Wands At The Ready: The Archos 605 WiFi Harry Potter Edition December 19, 2007
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I realise that the media spotlight tends to fall on Apple products when it comes to music players and, to a lesser extent, video players but Archos is still leading the way in terms of performance and functionality.
To sweeten the deal on its excellent Archos 605 WiFi portable media player (PMP), there’s now a Special Edition Harry Potter version. No, it’s not wearing a pointy hat with stars, but comes pre-loaded with the first four Harry Potter movies. The fifth one – The Order of the Phoenix – will be available to download from the Archos content Portal once it’s released this month.
The 605 sports a 20GB hard disk drive, Wi-Fi Web surfing, a 4.3in touch-screen with an excellent 800 x 480 resolution and the ability – using an optional add-on – to use it as a DVR for recording TV.
And at just £190, we are talking a bit of a Christmas bargain.-Martin Lynch
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Why pay £190 for 20GB, when can get the 40GB standard 605 wifi for the same price from Dixons! :)
If the 404 camera version came with the above features, optical zoom and a light/night vision option, I'd be happy to get that, but for some reason all Archos's newest Gen5 products seem to come with an add-on camera designed for headgear/extreme sports. Pity really, as an included camera/video option built-in to the unit is what all the new versions lack.
If the 404 camera version came with the above features, optical zoom and a light/night vision option, I'd be happy to get that, but for some reason all Archos's newest Gen5 products seem to come with an add-on camera designed for headgear/extreme sports. Pity really, as an included camera/video option built-in to the unit is what all the new versions lack.
If the 404 camera version came with the above features, optical zoom and a light/night vision option, I'd be happy to get that, but for some reason all Archos's newest Gen5 products seem to come with an add-on camera designed for headgear/extreme sports. Pity really, as an included camera/video option built-in to the unit is what all the new versions lack.