ARCHOS 605 WiFi Portable Media Player (80GB)

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Product Description

Archos 605 80GB Wi-Fi Digital Multimedia Device - Audio Player, Video Player, Photo Viewer - 4.3" Active Matrix TFT Color LCD - 80GB Hard Drive

Specifications
General Information
Manufacturer	Archos Technology
Manufacturer Part Number	500963
Manufacturer Website Address	www.archos.com
Product Name	605 80GB Wi-Fi Digital Multimedia Device
Marketing Information	Featuring the highest quality screen resolution, highest quality video, touch screen, WiFi capabilities for streaming content to the device or a TV, the ARCHOS 605 WiFi is the top product in the line-up for flexibility, portability, features and price.
Product Type	Digital Multimedia Device
Product Features	Audio Player Video Player Photo Viewer
Storage
Storage Media	Hard Drive (Integrated)
Storage Capacity	80GB Hard Drive
Display & Graphics
Display Screen	4.3" Active Matrix TFT Color LCD 384 Kilopixels
Display Features	16 million colors Touch screen
Image Formats	JPEG 640 x 480 - 800000 photos BMP PNG
Audio
Playback Duration	45000 Song(s) @ 64Kbps WMA
Audio Formats	MP3 Playback - (30kbps to 320kbps, Variable Bit Rate, Constant Bit Rate) WMA Playback - (Protected) WAV Playback - (PCM/ADPCM) AAC Playback WAV Recording - (IMA ADPCM or PCM)
Video
Video Storage	100 Movie(s) MPEG-4 640 x 480 @ 1000Kbps
Video Formats	MPEG-4 Playback - (ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution) WMV Playback - (MP@ML, up to DVD resolution) QuickTime MOV Playback - (H.264 up to DVD resolution and AAC) MPEG-2 Playback - (MP@ML up to 10Mbps up to DVD resolution) AVI Playback MPEG-4 Recording AVI Recording
Camera
Camera Type	Not Applicable
Optical Zoom	Not Applicable
Digital Zoom	Not Applicable
Network & Communication
Network	Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11g
Interfaces/Ports
Interfaces/Ports	1 x USB 2.0 USB 1 x Mini-phone Headphone 1 x Dock Connector
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions	4.8" x 3.23" x 0.79"
Weight	9.17 oz
Warranty
Standard Warranty	1 Year(s) Limited

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-07-03 Buy an ipod instead For the price you pay for their merchandise you would think to get more than a couple of months out of the product. When you have to call tech support or customer service to get your product fixed they will lie to you to get you off the phone, say they are transfering you and hang up, and then just all together change their story just to save themselves from actually helping a customer. Horrible product + horrible customer service = find a different media player.

Reviewed on 2008-06-29 Better than an iPod! You can't beat this Archos 605, 80gb wifi product - it's the best and better than the iPods (or other similar products) that holds movies. It's compact, easy to convert and load movies, and best of all, the resolution is crystal clear. However, I did not give it a five only because there were many additional downloads required to make it operate even better. Preference would have been for company to charge more for the actual Archos player and just include all these needed programs. Hated the extra time and effort in downloading these additional apps. Regarding the case, make sure to get one BUT don't bother with the ones made by Archos - too flimsy. Just go directly for one made by Noreve. Worth every penny. Trust me, I am a big case person and will search high and low to find the perfect one.

Reviewed on 2008-06-27 Close, but no cigar, save your money Had problems with this product...and yes, the customer service was ATROCIOUS!!! First one I got, charged all night, booted up the next morning, and was not fully charged...1st call to customer service, was told I needed to charge for 24 hours or could destroy flash memory (WHAT???) second call was told only needed to charge it for 7-8 hours...they told me to send it back with no explanation as to what could be the cause of the battery prob??? Kept it for a week while waiting for my replacement, randomly re-booted for no reason, wiped out my music folder and had to re-sync everytime (20 minute job, battery drainer). Got my new unit, same exact thing with the re-sync, system re-booted, my music library empty, 20-minute re-sync. Called customer service and they had no clue(either lying or oblivious) since it happened to both units during normal operation. Find it very hard to believe no one else had this problem (ZUNE, IPOD SANDISK, whatever would have had an explanation for this) This product would be great if it worked properly and if there were issues, customer service could remedy the problem. Unfortunately they cannot do so; am planning on buying another zune or ipod with less functionality, but better durability and customer service. If you do buy one of these, monitor it for a week and return it asap if you have problems because $300 is alot of bread to drop on something that doesn't work properly.

Reviewed on 2008-06-02 Great viewing screen but a pain having to purchase all the widgets to get everything to function. Great viewing but there seems to be a problem with battery life while watching movies. I purchased two of them that had that same problem. Having to purchase all the widgets for the device is a bit of a pain and costly! I compared archos versus zune and zune was cheaper and easier to get movies downloaded to the device. The battery life on zune held up to its specs....

Reviewed on 2008-06-02 Nice PVP I bought this PVP as I needed something to watch movies on in the plane where I can't open my laptop (I am 6'7"). The picture is perfect. I downloaded the Opera browers for the extra cash. It is a little annoying that I have to pay for extra, but really the cost of the 605 base model is very good, so I can send a little more on some of the extras. The WIFI is a little slow, and hooking up to a secured network is a little time consuming, but not that big of a deal. All in all, if you are looking for the best PVP on the market, this is your product. My brother has an ITouch, and this is so much better.

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