Archos 605 Wi-Fi Portable Media Player (160 GB) by Archos
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Digital camera reviews of Archos 605 Wi-Fi Portable Media Player (160 GB)
Digital camera Review: Archos 605
Summary: 2 Stars
Archos 605 Wi-Fi Portable Media Player (160 GB) Archos 605 Wi-Fi Portable Media Player (160 GB)
Unit is nicely made, BUT hard to accomplish what i needed or wanted - Playing DVD's.
Customer support is short, and hard to get to. Unit hangs often, requiring a reboot.
Digital camera Review: Archos 605 - Great product
Summary: 4 Stars
This product is great but if you intend on charging it via USB you better get ready to spend at least two days to fully charge. Other than that it's great, I'm able to watch videos, listen to music, etc., too bad you have to pay for the plug-ins to watch anything, and to be able to go online. Wish that was incorporated into the package.Digital camera Review: Archos 605 Wi-Fi
Summary: 5 Stars
Archos 605 Wi-Fi Portable Media Player (160 GB). Worth every cent. Wouldn't be without it. Easy to use. Downloads photos straight from camera with the mini docking station. No problem downloading music and videos. Don't have cinema plug-in to allow dvd downloads but happy converting to video.Digital camera Review: Archos 605 Wi-Fi - This is it!
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, waiting for this device was frustrating but worth it. I originally puchased from [...] but they have no idea what customer service is about so I bought from the beloved Amazon.com. As always, seamless transaction. I was so excited when I saw someone had it in stock I bought it. Should have known better than to not get it from Amazon.
This device is finally it. After iPods, Zen Micros, PDAs, Media Center Extenders, and all of the other devices I purchase to create my digital library, this is it.
I was shocked how easy the Archos was to setup straight out of the box. I ordered a DVR station with it and it worked perfectly. The pass-through allows you to view the Archos on your TV and watch movies, etc. It took less than 5 minutes to get it to record TV. Very smart interface and the docuing station can be sitting on top of a cable box and still send signals to change the channel. To sum up how it works, you sign up for the free tv listing service online by your zip code and service provider, you then very easily tell the Archos what TV or DVR or Satellite box you want to control, test the IR repeater funtion works and youre done. You then view the listings on the screen, click on the shopw you want to record and the device does the rest. It changes the channel on the cable box and starts recording. Very very simple.
Video quality, awesome. Very crisp display and good options for adjusting the picture quality.
My MOST favourite feature is no proprietary formats. So, MP3s stay MP3s, WMV, Divx, etc. The folder structure is quite easy to understand. As soon as you dock it via USB you get folders such as "Data, Music, Pictures and Video" as a drive. You simply drag whatever and boom, it's there and ready to play. Sound quality is excellent (with headphones).
And then last night I discovered even a better feature. Amazon's MP3 service. Finally, purchasing digital music is without DRM, conversions, etc. A comlpete package. And no, I do not work for Amazon but I think they have it completely and totally "figured out".
So I highly recommend this baby. The only "negatives" are the connector cable (proprietary USB 2.0 unless you have DVR station then it is standard) and a little bulky but worth it.
Everyone at my office now wants one. I love showing it to the iPod Phone or Touch owners with their 16GB of solid state storage :)
In summary, if you want to consolidate your ENTIRE digital library, this is it.
Digital camera Review: Archos 605 Wi-Fi 160GB
Summary: 4 Stars
The Archos 605 Wi-Fi 160GB is a great personal media player, but there are a few design flaws that need to be addressed. I'm afraid that the design of the control buttons that are along the right side are fragile enough to be accidentally pulled loose under the right conditions, and to replace the battery, you need to send the unit in. The pullout stand on the back of the unit is a little weak, but works great. The interface is a little slow, and i'm still trying to figure out all the functions. The instruction manual is in 5 languages, but still doesn't give you all the information you need. However, the screen is awesome for both pics and video, and it hold my whole CD collection with lots of room to spare for video and pictures. The headphones sound great, but the exteral speaker is a little weak. Definately would recommend, but would probably save my money and get the 30GB if I had to do over again and if the price is right.