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 enlarge | Brand: Archos
Category: CE
List Price: $349.99
Buy Used: $170.95
You Save: $179.04 (51%)
Used (4) from $170.95
Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 19273
Color: Grey
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Hard Drive Size: 30
Native Resolution: 4.3
Display Size: 4.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 4 x 1 x 3
MPN: 500860
Model: 500860
UPC: 690590508606
EAN: 0690590508606
ASIN: B000HAVWQE
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Product but needs Wall Charger September 26, 2007
I concur with all the positive reviews on this product. But with such a small, thin battery, why not a wall charger (such as comes with all Canon cameras). Archos does not even have an email address online for suggestions like these.
Archos 604 September 11, 2007
Very comfortable to use , The memory is big enogth,
and big screen.
Only one problem- no wall charger
Great unit poor documentation September 3, 2007
One you download the instructions the unit works great. Wish there was a faster way of uploading movies. Takes time but once there they are great. The photo and music are some of the best I have used.
Not an iPod Rival August 19, 2007
First off, this is nothing like an iPod. Archos cleverly are staying away from that battle and seem to be ploughing their own furrow with a portable media center as opposed to a pocket music player. To be honest if you are looking for something to listen too as you head to work then pick a Creative Zen or an iPod. If you travel a lot and get stuck in airports or long haul flights, then this is the beans. Video quality is excellent and the screen is well big enough not to be tiring. It will play pretty much everything although you have to buy a plug in if you want to record in anything but mpeg4. Doesn't seem to be much of an issue to me. I bought the optional DVR station and it does give the unit a bunch more flexibility and worth the few quid it cost. I also bought an additional battery - should give me enough to deal with one long haul flight of around ten hours video. One thing to note for those who don't live in the USA like me, you can choose to record and play in Pal rather than NTSC if you wish, which makes this a pretty flexible bit of gear. For the price it is just stunningly good value and well made with an aluminium case. I don't think it would take a big knock like my Zen has on occasion, but I guess it shouldn't be dropped. I did buy the foldaway case which but to be honest it's not much better than the supplied one with the only advantage being that it (precariously) will allow the player to stand at a viewing angle. If you want a totally flexible media player and recorder in a small package then this is it.
Excellent Video, Poor Audio August 17, 2007
The Video display is excellent even when seen at 45 degrees angle, excellent recording and was even able to record movies I rented from Netflix. I have no technical problems with the unit I got. From personal experience the 30 gb unit could only hold no more than 15 full length 2 hour movies. The only negative comment is the very poor audio. I was on a plane trip to the orient and was very disappointed that I did not heed someone's advise to buy a noise cancelling earphone. An earplug type would be useless. The audio of my home movies was so much better. If you plan on recording rented movies there is no need to buy anything else but the base station which I used to transfer photos, music and home movies. I consider this unit useless without the base station. This product is highly recommended but don't forget to buy the noise cancelling earphones for long plane trips to enjoy your videos.
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