One of the main advantages of this PVR is that it has a 160GB hard drive, imagine what you can store on that. You need a separate docking station to record from the TV or sattelite box and it is an extra £69 unless you buy this from QVC, they include it.
Clearly the reason for purchasing this is to record and watch videos and you can record a huge number of DVDs on to it. The draw bck is that it has digital rights protection and that stops you playing back on to other televisions; you can only watch it on the Archos if the DVD had the protection built in.
It is easy to set up to record TV or to watch it on TV, but I noticed it distorted images from my PACE sattelite box. On other boxes and digital freeview it recorded and played back perfectly. The images andsound are clear.
The docking station has all of the sound and video connections you need for great stereo and visuals and there are ays to have dolby 5.1 as well.
You can also use this as an MP3 player, but buy some better headphones than those supplied. The player shows the album art as well. You can search for music by artist, album, year, etc
If you have big pockets the bulk will not worry you and the battery lasted me around 14 hours listening to music and 5 hours watching video.
Overall this is a great bit of kit. Only drawback is the bulk, but that is outwayed by its capabilities.
If you only need a hard drive then this is not for you as it is over £400. But if you want a PVR and more go for it.
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(+) Great screen quality and size, built in speaker and stand. (-) The only downside is that it is fragile, and can be hard to get used to the on screen keyboard.
Nov 7th, 2006
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