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Archos 5 (60GB)

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"Really Really nice!! Did Cnet really review it?"

by Brodrocket on October 7, 2008

Pros: Free Internet Radio and TV. Super Sharp screen, plays any video file, web browser fast than an iPod. Starts at 60GB.

Cons: The email client acts fluky. They say it will be updated in next software release.
Summary: OK, what the heck are the reviewers talking about? Did they take it with them everywhere, sleep with it, eat with it like I did. First off, the battery life is like way better than 4 hours on video. I put the screen brightness down to the middle level and got 5 1/2 hours of video playback. Why buy a dedicated internet radio from Terratec or Asus for $200-400 when it comes free on the Archos (OK, ya have to register to get it - big deal). 800x480 pixel screen is sharper than a tack - not seen anything better and any portable device. It plays .swf and .flv files. iPod cannot. This is major man!! I got the DVR Station and I play flash games on in my Sony 32" TV. Internet is lot faster than on the old 605 from last year. Don't know why davemhead couldn't get wifi working. Works great for me. Oh yeah, and you can get it in 250 friggen gigabytes! Archos plays full size DVD movie files and HD playpack plug-in to come. Hmmm, $349 for both itouch and Archos5. One has 32GB the other 60GB of storage. One plays flash game files and flash videos, the other doesn't. One does fake tricks to show you an internet site, the other shows you a real website. Excellent web and video portable device. The DVR Station really shows the beauty of the video playback watching it on a tv. Highly highly recommend this, it will not dissapoint (I read all 97 pages of their manual too, I bet cnet didn't). It rocketh my brethern, it rocketh.

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