Acer Aspire REVO RL70

Acer Aspire REVO RL70
alaScore 91

65 reviews

May, 2013

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 65 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the value for money.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Acer Aspire REVO RL70 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 91/100 = Excellent quality.

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Amazon review summary for the Acer Aspire REVO RL70

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 21 user reviews of the Acer Aspire REVO RL70 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

95% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Excellend Computer

 

Great little computer. I hooked this up to my HDTV using the HDMI output and now watch all of my favorite streaming shows on a big screen!

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Nice little box for Media Center

 

So I've been using it with Windows Media Center and XBMC as my media center and it works fine. First of all, it does indeed play HD content. I have no issue playing anything in XBMC in HD. Netflix I had to tweak (I could not get it to play in official...

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i had no trouble playing HD anything!

 

This thing is awesome. I went from hooking up a netbook to the tv to this....this is 100x smoother, less expensive, and has been consistently amazing. I have owned it for about a month now....this is a fantastic addition to any home entertainment system!!

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Better than the Revo 3700

 

If you are thinking about upgrading, just do it! If you are one of the many folks using the REVO for a TV or home theater PC and you jumped on the REVO 3700 like I did, then you quickly found that the old REVO 3700 had some issues playing 1080...

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Good if you use Linux

 

Yep, the only reason I give this four stars is because I'm a hardcore Linux user, and could care less about the terrible Win7 experience, which I did use for awhile before having time to install my own Linux. Win7 sucks bigtime, especially when you...

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Garbage.

 

Doesn't play HD video. What more is there to say? This box can't play 720p or 1080p video without lagging. I updated all the drivers and uninstalled all the bloatware, and it still couldn't handle playing youtube or netflix in HD. Pure Garbage. Avoid...

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Great when tweaked.

 

At first i wasn't impressed at all,The windows media center and movie player lagged with any HD movie.

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Perfect XBMC Box with HD Audio Support

 

The RL70 is a great little nettop if you don't want to build your own XBMC box. It plays 1:1 1080p BD rips well via wired SMB or NFS network, or via local attached storage. It also supports hd audio (Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA) if you install the...

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Good choice for web browsing and streaming

 

I bought this device to replace a Logitech Revue, which I was disappointed with due to its poor streaming ability. I did like its keyboard, which featured a trackpad, but the device itself was sluggish and referred from delayed upgrades to its OS.

Product Specifications

Configuration

DVD Writer:Blu-ray Combo / Blu-ray Writer / DVD-Writer / No
Fingerprint Reader: No
Hard Drive Type:Hard Disk Drive
Remote Control: No
TV Card:DVB-T / No
Video Editing Card: No
Web Cam: No

Connectivity

Bluetooth:No / Yes
Card Reader:Multi Card Reader / No
Firewire: No
TV Output: Yes
Wireless LAN:No / Yes

Display

Aspect Ratio:Not Applicable
True Resolution:Not Applicable

General Features

Digital Entertainment Platform:Not Applicable
Media Centre Edition: No
Product Type:NETTOP
RAM Type:DDR3 SDRAM
Type:NETTOP

Graphic

Brand of Graphic Chip:AMD
GPU Model (Graphic Card):RADEON HD6320
GPU TYPE:Dedicated GPU / OnBoard Graphic
OnBoard Graphic Chip:Dedicated GPU / OnBoard Graphic

Processor

Chipset Brand:AMD / Unknown
Chipset Type:HUDSON D1 / Unknown
Hyper Threading: No
Processor:E-SERIES
Processor Brand:AMD
Processor Number:E-450
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