Acer Aspire Revo RL100

Acer Revo RL100-UR20P

The Acer Revo RL100-UR20P ($569.99 list) melds the world of the home theater within a slim nettop PC, resulting in a Blu-ray playing, Internet browsing, multimedia consumption machine. If you're looking for an innovative PC, the RL100-UR20P has some of the neatest features and the best bang-for-the-buck for a nettop anywhere. It has all you need for IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) and Blu-ray enjoyment on a big screen for a decent price, and therefore it's our new Editor's Choice for nettop PCs. The RL100-UR20P looks like a kick back to the slim Sony PlayStation 2. It can be positioned vertically or horizontally, just like the PS2, but the chassis has a couple of interesting embellishments that turn out to be rather revolutionary. The RL100-UR20P comes with a wireless controller that acts as a touchpad/keyboard combination - eliminating the need to go out and buy something like the Logitech diNovo Mini to access your media and browse the web. It has a power/mode button on the top: one click and the surface becomes a responsive touchpad to control the cursor. Another click of the mode button and a backlit keyboard appears on the same surface. The touchpad can handle two finger swipes and holding your finger on the pad will invoke right-click.