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Acer has announced that it will start shipping its newest entry into the HTPC market – the Aspire iDea 500. At a quick glance this thing looks like it has some decent potential. For example, it is one of the first [1]Viiv compliant systems that is being shipped. It also has an onboard HDMI port built in.Other highlights include Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 as its core operating system (which will also provide PVR / DVR functionality), dual TV tuners as well as only outputting approximately 23dBa of noise in an idle state.

On the down side, it seems odd that such a new system does not include a Blu-ray or HD-DVD player.

Found via DailyTech. Acer’s product page can be found here.

[1]Viiv is a new technology platform from Intel that is basically made up of different components including processors, chipsets, network cards, etc. In order to be a Viiv compatible system, some of these core components must be present.

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