Archos Jukebox Studio Review

Overall Rating

Awesome Idea, great possibilities, lots of features....

Awesome Idea - too bad it didn't work, Lots of features - I never get to use! $400 worth of Crud!

This Archos Jukebox Studio 20GB Portable MP3 Player is the biggest piece of JUNK I have ever bought! It was such a great idea, I searched everywhere for something like this, then I got it. First, the movie coverting software was SO HORRIBLE, I spent a week learning, reading, hunting for drivers and software just so I could transfer a movie to this. After purchasing an additional $50 of 3rd party software and downloading the 2 other programs that are completely essential for this to happen it only worked for a week! Then it wouldn't hold a charge. I sent it back they replaced my NEW ONE for a refurbished one after about 2 months. OK, I used that about a month, about 6 times that month. I was so careful! I held it still, I didn't walk or bump it. Then the screen goes white. Great. I called and send it in 3 months later I get another REFURB! Well, 3rd times the charm - better be it's now out of warranty. Got to use it for about 5 times then TADA! White screen and it keeps shutting off, ALL THE TIME! I can get it to turn on then it goes right off. Sometimes I can get it to work for about an hour then it's done for another few days. Copying files to it... Not a chance, on it's "Not gonna work" days, can't even get it on long enough for the computer to see it. And other times, the battery goes dead in like 5 minutes. So I have to plug it in to use it. Called, emailed, got nothing then suddenly an email, UPDATE THE FIRMWARE, they say, fixes everything, RIGHT. Updated to fix all problems. Well now the battery meter is totally worthless. It jumps all over the place from almost dead to fully charged. It actually believes it too, when the battery meter jumps all over, it goes from low to full to low to full to low then it thinks the battery is dead and shuts off, even though it's got a full charge!

WOW - DON'T EVER BUY FROM ARCHOS EVER - PLEASE don't make the same mistakes We all did. How many people have to suffer! Buy the RCA LAYRA, Bigger screen, better features, cooler look, SAME DAMN PRICE! I wish I could get my money back, I can't afford another $400+ machine. I am so sad. :(

Sorry for the long venting. But, well this is the only place where people will actually care, because you are looking for real product reviews, my friends are getting sick of hearing about it.

Peace