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Archos 605 Wifi, a superb choice for audio fanatics who want an elegant device with an excellent touch screen interface. Its superior video resolution, brilliant viewing angles and navigation, integrated support for wireless movie downloads and portability makes it the best of its class.
This PVP comes in an affordable price starting from only $146.11. Standing 3.2 inches tall, 4.8 inches wide and weighing less than 200gms, Archos 605 is a perfect fit in your pocket. The true centerpiece of this player is the 4.3-inch TFT LCD widescreen touch display, which acts as the primary control for all features. With its crisp, colorful; 800×480 display resolution this device has set its mark in the market as one of the highest-resolution PVPs.
The 605 WiFi works as a MP3 player, a video player, a photo viewer, a PDF viewer and comes with its own content portal which you do not need to purchase the web browser to connect to. The web is fun and easy to use but you will have to buy a plug-in to utilize this feature. As a video player, Archos 605 offers native support for file formats such as WMV, MPEG-4 and Protected WMV (DRM), VBR up to 320Kbps. This gadget has plenty going for it as an audio player, including support for MP3, PCM, WAV, WMA, ADPCM and Protected WMA (DRM) while supporting still images formats in BMP, PNG and JPEG and auto slide show ability. This stylus gadget also provides a good amount of storage space (30GB). Archos 605 WiFi comes packaged with USB cable, carrying pouch and stereo headphones. Battery life is rated at 17 hours for audio, and 5.5 hours for video, which is admirable for a PVP but not awe-inspiring. In fact this may be the only concern for this device at the moment.
Despite its meager battery life, the Archos 605’s prowess as a portable video player is not to be understated. If you’re looking for a PVP that can handle a wide array of formats with impressive audio and video quality, this is a good choice.