Firstly the notebook is 1080i which means interlaced as opposed to 1080p which is progressive scan display. Which in simple terms means that the notebook will not deliver a true, Blu-ray Full HD experience to the notebook screen? Then again Acer are not alone as no notebook has a 1080p and I doubt that any vendor jumping on the Blu-ray notebook bandwagon will be able to deliver the ultimate Blu-ray viewing experience unless they have a 1080p notebook screen. While it will work hooked up to a 108p TV we are talking about a notebook which is designed to be fully self contained.
Secondly Blu-ray is designed to deliver an ultimate viewing experience however this can only be achieved when connected to a Full HD 1080p screen whether be via a TV or projector. In some cases the new Acer notebook which they claim is a world first will not be able to deliver a Blu-ray movie experience to an external device via the HDMI connection because of DRM issues when connecting a notebook with a Blu-ray drive.
This problem is isolated to older Full HD screens as the DRM controls inside the HDMI port and on the Blu-ray disc, is suspicious of attached devices to notebooks as there is the possibility with a notebook to copy content. However this is an isolated issue.
