Testseek.co.uk have collected 57 expert reviews of the Acer Aspire R3600 Revo and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Acer Aspire R3600 Revo.
June 2009
(79%)
57 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(90%)
6 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
HD playback support
Cheap
Small
Nvidia Ion
Better Atom performance
Good 1080p video
Smooth 1080p playback. Cheap. Plays games
Graphics chip
Able to play BluRay Full HD
HDMI and VGA audio outs
Compact
6 USBs and 1 eSATA
Video quality
Low price
Plenty of room
We tested the cheapest £150 version of the Acer Aspire Revo with 1GB of RAM
And even it was more than up to the task of chucking out video
Hook it up with your media centre software of choice and a wireless keyboard and you can kiss goodbye to your...
Funky design
Affordable
VESA mounting kit
Poor gaming performance
Relatively strong graphics performance
Cool exterior design
The editors didn't like
USB sockets too close together
Only good for surfing the Internet and playing low rent games
Slow performance on Windows
Vista sluggish. Noisy. Terrible stand
CPU performance
Plexiglas base
Limited gaming
No optical drive
No DVI port
There's no optical drive so if you want to play DVDs or Blu-rays you'll have to pony up for an external one to plug in
And despite the myriad of ports shoved in every side (6 USB slots
Abstract: The main advantage of the Revo over the Eee Box comes from its capacity to play very weighty video files as well as having two video connection interfaces..
Reviewing the Revo has been a protracted process, as we’ve had to temper our respect for the technology inside with the underwhelming user experience it offers in real life. In comparison to existing netbooks, it’s clear that Ion offers an eno...
Abstract: Playing Flash video on sites such as Hulu or YouTube left something to be desired, however. Hopefully, that can be addressed with future drivers and an enhanced GPU-accelerated version of Flash player because the Revo is a nice little system..
The idea behind the Revo is a good one, but the execution lacks. First of all, there are some design problems, especially with the GbLAN connector. Not everyone owns a TFT with HDMI input, so they will be forced to use a HDMI to DVI dongle. If this is ...
The Ion-based Acer Aspire Revo performed right in-line with other systems built around Intels low-power Atom processor. In our more CPU-bound benchmarks, the Aspire Revos performance was right on par with a number of other Atom-based systems we test...
The Ion platform with an Intel Atom CPU and Nvidias Ion graphics chip (Geforce 9400M) is a good solution for a compact und extremely energy efficient HTPCs that are supposed to play HF videos and Blue-rays: The WMV and MKV videos and the Blue-ray of ...
Abstract: Acer AspireRevo Hands-On Posted on Apr 21, 09 11:24 AM PDT We got our hands on the AspireRevo and we can answer a couple of questions that might pop when you first look at it: Is it as good as Acer/Nvidia say at Playing HD content? Yes, it is. The Aspi...
Tiny, slim, Good performance, Nice feature set, Nvidia ION graphics
Underpowered processor
The Acer Aspire Revo R3600 is a fine example of a tiny, small form factor PC. For a nettop, it handles basic computing tasks well, and the Ion chipset does a great job in terms of multimedia performance. At Rs. 23,000, it's priced attractively as well...
