Archos 605 WiFi MP4 Player

Archos is an innovator in bringing pocket entertainment products to market with its constant technology and is a leader in portable media players nowadays. The company strongly believes that entertainment should be portable and personal. The company makes multimedia devices including music players and portable video. In 2003, the Archos Company introduced the portable media player and was the first to bring TV recordings, wireless and touch screens to the portable media players to let consumers enjoy movies, photos, music, video and television anytime and anywhere. We have been big fans of Archos’s series of portable media players in the past years, so were greatly awaited for the new outcomes in order to try out the new Archos5 Internet Media Tablet to wait and see what interesting features does it brings to the customers.

A desirable device:

We got to place our hands on the Archos 605 Touch Screen MP4 player, an award winner with excellent video play and swift web browsing. If you ever want a friend to get excited, just walk up and whisper these words “touch screen, Wi-Fi, high resolution, Mac Compatibility” into his ears, and on the other hand, your friend would be wondering and salivating at knowing the specialisation of the new arrival called Archos 605 mp4 player system. It sets a new standard against all other portable MP4 media players in the market and also over flow the facilitation and exceptional design of the previous 604 Wi-Fi. This ultimate Archos605 Wi-Fi wireless portable media player is the new fifth generation of Archos and this French organisation is easy to control through advanced touch screen facility.
This device, as we said earlier, is an award winning player from a lot of online magazines being recognised for its product features, superior quality, exceptional product design and remarkable ease-of-use.

Designed with style:

The Archos Wi-Fi 605 Wireless mp4 player is a handy fold-out metal kickstand, which is a small but an essential design touch. Its elegantly designed perspective is unbeatable with Apple or Sony. It might not be as pocket friendly as some of the players out there, but the excellent storage and top video performance makes Archos 605 mp4 player a great purchase.
Quite large, still not very pretty is for capacious storage, top- drawer video and bags of features. There are very few blots in the design of the Archos 605 mp4 player which includes a scratch-metal prone front panel, the availing white buttons which have chances to pick up grime and discolour over time and also the lack of a universal USB connection. Measuring 12.2cm wide, 8.2cm tall and 1.5cm thick (the 80GB and 160GB models are slightly thicker at 2cm), the Archos 605 mp4 strikes that front-pocket sweet spot. It is big enough to do video justice, yet small and thin enough to comfortably fit in your pant pocket.

As a music player, the Archos 605 weighs in at the bulkier side (150g for the 4GB, 190g for the 30GB, and 260g for the 80GB and 160GB), but its sound quality equals that of most of our preferred MP3 players.

Large, Bright and Colourful Display:

The recessed 4.3-inch TFT LCD screen is not only bright, colourful, and glare-resistant, but displays at a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, making it one of the highest-resolution PVPs on the market. It is wonderful to see that the screen valiantly resists smudges despite its dual-duty as a touch-screen. Not only has its small touched built-in kickstand and screen quality puts Archos 605 ahead of the pack, but also internal speakers and its clear volumes paves way to top ahead.

TV Program Guide is also available for the following countries: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, and UK. The first year of subscription is free.

Features of Archos 605:

Archos Wi-Fi 605 portable media player is entirely a hard-drive based mp4 system. Top notch video resolution, incredible viewing angles, integrated support for wireless movie download, availability of Archos Wi-Fi 605 in four capacities with various storage medium, extra features such as high definition of video playback, Internet radio and more but other than the Opera web plug-in which requires Adobe flash-enabled browser for its exceptional performance.

There are one or two odds with the features. Seems to be very minor in case of discussing them, one of those include the battery life which is average and the other is that the software and hardware accessories to be included, not optional. Archos Wi-Fi 605 mp4 player is lovable by all the consumers as one intends to give up Archos for its plug-in features. This comes with eye admiring features of MP3 player, a photo gallery viewer, a video player, a PDF viewer and the Content Portal feature which in turn makes use of Wi-Fi connection to grab the content directly from that of the handful providers such as you tube, burn lounge and cinema now. There are options available to get support for additional formats such as AAC and more.

Video player:

The Archos 605 Personal Media player with Hard Drive is equally polished. It supports playback of MPEG-4, AVI, and WMV formats at up to 30 frames per second, covering most of the bases for common video files. You can buy optional plug-ins to pop-up for formats such as H.264 and MPEG-2/VOB files. Once you are actually playing video, you can bookmark, resize, and skip through your movies with ease.

Archos offers a hardware accessory called the DVR Station that unlocks the 605’s ability to act as a sophisticated digital video recorder. By docking the Archos 605 in the DVR Station and connecting it to your television, the 605 effectively becomes your home entertainment system. Instead of using the Archos 605 Wi-Fi’s 4.3-inch screen, the DVR Station displays content on your television, allowing you to browse your music and movie collection, flip through photo albums, and even surf the Web from the comfort of your couch, using the included remote control. It is fairly clear Archos sees the Archos 605 as a way into an ongoing media revenue stream, too, in much the same way Apple linked iTunes to the iPod.

