HD-DVD on Acer Aspire 9800 Out This Month


Acer TravelMate 9800 Notebook Picture

Although a non-HD-DVD-equipped Aspire 9800 is already available in certain markets, a HD-DVD-equipped version is not (duh…).

So, High Definition enthusiasts will be glad to know of Acer’s announcement at Computex yesterday that the HD-DVD-equipped version of the 20.1″ entertainment monster notebook will be coming out later this month.

The (additional) HD-DVD optical drive is set to increase the price of the 9800 by around US$200 to US$300, from it’s current price of around US$2,700. But of course, a couple of hundred bucks is a small price to pay if you were looking for a high-end entertainment notebook anyway.

[News via Digital World Tokyo]

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 7th, 2006 at 2:33 am and is filed under Aspire, News, Notebooks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “HD-DVD on Acer Aspire 9800 Out This Month”

  1. The Acer Blog » Acer Aspire 9800 Review
    June 17th, 2006 04:40
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    [...] Of course, since the HD-DVD-equipped version of the 9800 will only be coming out later this month, the model reviewed did not have a HD-DVD drive. Nevertheless, there’s still quite a bit of stuff to munch on if you’re interested in knowing how the 7.8kg notebook will fare in actual use. [...]

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