.5M, which converts the RCA output from the Acer into a 3.5mm stero jack plug, which will plug into my TV. You could of course use an external audio system. Once properly setup, the Freeview reception looks as good as, if not better than dedicated freeview receivers. The MCE software seems quite good and intuitive. The TV guide (downloaded from the internet) goes forward 2 weeks, is comprehensive and easy to use.

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