Re: Any Archos user here?

["gwh12001" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Might be of interest to you.

There is a yahoo group dedicated to all things archos
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/archos_hardware/

Lots of questions about encoding and such get posted there
as well as a lot of moans about reliability. The AV500 series
seems to be better made than some of the AV400 series.

There should be no reason why you cannot upgrade the 60GB
disk to a bigger one. The Archos unit has a hidden feature that
allows you to reformat the disk should it become corrupt. You can=20
find
out how to do this in the troubleshooting section of the manual.

I have the AV5100 and I have no complaints. I find that standard
DivX AVI files usually play ok on the Archos. I currently use
PGC.NET to rip from a DVD and then AVI.NET to convert into
a movie.

HTH

Geoff

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
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> Well, I *very* nearly bought an AV700 about 2 weeks ago when I was=20
going through Dixons duty free at the airport, - the 100GB (non=20
tuner) version supposedly had a fairly big price cut, but=20
unfortunately the offer had expired before I got to the till.. :-(
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> Rather glad I didn't now, - since I'd looked at the screens of the=20
700's the other week, and thought they were fine. However, when I=20
compared yesterday, I was able to view a 500 & a 700 side-by-side,=20
and oh, what a difference.
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> The screen in the 500, although smaller, is far, far better. -=20
sharper, brighter, and noticeably superior. Unfortunately. I=20
couldn't get a 100GB version yesterday, so I settled for a 60GB. - I=20
could have waited of course, and ordered online, but I just didn't=20
have the willpower. Besides, they still had a price cut on this one,=20
so the 60GB set me back =A3329 - that's the same price a lot of=20
retailers are currently charging for the 30GB version (certainly=20
Argos are...)
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> I've played with it a bit, - not been able to transfer films to it=20
via PC yet, - since I've got to figure out using the software to=20
compress down and convert to a suitable MPEG4 format. (doesn't=20
support VOBs or ISOs of DVDs).
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> I have however tested recording from Sky via S-video, which seems=20
fine.
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> I've opened it up & I can see that the disk is a *completely*=20
standard laptop 2.5" IDE disk, so I wonder if there is potential
for=20
a bit of hacking... - I don't know if the OS is on the disk or on=20
Flash... (I do know the disk format is FAT32 though).
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> It comes with a copy of VirtualDub, and some other MPEG4 encoding=20
software, but I haven't' played with these yet.=20
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> More later.
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> Paul G.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On=20
Behalf Of
> > Mark McCall
> > Sent: 25 June 2006 13:42
> > To: UKHA_D Group
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Any Archos user here?
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> > > Just playing with my NEW TOY! - bought myself an Archos
AV500=20
60GB
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> > How have you found it?
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> > /me awaits the review ;)
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