Acer Revo 100

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

5
Average:

1
Bad:

3

Pros:

Boasts a living-room-ready design.
A unique touch-pad input device.
Capable media features, including a Blu-ray drive.

Cons:

Not meant for gaming or general productivity because of a low-power CPU.

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Last revision on February 15, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Boasts a living-room-ready design
A unique touch-pad input device
Capable media features, including a Blu-ray drive
Fair price

Reviewers Didn't Like

Not meant for gaming or general productivity because of a low-power CPU

Expert reviews and ratings

By G4tv.com on September 23, 2011 80

Video Review: The Acer Revo 100 is both slim and practical for any living room with a Blu-ray drive, removable touch pad controller and Acer's clear.fi program that makes connecting to other network device and television as easy as ever. Chris...

By CNET Australia on August 22, 2011 58

The Revo 100 looks good and manages the home theatre PC concept about as well as anything we've seen. A pity, then, that it's so expensive for the power on...

By APC Magazine on August 11, 2011 80

Just because the Acer Revo 100 is tiny doesn't mean it's underpowered, with an Athlon II Neo K325 processor, 2GB of DDR3 memory and NVIDIA's ION GPU. This provides more than enough oomph to decode 3D Blu-rays, which are supported via the...

By cnet on August 05, 2011 72

Not everyone wants a living-room computer, but the Acer Revo 100 is one of the better low-cost HTPCs we've seen thanks to a wisely chosen feature set, its attractive design, and a mostly well-conceived input...

By PCWorld New Zealand on May 27, 2011 80

Acer’s Revo 100 is a Home Theatre PC (HTPC), capable of replacing most – if not all – of the devices connected to your television today.We’ve looked at more than a few hardware media players – devices that bring your...

By Good Gear Guide on May 16, 2011 60

The Acer Revo 100 is a tiny home-theatre PC quipped with an AMD CPU and NVIDIA ION graphics that can be used to process Full HD video. It's small and neat and only features essential connectivity options. However, we think it's way too...

By What Hi-Fi? on March 15, 2011 40

Boy, did we agonise over this one. ’s Revo 100 is in many ways the most properly thought-out media centre PC we’ve seen; but it’s got a couple of crucial flaws that mean we just can’t recommend it.What does that equate to? Well,...

By PC Pro on January 25, 2011 83

An affordable Blu-ray player, media streamer and PC in one, and with a wonderfully innovative remote...

By Pocket-lint on December 20, 2010 80

The Acer Revo 100 looks good, solves the problem of a boring keyboard and mouse in your living roomKey specsBlu-ray, Ethernet, HDMI, Optical, USB, Wi-Fi, Windows...

By Missing Remote on November 08, 2011

The Acer Revo RL100 is an HTPC that we want to love. It sports an attractive aesthetic and has a clever design featuring the innovative touchpad/keyboard. The small size and included stand provide a great degree of flexibility.Depending on the...

By itreviews.com on February 04, 2011

Why would you pay £500 for this media PC, rather than £300 for a combined PVR and Blu-ray player? It's slimmer, sleeker and includes a full 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium. If you fancy accessing the Internet using your telly, as...

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