Video AV340 with Dvr 100 MODULEMPEG4 Video & MP3 Play/rec 40GB

Video AV340 with Dvr 100 MODULEMPEG4 Video & MP3 Play/rec 40GB

Product Description
Product Description:
Music, photos, video and data on the go! The ARCHOS Cinema to Go is an amazing handheld personal entertainment center. It combines a modular MP4 video player and recorder, MP3 music player and recorder, digital photo wallet and data storage in a compact device that fits in the palm of your hand. With the enclosed DVR attachment, you can record off your television, VCR or camcorder directly into MP4. What you will playback is an AVI format file with MPEG4-SP VHS quality video and MP3 stereo sound. It's like having a handheld TiVo! With hard drive capacities up to 80GB, you'll have more than enough room to enjoy your favorite movies while you're on the move. Complete MP3 functionality is also included: record directly into MP3 from any audio source! Listen to your MP3 tracks while the unit is connected to your home stereo, or take your tunes with you. You never need be without your favorite music as your entire CD collection fits on the Jukebox' hard disk, in the palm of your hand! The built-in microphone also enables you to use the unit as a voice recorder, so you'll never lose track of important thoughts when you're on the go. With their sizeable storage capacity and large LCD display, these units are ideal for your digital photography needs. Store thousands of photos for easy viewing by your family, friends, customers or colleagues. Connect your Jukebox to a TV and view videos and photos at full screen size.

Video AV340 with Dvr 100 MODULEMPEG4 Video & MP3 Play/rec 40GB
Average customer rating:

All wrong

A versatile tool for the electronic age

Not Everything Can be Perfect (apart from me)!

Horrible Warranty

Too many flaws mar a great feature set

Video AV340 with Dvr 100 MODULEMPEG4 Video & MP3 Play/rec 40GB

Manufacturer: Archos
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

MP3 Players | Portable Audio & Video | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Audio & Video | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Archos | Custom Brands | Custom Stores | Specialty Stores | Electronics Features | Electronics | MP3 Players | Portable Media Players | Accessories
Up to $500 | by Price | Gifts | Specialty Stores | Computers Features | Electronics
40 GB | Hard Drive-Based | MP3 Players | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
Portable Digital Media Players | MP3 Players | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
Accessories:

NETGEAR Wireless Digital Music Player

Sennheiser HD433 Hi-Fi Stereo Headphones

Linksys USBHUB4C ProConnect Compact USB 4-Port Hub

Aiwa HP-V061 Headphones

Product Features:

Enjoy your entire collection of videos, photos, music and data on a device that fits in the palm of your hand

Store up to 80 hours of your favorite movies in near DVD quality and view them on the high resolution 3.8" color LCD or on a TV

Record directly from VCR, DVD or camcorder or from TV thru VCR or DVD connection

Store up to 600 hours of MP3 music

Store up 400,000 digital photos

ASIN: B0000A3KY4
Release Date: 2003-06-16

Product Description

Music, photos, video and data on the go! The ARCHOS Cinema to Go is an amazing handheld personal entertainment center. It combines a modular MP4 video player and recorder, MP3 music player and recorder, digital photo wallet and data storage in a compact device that fits in the palm of your hand. With the enclosed DVR attachment, you can record off your television, VCR or camcorder directly into MP4. What you will playback is an AVI format file with MPEG4-SP VHS quality video and MP3 stereo sound. It's like having a handheld TiVo! With hard drive capacities up to 80GB, you'll have more than enough room to enjoy your favorite movies while you're on the move. Complete MP3 functionality is also included: record directly into MP3 from any audio source! Listen to your MP3 tracks while the unit is connected to your home stereo, or take your tunes with you. You never need be without your favorite music as your entire CD collection fits on the Jukebox' hard disk, in the palm of your hand! The built-in microphone also enables you to use the unit as a voice recorder, so you'll never lose track of important thoughts when you're on the go. With their sizeable storage capacity and large LCD display, these units are ideal for your digital photography needs. Store thousands of photos for easy viewing by your family, friends, customers or colleagues. Connect your Jukebox to a TV and view videos and photos at full screen size.

Customer Reviews:

All wrong.......2004-12-28

Listen to this, I am an old amazon customer, I send the request for buying the product and a week later the company sends me an email telling me that the product is out of stock and they dont sell it anymore!!! Bad for you Amazon for still showing it in your place!!!

