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Archos 705 80GB Hard Drive Review
Locks up and low volume
- many formats suported
Pros
- buggy and low volume
Cons
- Movies/Short Films
Best Uses
"I installed all the plugins (not cheap) and the compatibility is good. I like the WebTV/Radio, tool. But, there are number of situations when the player locks up, volume is way low, can hardly hear it on maximum volume (even compared to my Archos 504 the maximum volume is much lower, and the 504 was already low). Cannot set brightness/gamma/contrast of the LCD, though it is possible on Archos 605 it is not possible on Archos 705. Why?
When the player locks up then I must restart it using the 15 seconds 'power on' method. Then it sometimes still does not restart correctly and stays with hourglass on screen forever. This requires another restart before I get it going again.
The situations where it locks up are many, playing a divx file, updating archos library, browsing the net, clearing the cache (which trigger archlib update), watching tv over internet, viewing a particular picture, cannot remember all, sorry. Archos needs to debug the software more.
But the low volume is real pain as it makes the player unusable with many DivX files, particularly if you want to play them over the TV using the tv cable. Even though I feed the sound thru amplifier and set the sound to maximum, which (would normally cause sound so strong it would bring down the house), it can hardly be heard, but I can hear it fine when I play the file thru PC."
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Archos 705 80GB Hard Drive
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