Acer to Launch HD-DVD Laptop in June

Acer will launch a laptop computer with HD-DVD drive later this month, it said Tuesday at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.

HD-DVD is one of two new optical-disc formats vying to replace DVD for high-definition content. The discs are the same size as current DVDs but hold several times more information, so they can accommodate the larger high-definition files.

The laptop will be a new model in Acer’s high-end Aspire 9800 range and will feature an impressive 20.1-inch liquid crystal display screen. The screen is a monitor-class panel of a type not usually found on laptops, so it delivers an image equivalent to a desktop monitor, said Trisha Pan, a product marketing director at Acer.

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