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CNET Asia Review

By James Kim, CNET.com
Oct 5, 2006

Excellent

8.3

out of 10

The good: Gorgeous 4.3-inch wide screen; a decent choice of accessory options; can record audio and video with the optional kit; has a removable battery; nice tactile controls and sophisticated interface; decent rated battery life.

The bad: The Archos 504 is bulky; must purchase separate kit to record audio/video; must purchase separate kit to get a power adapter; weak bundled accessories; proprietary USB cable; no kickstand; not easy to operate blindly.

The bottom line: Measurable bulk and pricey 160GB version aside, the do-it-all Archos 504 is an awesome A/V performer.

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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
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Play back resolution is very good compare to IPOD & ZEN VISION.

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Coolest Device

Nov 17, 2006

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