Archos AV500 PMP details

Here are some details regarding the upcoming Archos AV500 portable media player. It's not officially announced yet but a British shop is already listing it for £349 (approx. $613). This appears to be the basic version of the AV500, DAP Review says a 100GB version with 15h video playback is also planned.


Anyway here are the AV500 specifications:

• 4in (10.2cm) screen with 10.2cm visible screen size
• 262,000 colours and 16:9 screen format
• Record directly from your TV, VCR, DVD player, cable box or satellite receiver
• Can store up to 120 hours of video, 300,000 pictures, 16,500 songs or 30Gb of data
• View and store photos via a USB connection
• Record audio analog source in WAV or WAV ADPCM and playback MP3, WMA (including protected contents) and WAV music files
• Timer record facility to make scheduled recordings
• Voice recorder with built in microphone
• Built in speaker
• Remote control (2 x AA batteries supplied)
• Supplied with set up TV docking pod and AC adaptor
• Size: 124 x 76 x 18mm
• Weight 256 grams
• Format compatibility: MP3, WMA, Protected PlaysForSure™ WMA, WAV, MPEG4 (SP), WMV and protected PlaysForSure™ WMV, BMP and JPEG compatible. DivX® and MPEG-4 playback with a maximum resolution of 720 x 576 pixels at 25f/s in PAL.
• Interfaces: USB 2.0 high speed, compatible USB 1.1, PC and Mac.
• USB host port compatible with USB camera, USB card reader or USB hard drives.
• Operation: Battery operated with internal lithium ion rechargeable battery (supplied), 230v AC mains via adaptor (supplied) or 12v car battery via cigarette lighter.
  Up to 15 hours music playback or 5 hours video playback on each battery charge.

Source: DAP Review