Other accessories and features:

Archos 605, its performance appraisal will reveal definitely the outstanding level of workouts and excellence of its features. This PC peripheral finally hits the main-stream, with this easy-to-use touch screen device offering quality video and loads of extras.

The processor used by the player is an Intel X Scale PXA 255 400 MHz processor. It has 64 MB built-in RAM out of which 55 Megs are available, 32 MB Flash ROM with 2.85 Megs available in File Store for use.

The Archos 605 Wi-Fi packs a lot of features into a very petit package, though we do wish that using all of them did not require so many additional purchases. Things are not nearly as brain-dead intuitive as they are on the iPod Touch or Creative Zen Vision W and we found ourselves referring to the pre-loaded PDF on the player to do fairly simple things. Once you have mastered the Archos, it is a very powerful player.

Battery:

Archos 605 MP4 player makes use of a rechargeable battery and as we all know, rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. The approximate music playback time of the player is 22 hours and the approximate video playback time is 7 hours. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings.

Warranty:

The Archos 605 video player comes with one year limited warranty for parts and labour.

Verdict:
The Archos 605 Wi-Fi is one of the most impressive portable video players but 605’s ability to take the sting out of road trips and air travel should make the investment all worthwhile. It is loaded with features and there is hardly anything that we can point out and say that we are disappointed with. And so, we at MP4playerreviews.co.uk have no hesitation in recommending this award winning MP4 player.

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Archos 605 WiFi MP4 Media Player – Technical Specifications, Features

Manufacturer	Archos
Model Name	Archos 605 Portable MP4 Player
Colours Available	Silver
Dimensions	8.2 (H) 12.2 (W) x 1.5 (D) cm
Display type	High resolution Touch screen
Display resolution	800×480 pixels
Display size	4.3″
Colours supported	16 million colours
Built-in Display	Yes
Storage Capacity	Flash Memory: 8GB to 32 GB + Micro SD Slot (SDHC compatible) Hard Drive: 4GB to 160GB
Video formats supported	MPEG-4 HD (up to 720p), MPEG-48 (ASP at L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution), H.264 HD (up to 720p), WMV (MP@ML, up to DVD resolution) including WMV protected files, MKV (up to 720p, 2500kbs, 23fps) and M-JPEG (Motion JPEG Video) in QVGA resolution.
Audio formats supported	Stereo MP3 decoding at 30-320 Kbits/s CBR and VBR, WMA, Protected WMA, WAV (PCM/ADPCM) , AAC(except protected content), AAC+ stereo audio files, Ogg Vorbis up to 320kbs, Flac up to 1000kbs and AC3 stereo audio and 5.1 sound files
Image formats supported	JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
Video recording	1. Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on. Records NTSC/PAL/SECAM in MPEG-4 AVI format with stereo sound, VGA resolution (640 x 480) at 30 or 25 f/s 2. Via the optional TV Snap-on (only available for Europe): Records TV in MPEG-2 TS format.
Audio recording	1. Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on: Stereo line-in, WAV (IMA ADPCM or PCM) format. 2. Voice recording with the built-in microphone.
Applications included	Webbrowser, Contacts, Emails, DroidIn, Ebuddy IM, Twidroid, Deezer, Dailymotion, QuickPedia, ThinkFree Mobile, Moov , CraigsPhone, Alarm clock and Calculator
Scalability	Device automatically downloads latest firmware updates when the WiFi connection is activated.
Compatible O	Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista, or higher
Id3 tag	Yes
Connectivity	WiFi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP, EDR, ARCP, HID, Dial Networking, FM transmitter (requires the Car-mount that features the antenna) and FM receiver (RDS)
Interfaces	USB 2.0: Media Transport Protocol (MTP) USB 2.0 Host: Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) with optional Mini Dock, Battery Dock and DVR station Micro SD (SDHC compatible) on Archos 5 Internet Tablet 8 to 32 GB Add-on connectors to connect to the DVR Station and other Archos add-ons
Minimum system requirements	Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista, or higher (with Windows media Player 11 for MTP) Linux (with Mass Storage Device Support) USB 2.0 interface
Battery	Lithium Polymer battery
Battery life	Music playback time: up to 22 hours Video playback time: up to 7 hours
External power source	Device charges via computer USB port Power adapter/charger (via optional add-on)
Accessories	USB cable, Headphone, Docking station and pouch
Package contents	Archos 5 Internet Tablet, earphones, Standard USB cable, DVR Station adapter, Quick Start Guide (QSG), legal and safety notice.
Warranty	One year