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 enlarge | Brand: Archos
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $159.00
You Save: $140.99 (47%)
New (4) Used (3) Refurbished (1) from $145.00
Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 18055
Color: Grey
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Hard Drive Size: 30
Native Resolution: 3.5
Display Size: 3.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4 x 1 x 3
MPN: 500868
Model: 500868
UPC: 690590508682
EAN: 0690590508682
ASIN: B000HAVWX2
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Archos 404 January 11, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Only thing I would like to see with this player is a calander feature. I love the fact that I can hook this player up to my TV...
Fantastic Media Player January 9, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This Device Had a lot of feature That I didnot know about it before, After that I loved it.
For the Video, you can just drag and drop your file without compression needed of software. It plays all my DIVX movies, moreover, I can take them back without any need of any Software. just like external H.D.
Screen is vary good, bult-in speeker is not that bad but the sound volume was not as I expected!!!
The things I dont liked about this device is battery recharging witch took a lot of time, mey be bucause I am using the USB cable olny without any docking station.
Overall I recommed This device.
Great video player December 27, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I really love the Archos 404. It's size is great. The screen may be smaller than the 504 and 604/604 wifi, but it is still great. You have many options to change how you view videos, like volume and video quality. The volume is an issue. Without headphones most videos or music are not loud enough. But with headphones they sound fine. Recording shows with the DVR recoding dock is easy, setting it up is a little harder. There is a voice recorder too for recording notes. The device comes preloaded with music, a couple video's, and some photo's. They are all easy to delete on the player or on your computer.
It is also easy to download videos from Youtube using programs found on the web. The case that comes with it is good. You cannot put the 404 in the case and use the controls, but for protection, the case is a great one to start with. It's better than the sleeve that others reported these Archos players first came with when they were first released. The price is awesome for what this thing can do, especially if you want a great music, video, and photo viewer on the go.
almost there December 8, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Overall it is great. Size, features, except the screen. The size is not the issue, but rather the resolution. At 320x24o it is just too low for this size screen. Also the viewing angles are bad, tilt it up 20 degrees and it looks too dark. The brightness of screen is better than the 604 and less than the 604 wifi(i bought them all to compare and kept the 604 wifi). The colors are also too saturated (unnatural). Overall, put a better screen on this, and i would pay 50% more. Are you listening archos?
the only portable music/video player to get! November 5, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
i bought this after purchasing both an ipod and a toshiba gigabeat and then returning both.
the ipod was kinda cute and it was really, really easy to use. but it was extremely limited and for the money, why buy something that had so many limitations. if you want to be a slave to itunes and want to purchase a seperate digital recorder, then an ipod is a great choice. of course, you can also purchase lots of associated goodies to make your ipod look even cuter, but it is not going to change the basic facts about the limitations of the product. but then, i think the simplicity of buying an ipod is one of the main selling points of the product.
bought the toshiba and it is a very nice product. however, i did not receive some of the items - like a docking cradle - that i expected to receive with the purchase and i sent it back. when i got it, i also began to read lots of reader comments about crashes and failures with the product and i do not want any part of that. if i spend hours loading up my player with music, i do not want to have to go back every month or few weeks and do it again because my player crashes. where there is smoke there is fire, and if lots of people are reporting the same problems with a product, you can bet there is a fundamental problem with that product. i've learned the hard way, having bought stuff - from other mp3 players to cars - knowing full well of the reported problems, only to ignore them because i simply liked the product, its design and how it functioned. but if a noticable percentage of consumers are reporting similar problems with a product, the odds are pretty strong that you might have to deal with the same issues, if you get that product. now you might get lucky and not get one of the problem products, but i would rather not take that chance. spending money to send a product back to the manufacturer gets expensive and horribly frustrating. the gigabeat seems like a nice little product, but they'll have to shore up their quality control before i invest in one of their units.
the archos is just a fine solid piece of equipment. i've only had it for a week now, and i've not done much with the video, but it has performed flawlessly so far and it will be an incredible little gadget once i get the accessory that will allow me to do lots of other things, like record from the television. i'm a basketball and hockey fan and i'll load up the player with games and watch them during down time at the office. that is something that none of the other players in the class - the ipod, the gigabeat, the creative - can do.
the video is good, definitely better than an ipods visuals. the screen is appreciably larger.
the sound on the archos is about an 8 on a scale of ten. very good, but not quite as good as creative's. i've tested the zen vision m and i have a small muvo and i think that creative just knows how to do sound better on these small players. one added little touch is a small - though very tinny - speaker that allows you to listen without plugging in your earbuds. i find that it is a very convient thing to be able to listen without earbuds every once in a while. plus you can share it with another person.
the earbuds are good, though not great. i've tested them against several pairs of sony headphones and earbuds and they definitely are better than all of the ones i tested them against. my one pair of creative buds, from a relatively cheap muvo are better. but the archos buds have a volume control on them, which is nice.
its a nice size also. about the same basic size of an ipod, though it feels much more solid and substantial. it just feels like it would survive much more abuse than an ipod would. not that i would intentionally abuse it, but this is an item that i'll end up tossing in my briefcase and it will, as a result, get knocked around a bit. it definitely feels as though it will handle the knocks and pings.
i also love the fact that you can actually control the machine with buttons on the player. while the ipod's scrollwheel is cute, i wonder how durable it has been. while it appears simple in some ways, i just felt that it was the kind of mechanism that might break down or have problems somewhere down the line. the archos uses buttons that feel rock solid.
the one thing i really do not like about the archos is that you have to pony up for another 100 bucks to really use the machine the way it can be used. in order to record and do lots of other things with the player you have to get the tv docking station - $100 - or one of the cheaper docking stations that run from about $25 to $75. i'll buy the $100 station because it is most versatile, but it is kind of a drag to have to pay that much extra to completely enjoy the benefits of the toy.
also, the screen, though smaller than others in the archos line, is plenty big for me. the smaller screen also makes the unit much more pocketable.
it also doesn't have a removable battery, though i imagine that by the time the battery's integrity becomes an issue, i'll buy another one of these toys with even more little features.
if you're looking at this type of unit, you cannot go wrong with this unit. it is just a better product than the other products in the same class.
if it had a small, limited docking cradle it would merit a 5, but the barebones package knocks down the rating just a wee bit.
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