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Archos plans 100GB personal media player
Personal Media Players (PMPs)
or Personal Video Players (PVPs) are finally coming on strong in the features
department. We've just spotted the new Archos AV500 on the Argos Web site
which is just as well since Archos have largely failed to announce its existence
yet. 
With a £349 price tag, it’s more expensive than your average PMP device
but then you are getting more bang for your buck. For starters, it comes with a
30GB hard disk drive and a 4in widescreen display - almost double that of most other devices. You can record video
material directly to the device from your TV, VCR, PC or DVD player and there’s
even a timer device for scheduling recording times. Even better,
it will playback MPEG-4 content at 720 x 576 pixels at 25 frames-per-second. The
removable Lithium-ion battery promises 5 hours of video playback and 15 hours
of audio playback. If this device takes your fancy then you may want to hold
out just a little longer as the grapevine is awash with tales that Archos will
announce an 80GB-100GB version in the coming months.
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argos? that old catalogue shop? had to see it to believe it
Posted by: argos | August 3, 2005 2:07 PM
Yes - hard to believe but that's the second time in two days that Argos has managed to be first. See the Zen Micro Photo blog here. http://blog.activehome.co.uk/2005/08/zen_micro_photo.html
Posted by: Martin Lynch | August 3, 2005 4:35 PM
i like radio, but i like some other media players most, like flsh vieo player
http://www.yaodownload.com/video_t/videoplayer/
Posted by: Richard Truman | July 5, 2006 9:24 AM
I love my Archos AV504 - just got the new one. Photos, music are great - but the videos around (that are legal) are terrible.
Any one know of some good video download stores? Help a fellow Archos owner out.
Posted by: Adam | March 12, 2007 2:08 AM
Try www.downloadstore.bt.com. They have a good selection of movies and it is by far the easiest to use. The archos just connects automatically to the WMP and downloads in minutes.
I've tried lovefilms - and after having problems I went back to BT's download store.
Posted by: BethEast | March 12, 2007 2:20 AM
http://www.vizumi.com the movie download website are offering the Archos 605 with 2 Movies for £199. Bought one a fortnight ago and it is awesome. Great Deal!
Posted by: Mark Shaw | October 2, 2007 5:02 PM
new gadget
Posted by: marteee | October 12, 2007 1:55 PM