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Electronics : Archos 605 WiFi 160GB Portable Media Player 4.3" Touch Screen
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Rating: 
- Superb!
I admit to being a total gadget freak, and I bought this little gem because I spend 3 hours a day on a train. Even with my gadget dedication, I sometimes find the gadgets I buy a little too complicated, and often end up not using them as they should be used. Imagine then, my delight, when I discovered how easy the Archos is to use. I set it up to record programmes I don't have time for in the evenings and watch them on the way to work in the mornings. I've converted DVDs and loaded them onto the Archos, and I took the entire season of Huff with me on holiday - in case of bad weather. Being able to watch a full-length movie on a relatively short plane journey helps the time pass that much quicker. I use my Archos 605 (160G) every day, and I wouldn't be without it now. It's an absolute doddle to use, and does exactly what it 'says on the tin'. If you like to watch TV and DVDs away from home, and you want something portable and adaptable to your needs, look no further. I absolutely love mine.
Rating: - Another Archos Knock-Out
Truly the best in Mobile Media. I used to have an Archos AV700 TV and I loved it! The 605 Wifi is something else. The capabilities it has is outstanding! You do have to pay for certain plugins but they are more specialist and even though you may pay quite an expense for them, they will be well used. This is Archos' 5th Generation. What will the 6th Generation bring?
Rating:
- Very good and very bad
The good: I've had about 6 Archos players with various accessories over the years. There always seems to be nothing quite like them and in that way they are excellent. The 605 has a great display (I think the 504 actually looks better, but it is lower resolution and highly reflective) and what it does it does well. With a 160GB drive it holds all my music collection and a few movies for the train.
The bad: Every player I have had has had a problem (various bugs and faults) and every time Archos support has been appauling. I could write for hours on the imcompetence of their French technicians and the uselessness of the support infrastructure. One quick current example: the support number given on the website doesn't work. Yay.
Even so, I am now ordering another 605 (the last two proved to be faulty). As I said - there is nothing like it, but if there was I would not buy another Archos product.
Rating: - Love it!
Bought this a few months ago and take it everywhere with me - knew up front extra costs for the accessories and plugins I wanted so it wasn't an unexpected shock. I use it all the time and would def recommend it to other gadget-lovers.
Rating: - Fantastic bit of kit
I bought this from Amazon about 3 weeks ago - which coincidentaly, is the same amount of time it takes to fall in love with it!
I got it after a lot of background research to meet two needs - replace my now aging Creative Zen (the really old ones) and as a keen photographer, so that I could download images from my camera as backup whilst out and about. This needs to be done via an additional dock (which also supports mains charging)but is money well spent - you can view your Jpeg images immediately on the incredible screen and it will hold RAW images for downloading to your computer later.
Sound - I'd never use the headphones that come free with these things, but with a decent pair the sound is full and dynamic.
Well, I've mentioned the screen - and yes - it really is incredible (but get a proper protector for it). Video playback is simply superb - the only limitation will be the rate you use to encode. The touch screen capabilities make searching for what you want to listen to or watch so much easier than any other method. It's hard to describe just how much easier it makes everything, but Archos seem to have always ensured that the right amount of information or options are available on the screen at any time.
Then there are the games - of course the ones you can buy and download from the Archos website - but this device also supports flash - which means you can download any number of games on it for free (Warning - Mah Jong games are incredibly addictive!)
I've not used (and don't currently intend to) the internet or TV recording options etc so can't comment on them.
This is such incredible value for money - I paid this for 60Gb of audio on a tiny text only screen not that many years ago. Now I have audio, video, picture viewing (and camera backup) and a wealth of games for the same price.
Ok, so it's not the smallest player (if you want a screen and capacity like this then it won't be), OK so people will always find a complaint - yes it's got a proprietary USB cable as standard (well what about your iPod?), but I for one am very impressed with this kit and would happily recommend it with no reservations.
Buy this now - you won't be disappointed.
- Superb!I admit to being a total gadget freak, and I bought this little gem because I spend 3 hours a day on a train. Even with my gadget dedication, I sometimes find the gadgets I buy a little too complicated, and often end up not using them as they should be used. Imagine then, my delight, when I discovered how easy the Archos is to use. I set it up to record programmes I don't have time for in the evenings and watch them on the way to work in the mornings. I've converted DVDs and loaded them onto the Archos, and I took the entire season of Huff with me on holiday - in case of bad weather. Being able to watch a full-length movie on a relatively short plane journey helps the time pass that much quicker. I use my Archos 605 (160G) every day, and I wouldn't be without it now. It's an absolute doddle to use, and does exactly what it 'says on the tin'. If you like to watch TV and DVDs away from home, and you want something portable and adaptable to your needs, look no further. I absolutely love mine.
Rating:
- Another Archos Knock-OutTruly the best in Mobile Media. I used to have an Archos AV700 TV and I loved it! The 605 Wifi is something else. The capabilities it has is outstanding! You do have to pay for certain plugins but they are more specialist and even though you may pay quite an expense for them, they will be well used. This is Archos' 5th Generation. What will the 6th Generation bring?
Rating:
- Very good and very badThe good: I've had about 6 Archos players with various accessories over the years. There always seems to be nothing quite like them and in that way they are excellent. The 605 has a great display (I think the 504 actually looks better, but it is lower resolution and highly reflective) and what it does it does well. With a 160GB drive it holds all my music collection and a few movies for the train.
The bad: Every player I have had has had a problem (various bugs and faults) and every time Archos support has been appauling. I could write for hours on the imcompetence of their French technicians and the uselessness of the support infrastructure. One quick current example: the support number given on the website doesn't work. Yay.
Even so, I am now ordering another 605 (the last two proved to be faulty). As I said - there is nothing like it, but if there was I would not buy another Archos product.
Rating:
- Love it!Bought this a few months ago and take it everywhere with me - knew up front extra costs for the accessories and plugins I wanted so it wasn't an unexpected shock. I use it all the time and would def recommend it to other gadget-lovers.
Rating:
- Fantastic bit of kitI bought this from Amazon about 3 weeks ago - which coincidentaly, is the same amount of time it takes to fall in love with it!
I got it after a lot of background research to meet two needs - replace my now aging Creative Zen (the really old ones) and as a keen photographer, so that I could download images from my camera as backup whilst out and about. This needs to be done via an additional dock (which also supports mains charging)but is money well spent - you can view your Jpeg images immediately on the incredible screen and it will hold RAW images for downloading to your computer later.
Sound - I'd never use the headphones that come free with these things, but with a decent pair the sound is full and dynamic.
Well, I've mentioned the screen - and yes - it really is incredible (but get a proper protector for it). Video playback is simply superb - the only limitation will be the rate you use to encode. The touch screen capabilities make searching for what you want to listen to or watch so much easier than any other method. It's hard to describe just how much easier it makes everything, but Archos seem to have always ensured that the right amount of information or options are available on the screen at any time.
Then there are the games - of course the ones you can buy and download from the Archos website - but this device also supports flash - which means you can download any number of games on it for free (Warning - Mah Jong games are incredibly addictive!)
I've not used (and don't currently intend to) the internet or TV recording options etc so can't comment on them.
This is such incredible value for money - I paid this for 60Gb of audio on a tiny text only screen not that many years ago. Now I have audio, video, picture viewing (and camera backup) and a wealth of games for the same price.
Ok, so it's not the smallest player (if you want a screen and capacity like this then it won't be), OK so people will always find a complaint - yes it's got a proprietary USB cable as standard (well what about your iPod?), but I for one am very impressed with this kit and would happily recommend it with no reservations.
Buy this now - you won't be disappointed.