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 enlarge | Brand: Archos
Category: CE
Buy New: $1,385.00
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 23988
Color: Grey
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Hard Drive Size: 160
Native Resolution: 4.3
Display Size: 4.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 5 x 1 x 3
MPN: 500896
Model: 500896
UPC: 690590508965
EAN: 0690590508965
ASIN: B000HASGF4
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 LOVE IT! September 23, 2007
While this was a gift. I have to say this device is a great gadget to have... I have been able to subscribe to iTunes and convert all my purchased songs to mp3 playable formats for the Archos.... this toy is a head turner when you are flying.
 Abysmal Customer Service August 31, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I apologize in advance that I am able to offer no insight whatsoever into this player's capabilities. You see, mine does not work. This would be much less a problem if Archos' customer support functioned at all. Perhaps in this day and age it is too much to ask, but given what I paid for this device, to say nothing of the money you have to sink into accessories before it will do almost anything, it seems reasonable to ask for more. The only available technical support is a baffling webform on the Archos website, and although they promise a response in two business days, they have never gotten back to me in less than a week.
After some fantastically stupid "support", they finally agreed to fix it. I sent it to them, they sent it back and absolutely nothing has changed (it has a bad hard drive or processor, hard to say which) and the problem is obvious enough that they clearly did not QA the thing at all before they sent it back. So now I am getting back on the carousel. Sigh.
Many of the opinions on here seem well-considered, so you should certainly believe them about functionality. However, if you buy this and you ever need the company (this is not a $40 disposable player, after all), it will be a sad, sad day for you stretching on into weeks, maybe months.
Archos 504 160GB - best thing since sliced bread July 19, 2007
It took me the best part of a year to finally part with about $500 but in the end, it was a no brainer. Nothing else has the capacity and it really is pretty easy to use. I also bought the docking station to copy DVDs and TV which certainly helps. I have directv with an HD DVR so I can copy any show or recorded segment to the player and play anything back on the TV. Some DVDs will only play back on the 4.3" screen due to copyright but the idea of a portable player is to watch on the portable player, not on a big screen. The 10 seconds to boot up is not an issue. You know it takes that long so deal with it. A PC or laptop takes a lot longer and everyone accepts it. I have about 1000 CDs, 20 DVDs (music) and 1000 photos on my device and am still burning DVDs. I have about 45GB remaining. It's great to be able to take your music collection with you in the car, to work or on travel. Everyone I've shown it to is impressed. If you're really into your music and have plenty of it, this is the machine for you.
Nice media player with some minor drawbacks July 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Nice media player. The screen is very bright and crisp. The keys are a bit hard to get used to, but you can manage after a while. The main drawback is that in order for you to achieve basic functionality with the device (connect it to a TV, charge it in the mains, dump files from USB devices) you have to buy one or several different accessories. To extend the playback capabilities to more file formats you also need to buy more plugins from Archos.
I bought the Docking Adapter and managed to transfer 2GB worth of photos from my Canon EOS to the Archos in a couple of minutes.
Movies have no subtitle support and the sound coming out of the headphones is very faint. There is no way to increase it via equalizer. The built in speaker is almost useless.
The TV recording capabilities were not as expected. The device doesn't have a built in tuner, so in order to record something, you need to connect it to the TV and then the AV Station sends infrared remote signals to your TV or Sat/Cable receiver to change the channels. That means that if you want to record straight from the TV you need to keep it on. You also need to place it towards the device. That means that it needs to be backwards (screen is not visible) in most of living rooms setups.
All in all it's a good device, good to browse pictures, watch movies and listen to some music, despite its minor drawbacks.
Overall OK product June 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Archos is a good product however the poor battery life and difficultly of recording video could improve.
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