Archos 605 WiFi 30GB Review

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ghfin's Review of Archos 605 WiFi 30GB MP3 Player

6th Jun 2008

Overall Rating

0 stars
  • Value for money
    0 stars
  • Sound Quality
    4.5 stars
  • Features
    1.5 stars
  • Time MP3 Player Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Battery Life
    3 stars
  • Memory
    30 gb
Good Points

Absolutely nothing at all.


General Comments

I bought the Archos 605 WiFi 30GB for my wife for Christmas. Really, I just wanted it for videos, photos and music. When you start using it you realize that you have to buy plug-ins to watch video - a bit like buying a new TV and finding that it's only got sound and you've got to pay extra for the picture! I loaded photos onto it only to be told that they were too big. I resized everything on my computer to 1600 x 1200 and still some would display and some wouldn't. I have spent hours messing about with this machine trying to get photos to work and it has been back to the shop a number of times. It also has a habit of freezing and crashing with monotonous regularity. The picture quality is excellent if and when it works, so if you're the sort of person who's into classic cars, where you spend more time under the bonnet than on the road, this might be the machine for you. For me, after six months of nothing but hassle, I gave up with this hopeless, hateful piece of kit and took it back to the shop for a full refund. Looking at other reviews, maybe I was just unlucky but never again will I ever go anywhere near an Archos. Oh, and now I'm now sat looking at the leather case and docking station that I bought elsewhere and have absolutely no use for. Horrible, hateful experience oh, and when you take the cost of the machine, the plug-ins, the case and the docking station, you're into the £300 bracket, or put another way, a decent laptop.

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