ACER ASPIRE 5738DG-6165 REVIEW

The Acer Aspire laptop has inserted a 3D panel into the conventional laptops available. It’s a form of publicity to attract the huge computing population. Before jumping into the details of this laptop, let us discover the types of 3D technologies.

The first technology is the ordinary standby, in which glasses of red-blue cardboard are utilized. The result is a small diminish in the colors but its effect is beautiful right from the miniature comics to the full-screen movies. The second is upgraded compared to the first. The 3D vision glasses are an example, whose shutters work depending on the refresh rate of the screen. This technology produced amazing results. The third one, actually plugged into the Acer laptop uses polarized lenses. Here, the Tridef software and the polarized panel play a key role.

If you explore into the main applications of the program, 3D video files that you want to open can be done precisely. The software possesses an in-built slider that performs the 3D functions adjusting it, as and when required. This software enables you to watch movies through inserting the DVDs into the internal DVD drive with utmost ease. Also, the 3D effects present will give a magnificent effect to your video files stored in the laptop.

WMV and AVI clips work pretty well, but there might occur some small problems when dealing with QuickTime videos and the TV shows loaded from the Windows Media Center. There is a need for the developers to include drivers and plug-ins, so that the 3D functions have the expected stunning effect.

The software menu consists of the icon which opens a 3D photo viewer. The images given as sample ones are big enough to cover the screen completely, often protruding out also. The best part about 3D is playing games. Also, the developers have added some drivers into the game which really makes the game a hell lot of fun. Sadly though, the Tridef software is not very compatible as in browsing the support forums and hence, is disappointing.

The 15.6” panel of the laptop is indeed bright, clear and considerably big. The images have deep, rich and vibrant colors of red, blue and orange. The resolution of 1366-by-768-pixel enhances the video clips and text messages. If by chance, you are using the laptop in 2D mode, then there might be visible, faint lines in the panel.

The laptop’ features include: a 2.2GHz Intel Duo T6600 CPU, a Ram of 4GB capacity, a 320GB 5400-rpm hard drive, and an ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4750 GPU. With these features, the Acer laptop has been ranked 88 in the Worldbench 6. The laptop, despite its high resolution, generated only very few frames/second. The battery life of the laptop is comparatively low of just 2 hours and 28 minutes.

The keyboard is big and huge enough to ensure flat keys for comfortable handling with a neat number pad to work on with. Also, many shortcut keys are available at the top of the keyboard. The touchpad with its multitouch feature is equally spacious. But, the mouse with a single-bar button is not acceptable since the mouse seems more plastic than the conventional ones.

The other important features of the laptop are: four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI and VGA video outputs, a 5-in-1 flash-card reader, a Webcam and two headphone jacks. The connectivity is appreciable since Bluetooth, 802.11n, Ethernet, and even the ordinary modem port are available.

On a final note, the laptop has its own attractive features to convince a reasonable number of people to buy for its portability and hence could be used for household and commercial purposes. The price of the laptop is reasonable. The major plus point of this laptop is its unique 3D features. If more 3D graphic are installed, this laptop is a gadget definitely worthwhile to buy.