Archos AV500 PMP with 4-inch display and 100GB HDD

Posted on Saturday, August 27 2005 @ 12:05 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Archos has added the AV500 portable media player to its website. This device comes with either a 30GB or 100GB HDD and has a large 4-inch 480x272 pixels 262k colour LCD display and a TV output.

This feature-packed portable media player supports MPEG-4, DivX, AVI and WM9 video. It also supports MP3, WMA, DRM and WAV audio files. There's also a photo viewer which supports JPEG and BMP. Additionally, it also allows you to record both video and audio.

Archos promises a 15 hours battery life while playing music and 4.5 for watching video on the LCD display. More specifications can be found here. You can also use this device as a camcorder by purchasing the small Archos AV500 digital mini-cam pal to record directly into MPEG4.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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