Archos 705 wifi media player 160gb

The Archos Content Portal further lets you wirelessly purchase and rent videos from a slowly growing list of content partners like CinemaNow and Vodeo, as well as Dish Network.

You can also line in audio in WAV format. We plugged in our Shure SE headphones and could clearly hear system noise including hard drive whine and hiss as we browsed the menus.

In addition, when we watched clips from The Lord of the Rings and 2 Fast 2 Furious , fine details got lost and dark scenes looked muddy. When we output videos to our inch Samsung HDTV however, the image looked more like we expected, with better clarity and color. On the bright side, with the browser, you also get several widgets for things like weather info and unit conversion, notes and RSS.

Most sites came up quickly in the browser, with Digital Trends taking about 25 seconds to load fully on a public WiFi network in New Orleans. Thankfully, we had no trouble locating our Windows machine running WMP 11 and streaming media after setting it up according to the instructions on the device. Wireless range easily spanned our two-bedroom apartment with only the occasional hiccup. In a perfect world, the WiFi would support all of these formats out of the box, but it's only a small inconvenience to buy the plug-ins a la carte.

Once you're actually playing video, you can bookmark, resize, and skip through your movie with ease. While its imposing size makes the WiFi one of the least-portable portable music players available, its sound quality and breadth of music features equals that of most of our preferred MP3 players. Need to type in a password or a URL? By docking the in the DVR Station and connecting it to your television, the effectively becomes your home entertainment system.

Another benefit of the DVR Station is that it provides an easy way to display content on your television over component, composite, or S-Video , 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.

If you're not interested in using the WiFi as a digital video recorder, you can probably content yourself with using the composite AV output built into the 's headphone jack a feature lacking on the WiFi.

Performance Whether you consider the Archos WiFi big and beautiful or a monstrous absurdity, there's no question that it's a niche product. Its size alone makes the Archos WiFi unsuitable for daily commutes, workouts, or any situation where you don't feel like carrying a separate bag for your PVP.

During our time with the Archos WiFi, our favorite uses included watching movies in bed and connecting it to a TV for browsing music and the Internet using the remote control. Archos also sells a headrest mount to transform the WiFi into an in-car entertainment system for dreary road trips.

From an audio perspective, the Archos WiFi doesn't dazzle, but it certainly meets our expectations. Both the customizable five-band equalizer and independent Bass Boost controls err on the side of subtlety, but we think they offer just the right amount of sonic sculpting without mangling the sound into an overprocessed mush. The same sound-enhancement features apply to movie audio playback. Considering that the WiFi is aimed squarely at movie buffs, we would like to see a cinematic 3D sound-enhancement feature like the one found on the Cowon A3.

My estimation that this with the 2 standard batteries would allow 20 hours of video playback and 60 hours of audio. Should be enough to get to Australia or the far east. With regard to using the Archos to access the internet, Opera is clumsy and not worth the effort. I dont feel that it was worth the effort to access the internet. Give me a windows based tablet and a different brower for that.

Still it was worth the cost of this of this player. Read full review. These products are very old and the product itself is really a good product BUT the batteries for them are not available, completely unavailable. I found one resource that had a battery, received it, and due to the battery being also old it did not maintain a charge and the AC adapter will not work without a battery that can maintain a charge. So the equipment is non-functional and these should no longer be sold.

Verified purchase: Yes Condition: Pre-owned. Skip to main content. About this product. Make an offer:. Stock photo. Open box: Lowest price The lowest-priced item in unused and unworn condition with absolutely no signs of wear. Buy It Now. Add to cart.