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Archos 504 (80GB)

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6.7

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Archos AV504 HIGHER GB + BIGGER SCREEN

Feb 6, 2007

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: only Portable Media Player that carries 160gb
Cons: slightly thicker
Opinion:
Play back resolution is very good compare to IPOD & ZEN VISION.

 

Coolest Device

Nov 17, 2006

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Easy to travel with
Cons: So far nothing
Opinion:


 

Where's the Ogg and Flac?

Oct 13, 2006

Rating: 3 out of 10 (Poor)
Pros: Great feature set but...
Cons: Missing ogg and flac
Opinion:
Here comes a rant. What is it with companies like Archos, Sandisk et al. that refuse to provide support for open source codecs like ogg and flac?

Look, these codecs are open and free and so should be easier and cheaper to include than restricted formats - like say, mp3. Why the heck can't they include them? Are their processors too weak to playback these formats? Are they afraid of the GPL? I seriously hope they aren't that dumb. Is it laziness? Or maybe it's pressure from Microsoft and all the other DRM interests out there. It turns my stomach.

I've been eyeing the Archos AV devices since the 400 series. There's no doubt the feature sets of these players are fantastic. They're expensive but to me - well worth the price.

I have a huge collection of live concert audio. It's all in lossless ... Read more

 

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