http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/That's a shame, as I was considering getting one of these new Ion rigs for streaming video... ]]>Apr 16th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/I'm willing to bet that it's because of the buggy sample they were given.

I can't see it having trouble with Hulu the way it's set up.]]>Apr 16th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
Sorry, its dead to me.]]>Apr 16th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
A CUDA enabled Flash Player would be handy but it would be a while. Look at how long its taking them to get Flash on the iPhone.]]>Apr 16th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
Since the application doing the decompression is probably some recently made Flash code or something, it isn't written to be capable of sending the work to the graphics coprocessor (the Ion / Geforce 9400). Any computer would have trouble with this as it would need to have a CPU capable enough to do the work and the Ion platform does not change the CPU at all.

The exciting thing about Ion is that it comes with an eSata port. This would theoretically allow you to use an external hard drive filled with movies (including ripped BluRay data from your collection). Also, I'm not sure but you would probably be able to use an eSata BluRay drive in an enclosure. Atom netbooks so far do not have eSata or even an HDMI port, generally.

And, yes, the graphics coprocessor can be used to do things like reencode movies, play games, or whatever else they come up with.

It's a gateway product, in part, though NVidia is hugely stumbling on this one as it's coming out months too late to make much of a difference (since other manufacturers are announcing chipsets that can do just about as much as Ion).]]>Apr 16th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
CPU upgrade potential?]]>Apr 16th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
ishism, yes netbooks choke on hulu or netflix, youtube sd will work if you let it stream completely before starting the video.

Ma2t, not a socket at all, the chips are soldered to the board, at least that's my understanding.]]>Apr 16th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
I was thinking the same thing, but isn't the Atom soldered in? That is more work than I am willing to do. And I don't think the Atom is available individually to end users. And same socket doesn't always mean compatibility.

Ugh.

Just give us a 330 you bastards.]]>Apr 16th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 17th 2009 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
Its up to Flash to take advantage of the gpu to do the video related tasks. If they don't then ION gets an EPIC FAIL! :)


@TREX6662k5, jon: Since gpu accelerated video decoding and rendering is the feature we are willing to have here, and considering that it's something that's already available without using CUDA, I think you're misunderstanding what this tecnology is actually intended to do. CUDA is about letting some sort of "general computing" take advantage of the GPU to do things other than 3d and video related stuff.


]]>Apr 17th 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 17th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 17th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
Silverlight 3 does it, so how hard can it be?]]>Apr 16th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
BTW, current Atoms suck too. ULV FTW !!
]]>Apr 16th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/(i know little about hulu so might be totally wrong)]]>Apr 16th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
ps: acer 'apire'?]]>Apr 16th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Jun 4th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
Seriously, my P4 northwood core from last year did hulu normal screened just fine. I kinda find it hard to believe a duel-core chip could choke full screen, blown up hulu. Even an Atom...

*eagerly awaits review/benchmarks.*]]>Apr 16th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Beyond web surfing and mp3 playback these things stink, why don't Acer put a dual core celeron or dual core pentium in these, nice and cheap and still good enough for hd playback.
Whats the point of low(under) powered CPUs it plugs into the wall !]]>Apr 16th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
Plus L4D at 720p. :)]]>Apr 16th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
Looking at it next the keyboard, you start thinking though, does it really have to be that small? I mean, does paying for the smallness make any sense considering it's intended use as desktop or media PC?]]>Apr 16th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
For netbooks the Atom makes sense. Not just really cheap but cheap enough that it isn't your only PC. So you use it for a limited number of things, like web browsing.

If it can't be a TV-side internet media player, what's this for? A desktop? C'mon its too underpowered. And what's the HDMI port for then? And why would you need it to be so small if you have to hook it up to a monitor and keyboard and a lot of USB devices?

For a TV-side media player who gives a damn how much power it uses? Other than a low power draw when its asleep, I don't really care. I guess others are right and they should have put a 330 or a ULV CPU in it. Would have bumped the price up, possibly beyond the point of it making any sense (e.g. has to be a lot cheaper than a Dell Studio Hybrid).

Oh well, back to the drawing board unless Nvidia can get Adobe to fix Flash. And for this application not in a postage stamp sized, let it buffer way either. But in an offload to the Ion way. Not holding my breath though.]]>Apr 16th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
Read: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/acer-announces-aspire-timeline-ultralights-699-to-899/]]>Apr 16th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/
iPhone "killer" makes sense. iPhone is an enormous phenomenon.

Air "killer" makes no more sense than a Yugo "killer" would in the automotive world.]]>Apr 16th 2009 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/Apr 16th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/]]>Apr 16th 2009 1:38PM