Acer used the stones mark for a while to cover its more oriented systems design, such as Aspire 5920 and now is the extension of this brand with the range of blue stones. As the name suggests, this new line-up of brand Acer entry by offering Blu-ray systems. We have recently studied the Acer Aspire 7720G HD DVD-equipped system, and decided that, for the money that the system has provided a pretty decent spec for a very decent price, so Acer will doubtless be hoping to repeat the trick.

The Aspire 6920 and 8920G both screen sizes unusual at first glance, 16in and 18.4in respectively. Looking resolutions However, we note that, rather than the standard panels 16:10 Blu-ray systems have screens 16:9 ratio - the 8920G, which boasts a 1920 x 1080 panel with athletes 6920G a lesser resolution 1366 x 768.

Both systems have the usual array of Core 2 Duo processors offer (including options Penryn), and a 5.1-channel audio output 9500m GS 512 MB nVidia graphics chip - yet unannounced by nVidia itself. Higher specced 8920G models offer an option to upgrade GS nVidia graphics 9650M. Both of these chips, of course, offer nVidia PureVideo engine, which will unload Blu-ray decode the CPU to the graphics card. And of course, both systems have HDCP HDMI-output so that it can be connected to an HDTV, if desired.

Battery life is claimed to two and a half hours for the 6920G, and three hours for the 8920G, although perhaps what these when playing a Blu-ray disc is unknown. Release dates and prices for Europe are currently undetermined, but our American counterparts will be shelling out $ 900 (£ 450-ish) and $ 1700 (£ 850-ish) for the Aspire Aspire 6820G and 8920G, respectively, when available in a few weeks. It goes without saying that we will not see a direct translation of these prices, but if Acer’s reputation is anything to go by, we will still see some good value on these new machines.