Photography Gear Review: Archos AV700 100GB Portable Media Player
The AV700 with its astonishing 7″ 480×234 pixel widescreen LCD screen is your multimedia companion. This is by far the largest display screen of any media player and the AV700 is less than an inch thick. A capacity of 100GB in an 8″ machine is amazing! You have the power to store 400 hours of video, 250 movies, 55,000 songs or 1,000,000 photos! Record and play thousands of TV shows and movies. The AV700 lets you get content from video and music from Microsoft PlaysForSure websites. Now you can take all your entertainment with you wherever you go. Using the Archos AV700 rechargeable battery, you’ll get up to 30 hours of life for music and up to 4 hours of video playback. Transfer via a USB 2.0 connection.Then organize your photos and watch slideshows on the unit’s screen or any TV Weight 210oz, Dimensions: 4.2″x8.2″x0.8″
Archos AV700 100GB Mobile Digital Video Recorder Specifications:
Capacity: 100 GB hard drive stores up to 400 hours of video, 250 movies, 55,000 songs or 1,000,000 photos. The AV700 is available with a 40 GB hard drive to store up to 160 hours of video, 100 movies, 20,000 songs or 400,000 photos.
Screen: 7″ LCD 480×234 pixels, 262,000 colors and TV output
Video recording: MPEG-47 SP and stereo sound, resolution optimized for TV up to 640×480 @ 30fps, in AVI format
Video playback: MPEG-47 SP with B-Frames with stereo sound. Near DVD quality up to 720×480 30fps (NTSC), 720×576@25fps (PAL), AVI file format (including WMV9 SP protected files) up to 352×288 30fps 800Kbits
Music recording: From an analog source in stereo sound to WAV (PCM & ADPCM) format.
Music playback: 30-320 kbps stereo MP3 decoding CBR and VBR, WMA (including protected WMA files), WAV (PCM and ADPCM)
Photo Viewer: JPEG or BMP AV Connections: TV docking station with video pass-through, AV in and out cables, and IR emitter cable for control of VCR tuner, cable box, or satellite receiver. Headphone, audio and video line output. Optional audio-video travel kit to record analog audio and video sources on the move.
Speakers: 2 built-in stereo speakers: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 device, compatible with USB 1.1, PC and Mac. USB host port supports mass storage devices.
Battery life: up to 30 hours for music. Up to 4 hours for video on integrated LCD. Removable battery (additional battery optional)
Scalability: Download firmware updates from http://www.archos.com
Power Source: Internal: rechargeable lithium-ion battery. External: AC adapter/charger
Dimensions: approx: 4.2″x8.2″x0.8″
Weight: 20.8 ounces
Minimum system requirements: For TV, VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver connection: RCA audio and video input/output jacks (connection cables and TV dock included in box
Minimum equipment configuration: PC with Windows ME, or 2000, and USB 2.0 port. Macintosh G3 with MAC OS v10.2.4 or higher and a USB 2.0 port.
Minimum configuration for PlaysForSure: PC with Windows XP SP1 or higher operating system, Windows Media Player 10 or higher and USB 2.0 port.
Package includes: AV 700, TV docking station, remote control (with batteries), audio/video cables, USB 2.0 cable, USB host adapter, AC adapter and charger, stereo headphones, protective case, user guide.
