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Bought the Archos AV500 with an 80 gig hard drive about 6 weeks ago. Normally I get sick of these toys pretty quickly and they end up gathering dust - not this one.
I've downloaded divx and avi files but you need an add on for one of them to work (can't remember which now but I will check). The add on is specific to your serial number and there is no way you can get a pirated one, I checked many, many forums and they all said you had to register and pay for the add on, bit bl00dy steep when you've already paid £230 for it.
The add on was £14 I think, I begrudged paying it but the Archos now plays anything. Playback is brilliant, no pixelation on fast frames and the colour is superb!
I also bought the docking station which charges the player and you can also download programs from the TV. Battery lasts for about 3 to 4 hours watching films. Must say I would recommend these to anyone.
Bought the Archos AV500 with an 80 gig hard drive about 6 weeks ago. Normally I get sick of these toys pretty quickly and they end up gathering dust - not this one.
I've downloaded divx and avi files but you need an add on for one of them to work (can't remember which now but I will check). The add on is specific to your serial number and there is no way you can get a pirated one, I checked many, many forums and they all said you had to register and pay for the add on, bit bl00dy steep when you've already paid £230 for it.
The add on was £14 I think, I begrudged paying it but the Archos now plays anything. Playback is brilliant, no pixelation on fast frames and the colour is superb!
I also bought the docking station which charges the player and you can also download programs from the TV. Battery lasts for about 3 to 4 hours watching films. Must say I would recommend these to anyone.
have you seen the cameras that you can buy that makes your archos a video cam ???
val as got a programme called " avs4you " that she uses.
she dont need docking station as built in twin digital tuner
got to agree with you a good gadget
will let you know what its like once she gets used to it
the digital telly is quite cool
val as ipod as well she wont part with it , damn im living with a gadget freak lol
When are fitting the TOASTER & WASHING MACHINE for VAL
Bought the Archos AV500 with an 80 gig hard drive about 6 weeks ago. Normally I get sick of these toys pretty quickly and they end up gathering dust - not this one.
I've downloaded divx and avi files but you need an add on for one of them to work (can't remember which now but I will check). The add on is specific to your serial number and there is no way you can get a pirated one, I checked many, many forums and they all said you had to register and pay for the add on, bit bl00dy steep when you've already paid £230 for it.
The add on was £14 I think, I begrudged paying it but the Archos now plays anything. Playback is brilliant, no pixelation on fast frames and the colour is superb!
I also bought the docking station which charges the player and you can also download programs from the TV. Battery lasts for about 3 to 4 hours watching films. Must say I would recommend these to anyone.
there is always a way around these things. a friend i went college with seems to know everything about everything. ill speak to him when he is back from mexico.
and avi is the file extension and divX is the encoding for the avi. you can get normal avi's, divx avi's, vcd avi's etc etc.. so you most likely paid 14 quid for a load of codecs (instructions for viewing the video). without them u would most likely just get the sound because thats encoded in mp3 format, sometimes tho its in some sort of dolby....
there is always a way around these things. a friend i went college with seems to know everything about everything. ill speak to him when he is back from mexico.
and avi is the file extension and divX is the encoding for the avi. you can get normal avi's, divx avi's, vcd avi's etc etc.. so you most likely paid 14 quid for a load of codecs (instructions for viewing the video). without them u would most likely just get the sound because thats encoded in mp3 format, sometimes tho its in some sort of dolby....
Spot on mate. I couldn't have summed it up better. It was a case of me wanting it to work straight away and it wouldn't play mp4 format without the code so that was why I forked out my £14. Grumbled at the time and then worked out it was equivalent to a bus fare to Newcastle and 3 pints!
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