Customer Reviews:
 fantastic March 4, 2008
Have used it on a few trips now. Crystal clear screen.
Get the battery adapter, which comes with the AV lead to plug in to a TV when on holiday. You can't plug the AV lead in to the unit itself. If you do that, it tell you to buy the batter (or av) adapter!
Have to pay for plugins like browser and to view DVD VOBs, which is a bit of a rip (especially for the browser!!! Can understand if you have to pay extra for licence fees for VOBs).
Overall though, awesome bit of kit, love it.
 Was great, now not so much January 30, 2008
We got the Archos 504 for Christmas and it was great! It handles just like a USB, you can play videos and music. We loved it. Today, January 29, it stopped working. I looked in the book and Archos said that if the software failed, the customer was responsible for the cost of replacing it. I just hope Amazon will come through. Good luck.
Not Compatible for Pocketdish January 2, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Unfortunately I when I put searched "pocketdish" on the Amazon website, this product came up leading me to believe that this was compatible with my dishnetwork DVR -- it is not. I am sure it is a great product, but not at all what I was looking for.
 Like an exotic sports car - Great performance, poor reliability November 2, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love it and hate it. If I had to rate its performance, it's an easy 5. I bought the leather case, the DVR station, and the travel adapter. Would I recommend it? Yes and no. If you love being able to record TV, DVDs, and Video from tape, and of course, being able to watch it anywhere, then this is a great box.
But beware! This thing broke twice on me. Within three months the motherboard just went dead - for no reason. I didn't drop it, submerge it, etc.. It just died. Fortunately, they replaced it because it was within warranty. They couldn't fix it, so they gave me a brand new one and even re-issued the plug-ins that I had purchased. That was both annoying because I lost all my content, and pleasing because I got a brand new one. Longer life - or so I thought. They didn't hassle me either. But the new one also died after about three months. The second death was because the hard drive went bad. I was forced to reformat it. Now it just spins forever, but won't record and I can't copy anything to it. In other words, it doesn't work at all.
For this to happen twice within such a short amount of time speaks volumes about the reliability of these things. The warranty is just about over, but I don't want to replace it even for free. I spent too much time loading the thing. All that work lost - TWICE!
But I love PVRs, so I might buy the 605 or one from another maker. So I'm not really down on Archos - I just think that this particular model is not to be relied on. There goes my investment in the leather case, the DVR station, and the travel adapter.
good product-lousy service October 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this unit performs well when it's new, but God help
help you if it needs repairs . Two hours on the phone,
5 representatives later, they said the LCD had frame damage from an impact
(lies) and not covered under warranty. The unit was only 9 months old.They offered to give me a $30 discount towards a new one, but you'll still have to deal with the same old company.DON'T BUY IT!!
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