!#8# Photography Equipment Review- Archos AV700 100GB Portable Media Player

!±8± Photography Equipment Review- Archos AV700 100GB Portable Media Player

The AV700 with its amazing 7" LCD widescreen and 480x234 pixels is your media companion. This is by far the largest viewing screen of all the Multimedia players and the AV700 is less than an inch thick. A 100GB capacity in an 8-inch 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 1000's of TV shows and movies. The AV700 lets you get video and music content from Microsoft PlaysForSure websites. Now you can take all your entertainment with you everywhere you go. Using the Archos AV700 rechargeable battery, you'll get up to 30 hours of life for music and up to 4 hours for video playback. Transfer via a USB 2.0 connection. Then organize your photos and watch slide shows on the unit's screen or any TV. Weight 210oz, Dimensions: 4.2"x8.2"x0.8"

The Archos AV700 100GB Mobile Digital Video Recorder Specifications:

Capacity: 100 GB hard drive store 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 store up to store up to 160 hours of video, 100 movies, 20,000 songs or 400,000 photos

Display: 7" LCD 480x234 pixels, 262 000 colors and TV output

Video recording:MPEG-47 SP and stereo sound, optimized resolution for TV up to 640x480 @ 30fps, in AVI format

Video playback: MPEG-47 SP with B-Frames with stereo sound. Near DVD quality up to 720x480 30fps (NTSC), 720x576 @ 25fps (PAL), AVI file format (including WMV9 SP protected files) up to 352x288 30fps and 800 Kbits

Music recording: From an analog source in stereo sound for WAV (PCM & ADPCM) format.

Music playback: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 kbps CBR & VBR, WMA (including protected WMA files), WAV (PCM & ADPCM)

Photo viewer: JPEG or BMP AV connections: TV Docking Pod with video pass through, AV in & out cables and IR emitter cable for tuner control of VCR, cable box or satellite receiver. Earphones, Audio & Video line out. Travel audio-video kit in option to record audio and video analog source on the move.

Speakers: 2 built-in stereo speakers: USB 2.0 high-speed device, compatible USB 1.1, PC & Mac. USB Host port compatible Mass Storage Device.

Battery life: Up to 30 hours for music. Up to 4 hours for video on built in LCD. Removable battery (additional battery optional)

Scalability: Download firmware updates from http://www.archos.com

Power source: Internal: rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery. External: AC charger/adapter

Dimensions: approx.: 4.2"x8.2"x0.8"

Weight: 20.8 oz

Minimum system requirements: For TV, VCR, Cable box, or satellite receiver connection: Audio & video in/out RCA jacks (connection cables & TV docking pod provided in box

Minimum computer configuration: PC with Windows ME, or 2000, and USB 2.0 port. Macintosh G3 with MAC OS v10.2.4 or higher, and 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 Pod, remote control (with batteries), audio/video cables, USB 2.0 cable, USB host adapter, AC adapter & charger, stereo headphones, protective case, user guide.