A versatile tool for the electronic age.......2004-11-25

I've had mine now for about six months. I never read the instructions have had no problems getting it to do what I want. I have around 100 CD's stored on it for listening to music with headphones or by plugging into a stereo or a stereo TV. I also have my own movies from my camcorder on it for easy sharing. Lately, I've figured out how to rip DVDs and store them on the unit for watching on the road or by plugging into a television. The quality is quite impressive. It took some time to learn how to convert DVDs into a useable format, but it is quite satisfying, now that I can do it. Don't ask me how, figure it out yourself; it's part of the fun.

Not Everything Can be Perfect (apart from me)!.......2004-10-26

Im a kid so i had to save for ages to buy the light of my life, my archos av340!I'd read looooads of reviews on the thing and it all seemed fab!
Getting music on to it is a piece of cake, and so is movies, providing you are doing it via your tv- I am still clueless as to how to use all that software to digitally convert your dvds.???????
Movie quality is really really good- all my mates are really chuffed- and the sound is perfect. Mp3 player is fantastic too- dont go wasting your money on a common, mere ipod!! everyone has one of those! stand out from the crowd and impress those people who havent heard of an mp4 player! (really good to flash about at school! every one gets jealous!!!)
My one and only complaint about it is the battery. 8 hours????!!!! i do not think so!!!!! im lucky to get an hour out of mine!!! reaally peeving when you are watching a good movie, eg.(lord of the rings)
Enjoy!!! i am!!!!!!!!

Horrible Warranty.......2004-09-04

I bought the AV340 on June 30, 2004. I even purchased a 2yr extended warranty from the retailer I bought it from. On August 23rd, I found that the screen image shifted to the left by 1" I called techsupport for assistance. Before I could explain what the problem was I was placed on hold for at least 3 minutes. The tech came back and told be that I had dropped it and it was not covered under warranty. I was mad. First I treated the unit with great care. I had not dropped or in any way treated the unit roughly. I asked for the manager. After about 5 minutes a supervisor came on the line. He read what the tech had written which was not what I had told him the problem was, and he began to tell me that I had dropped the unit. Boy was I annoyed. After I explained that the unit had not been dropped and that the problem must be with the video card as every thing else worked fine. I got an RMA#. I followed all the detailed instructions on how to return the unit. I just got a call from the Tech supervisor telling me that I must have droped the unit for it to behave the way it does and they are refusing to honor the warranty. I just paid nearly $600 for a device that I have hardly used. A device that I have taken the greatest care of and now I am being told that my warranty is not going to be honored. I asked to talk to his manager. I was told he was not available. I was given his email address. I asked for the name, number and address of the president of the company. The tech supervisor refused to give it to me, and told me that I could quote him on it.

I had read all the negative review on the ARCHOS AV series technical support and felt that there must be some exaggeration.... was I wrong. I can't believe it. What can I do??? Am I out $600?? Do I complain to the better business bureau, which one??

All I can say is beware if you are thinking of buying an ARCHOS AV, you could end up like me spending a lot of money and being told that they will not honor their warranty because you created the problem. It seems to me that from the start the tech was told to say that the problem was caused by me and that the company would not take responsibility for a defective product. I still can't believe it. When it comes to ARCHOS Caveat emporum!

Too many flaws mar a great feature set.......2004-08-25

I've had mine for less than a year and the internal non-replaceable battery has degraded significantly. I've recharged the battery probably ~100 times total, since I don't use this thing every day. In the beginning I used to get about 2 hours of video playback (encoded at 1.5Mbps) and around 5 hours of continuous MP3 playback (at 128kbps). But now, not even a year later, I get no more than 30 minutes of video usage and a miserable 1-2 hours of audio. This is just very disheartening considering I paid almost $700 for this thing last year.

The other big complaint I have is the user interface, which is totally confusing. To erase a file, for example, you have to press four different buttons. To use the MP3 playlist, you'll need to pull your hair out. JPEG files take forever to display on this.

The big plus side, is you have true video-on-the-go. Unlike portable DVD players, this is almost pocketable and people can't look over your shoulder to see what you are watching, so great for adult-themed content.

I simply don't understand the people behind Archos. They have great ideas, but are really dumb when it comes to implementation. Their new AV400 doesn't look that much better, either, and it's even bigger and heavier than this!

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