Archos 605 WiFi 40GB MP3 Player Reviews

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Score: 8.6/10

60 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This MP3 player scores high on display quality. - It scores poorly on battery life. “Capacity, picture and sound quality.” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 60 real customer reviews

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60 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
89% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (60)
Battery life6.9
Design/build quality8.8
Display Quality9.4
Portability8.6
Range of features8.7
Sound quality8.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.6
Overall rating8.6
 

*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Capacity, picture and sound quality.

- Battery life not brilliant

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Oct 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 6.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Ability to listen to music while loking through pictures or reading pdf files are desirable

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Oct 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ looks great, has a million amazing features and will impress ant of your mates

- the web browser is a little extra thing to buy, as is the DVR station, its good without these things, but amazing with them

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Good all rounder, which has a clear screen, easy to use, browse webpages, watch videos or catch up on TV missed (with optional docking station) and plays music.

- yeah the add-on's are extra, yeah not as fashionable as the Itouch but its still one heck of a gadget!!

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Dec 2007

alan, macduff

Score 7.0/10

+ Can't really fault the product.

- You have to purchase a load of other bits(docking station,T.V.leads internet plug in,widget plug in,video plug in.By the time you have got all that,the price has almost doubled.I could have bought a laptop computer for that kind of money.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Dec 2007

Lizzie, Crawley

Score 9.0/10

+ The design of the product and its quality build

- You have to pay for the extra packages, like wi-fi facility

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Very portable, very versatile and enjoyable to use.

- Too many of the features are additional add ons, keeping the true cost hidden.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 4.0/10

+ This archos is the perfect multimedia device with great style and portability.

- When bough you have to spend a lot of money on plugins for playing video. Its terrible.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ WiFi and touch screen.

- I felt the quatity bulid of the 604 was better made.
Battery takes too long to charge and is not removeable unlike the 604. It means you cannot take a spare battery on long jorneys once charge is used up.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ excellent picture quality, seamless movie playback, easy navigation, quick response from the touch screen

- Speaker Crackles at full volume, no virus protection for the opera browseer at this point, plug ins are exspensive

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Dec 2007

derek, birmingham

Score 9.0/10

+ it can do things that other playerscan not.

- you have to buy things which should be included.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Dec 2007

Neil, London

Score 9.0/10

+ Compact and easy to setup and navigate. Excellent graphics and battery life.

- Additional plug-in's required. Selection of tv/recording device could be made easier.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Dec 2007

alison, birmingham

Score 8.0/10

+ excellent features

- need to buy plug ins

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Dec 2007

G., adaurham

Score 8.0/10

+ built quality, picture quality, design, ease of use

- In order to take advantage of all the feature you have to purchase expensive extras!!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jan 2008

HG, portsmouth

Score 9.0/10

+ Can watch and listen to almost anything almost anywhere ..................

- not easy to get hold of accessories other than on the tinternet

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jan 2008

Jason, Sunderland

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent display quality and build quality, easy to use and set up

- Quite large but not a real problem, battery life not so good

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Dec 2007

Ian, Nottingham , “Nearly a pensioner.”

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent picture quality; also sound with headphones. Great storage capacity. Reasonably intuitive to use.

- Tinny speaker sound and a bit slow to start at times.
Supplied carrying pouch is useless.

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purchased 08 May 2008

John, Southall , “never without my archos”

Score 10.0/10

+ screen resolution excellent

- battery life could be better on video play back also mains charger should be supplied as standard

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purchased 16 May 2008

sue, Dundee

Score 10.0/10

+ The lay out is easy to use.

- I feel the Battery life is not the best, it is ok.

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purchased 28 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Teenager”

Score 8.0/10

+ Excellent screen, well thought out menus and easily interfaced with a computer.

- Music categorisation is strange; artists with 'The' at the beginning are stored under 'T'

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purchased 17 May 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ size, display, muti features

- web, tv , plug ins extra cost

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purchased 24 Jun 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ good screen.

- battery life could be better. some codecs can't be played. have to pay to play some other codecs.

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purchased 17 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Solid, great screen, good set of features

- Battery life limited and wifi gives interference on headphones (effects webtv, web-radio and youtube browsing)

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purchased 25 Sep 2008

Robin, Herts

Score 8.0/10

+ Goood graphice, web access very usefull, ease of use

- Battery life, slightly bulky.

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser , “gadget man”

Score 9.0/10

+ touch screen
built in stand/speaker

- extra costs in ad ons/web content

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purchased 04 Dec 2007

stu, leicestershire , “gadget man”

Score 9.0/10

+ very well built
better than an ipod video (own both products)
touch screen

- no main charger in the package
have too download extras
no storage area for the stylus
sound quality not too good

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

jez, london

Score 8.0/10

+ fits in pocket, easy drag and drop

- batterylife isn't as long as advertised, wifi doesn't pick up network

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purchased 29 Mar 2008

james, troon

Score 10.0/10

+ excellant picture quality and sound

- not found any yet

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purchased 19 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Ease use

- Difficulty in getting the right aspect ratio on tv recordings

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purchased 16 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Recording from TV feature

- You need to but the docking station

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purchased 04 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ ease of use good quality pictures and sound

- screen a bit small but great portability. Needs adirect charge in mains when travelling but I bought a USB charger

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purchased 26 Dec 2007

John, Cambridge

Score 9.0/10

+ Great picture resolution and image quality plus storage capacity.

- None to note.

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purchased 25 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Be aware that you need to buy plugins at substantial extra cost to get full functionality

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purchased 31 Jan 2008

EDINBURGH, GEORGE , “I LIKE GADGETS”

Score 10.0/10

+ EXCELLENT PICTURE AND SOUND. GOOD SIZE SCREEN

- BIT DIFFICULT TO FIND SOFTWARE TO CONVERT MOVIE (DVD) TO FORMAT FOR ARCHOS

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purchased 28 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ picture quality is excellent, sound is excellent through good headphones, ability to record tv direct with dv station, it's well made and easy to use,hard drive is big enough for all your photos music and video

- to get the full use from the product you need to buy many add on's, docking station web and podcast and also gps add on's can cost about £100 more,but if you need them then they are worth it

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purchased 17 Mar 2008

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Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB 40
MP4 Playback Yes
Colour Silver
Touchscreen Yes
Music Playtime (hours) 17
Video Playtime (hours) 5.5
Screen Size in Inches 4.3
Screen Resolution (pixels) 800x480
Weight (g) 260
Colour Screen Yes
Photo Viewer Yes
USB Port Yes
Memory Type Built-In Memory
WMA Playback Yes
WAV Playback Yes
OGG Playback No
AAC Playback No
WMV Playback Yes
DivX Playback No
Dimensions (mm) 82x122x15
Bluetooth No
Colour Display Yes

Also known as: Archos 605 40GB

MP3 Players Buying Guide  

Manufacturer's Description

The ARCHOS 605 WiFi features the highest resolution screen (800 X 480) and highest quality screen in a Personal Media Player. Use the touch screen to easily operate the device with your finger or stylus. Download content wirelessly and directly to your ARCHOS 605 WiFi.


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