AOPEN and Acer announced today a private placement of shares. With this private placement, Acer becomes the largest corporate shareholder in AOPEN, followed by Wistron Corporation. AOPEN is known for its expertise in high-reliability devices. This move brings to the table AOPEN’s deep commercial knowledge in applied computing platforms, IOT edge devices, and its vast network of […]

Acer’s new K132 is an LED-lit DLP pico projector measuring just 5.5″ (L) x 4.6″ (W) x 1.6″ (H) that claims over 500 ANSI lumens at WXGA resolution (1280×800). The contrast ratio spec is 10,000:1. LED-based, the K132 has a long lamp life of 30,000 hours in Extreme Eco mode that reduces standby power consumption […]

Acer America today announced a new home theater projector, the Acer H5370BD. This 720p projector is 3D-ready and lists for only $549. The Acer H5370BD projector can deliver pictures up to 300 inches. It is specified at 2,500 ANSI lumens brightness and 13,000:1 contrast ratio with Dynamic Black technology. This projector supports popular 3D technologies […]

Today I talk about two new products from Acer and Savant AV Systems – one’s a Wi-Fi thermostat and the other is a 1080p home theater projector aimed at the home gaming market. Story Links: Savant Calls Ube’s Bluff with Wi-Fi Thermostat  Acer Attacks Home Gaming Projector Market with $800 Projector Having trouble listening to the podcast on this […]

Acer America today announced that its Acer H6510BD projector for home gamers is now shipping. The 1920x1080p projector includes 2D-to-3D conversion without requiring extra software and is spec’d at 3,000 lumens brightness. It includes a so-called ExtremeEco mode enable power savings up to 70 percent and extend lamp life up to 7,000 hours for a […]

Acer is introducing the K750 is the world’s first 1080p projector using hybrid laser-LED light technology. Similiar to the technology Casio uses in its GreenSlim line of projectors, the K750 projector uses both LED and laser light sources that are free of hazardous substances like mercury or halogen gases, yet, according to the company, also […]

Acer America has introduced a new ultraportable pico projector, the C120, which can actually be powered by a PC via USB connection. It features an LED lamp (with instant ON), is natively 16:9 WVGA resolution (854×480) and offers a 100-ANSI lumen brightness spec. This new projector is also plug-and-play compatible with notebook PCs, so no […]

Today Acer announced a new home theater projector, the Acer H6500. The 1080p H6500 offers 2,100 ANSI lumens in brightness, which can be dimmed to 1,680 lumens to save power, and has a specified contrast ratio of 10,000:1. Inputs include composite, component, USB, D-Sub and HDMI, plus a multiple-PC source input so several PCs can […]