The Archos 160GB is a huge entertainer. When compared to apple 160GB ipod touch, the screen is mega in size. It is of 7 inches large which no Personal Video Player have. The entire gadget is absolutely stunning to look at. This Archos 705 doesnot have any button to operate, but all the operations are possible by touching the screen simply.
This PVP comes with loads and loads of options. One can listen to the sound while watching a movie either using the headphones or using the inbuilt speakers. The player could be connected to TV and the TV output are located on the left edge. The USB ports, FM receiver, battery extender are located at the bottom of the player. There is a fold-out stand at the back of the device that allows the user to view movies without exactly holding the device in hand.
The player is enriched with music player, a video player, a photo viewer, a PDF reader, video rental portal and an optional Flash-enabled Web browser. The player is enriched with games, weather reporter.
A QWERTY keypad works as a remote control to access various external drives and devices to host medias or to attach speekers. The size of the player is quite large, that one cannot carry it in a pocket but it comes with a carry case in which one could take along this mp4 player wherever they go.
The movie playback of this PVP is very good and it supports all formats of videos. The videos that are played can be viewed in minimized size or can make it your favourite or just skip to the next scene, if you dont like that scene. All these are done with great ease. The user could watch flash based videos from YouTube and other similar cites.
The quality of sound of the music player is highly impressive. The music could be downloaded both from MAC and also Windows Media player.
The PVP acts as a video recorder, but the user need to purchase a separate hardware named DVR station. The user could dock the player in DVR station and connect it to TV to view videos and movies quite easily. The user could easily surf the web from the cosy comfort of their living room.
With some extra accessories available, the user could make the PVP into a car video screen too.
The battery life lasts 15 hours when the user listens to music and 5 hours when videos are watched.