When it comes to portable multimedia, the ARCHOS 605 WiFi player is raising the bar! It packs several upgradeable features and wireless connectivity into one stylish, portable player.With its 80 GB of storage space and its superb 4.3? LCD touch screen that handles 16 million colours, the ARCHOS 605 WiFi is the ideal choice for enjoying your personal videos or favourite films (in MPEG-4 or WMV formats) when you're on the go. The user-friendly touch screen makes it easy for you to access the different audio play (MP3, WMA, WAV), photo (JPEG, BMP, PNG) and PDF formats. The built-in WiFi connection proves extremely useful for shared files from your computer, without your even having to turn on your player to stay connected.As if these features weren't enough to satisfy mobile multimedia fans, the ARCHOS 605 WiFi is upgradeable too, so you can customise your player and add accessories or optional software plug-ins. The possibilities are endless: transform your player into an audio recorder, video recorder or even a camcorder; connect it to your television, increase the possibilities by multiplying the formats (MPEG-2, video podcast?); add several utilities, gadgets or games? you can even transform it into a web navigator to surf the internet and watch streaming video.With its 5.5 hours of video play or 17 hours in audio, the ARCHOS 605 WiFi is a real pocket-sized multimedia entertainment centre that is sure to exceed your expectations.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Amazing features with flawed usability I've had this piece of kit for 6 months now and must accept that this gadget is addictive to say least! be in mobile entertainment or home-theatre entertainment (use the dock with my projector) it fits in very well, unmatched in quality and features. The display is 'crystal' and the projected images are sufficiently sharp upto 2m diagonal.
There are a few shortcomings however, esp the bulk of the hard drive and the usability as the interface isn't really finger friendly. I'd wish that it had the... more info
Great piece of hardware One of the best models released by Archos a 160GB hard drive holds lots of films, music, photos, even use it to back up a computer whether it be a mac or windows it is compatible with both. What has been added to this series is the wi-fi facility if you have broadband you can sit and pick up the internet and surf the web or even in any hotspots. It's the ideal machine if you have long journeys it's light portable and the 4.5" screen is crystal clear having had the previous model to this one which had half... more info
expensive but worth it What I wanted - a simple device to backup and store all my music collection and other media so they could be accesses from the sofa via the TV.
The Achos is great for this and relatively simple to use once set up. You need to buy the docking bay and figure out how to play music via the TV and the HiFi at the same time (basically set up docking station for the TV and connect HiFi via the headphones jack)
it doesn't get 5 stars because * The instructions are terrible. There is a short paper... more info
Really wonderful stuff, but`````` This is really wonderful stuff, however, there are some weak points 1. When read PDF, it is a little bit too slow
2. The battery should have a longer time
3. Charging takes too much time
4. The plug-ins should be free, it is very annoying to pay extra money for plug-ins Good POints 1. Very powerful and the graphic performance is excellent
2. The wifi is good!
3. Fast file transfer speed
4. A lot of free small programs can be installed, like Chess
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