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The 605 WiFi is Archos’s new flagship, the spearhead of this fifth generation ! It is also the most complete one, with a list of functionalities that in fact provokes giddiness : touch screen, (...) +++
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Unpacking
Take a look at this little video of the unpacking ! You’ll see the whole content of the box…
Package
Archos continues with the policy of lighting the packages. The content is (...) +++
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Design
The Archos 605 keeps the general shape of the 604 WiFi. Nevertheless, it’s thinner (2mm compared to the 604) and boasts a white dress. The screen, is smaller than the 604’s, we’ll talk (...) +++
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Archos has never been a master with the design and the interface of its players. The interface, however, got a little relifting. Let’s start by looking at the buttons (we have already talked of (...) +++
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Here, no iTunes or Sonic Stage, Archos lets you choose ! The Archos 605 is compatible with both Mac and PC.
Poste de travail
Windows users will be able to use Windows Media Player 11 to (...) +++
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The screen of the Archos 605 WiFi is a 4.3 inches TFT LCD and has 16 millions of colors.
The screen format is 5:3 and it has a resolution of 800*480 pixels. To compare, the screen format of (...) +++
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Le menu Vidéo
The video menu, compared to the one on the 4G devices, has suffered a lifting. By opening it, we can find, on the top, the “UPnP Network” option, which will allow you to access (...) +++
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The Audio menu
The menu retakes the classic divisions : Artist, Album, Title, Style (with a submenu “all” styles), Year, Rating, Playlist, Hard Drive. A simplified access to a UPnP network is (...) +++
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The Photo menu
The Photo menu is one of the big changes of this fifth generation.
We find as always a direct access to the UPnP network to show easily the photos of the local network. The (...) +++
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The Archos 605 is, like all its predecessors, able to read PDF files. The PDF viewer of the 4G players was very slow. Is there any big improvements on the 605 ? Unfortunately, the answer is (...) +++
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The new WiFi PMPs of Archos have a programs guide on 15 days. You will be able to consult the programs guide (with little summaries of the contents) and directly program a recording. A little (...) +++
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The big innovation of this new generation is for sure the Archos Content Portal (ACP).
Summary
The Archos Content Portal is a portal developped by Archos. It gives access to different content (...) +++
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Contrary to the 604 WiFi, the internet feature (browsing) is optional. Another new thing is the flash compatibility, which we’ll detail later. This “Opera Web Browser” plugin will be available for (...) +++
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The Cinema Plugin
With this plugin, you will gain time while transferring a DVD content to your Archos. Indeed, no encoding is necessary. In fact, this plugin will allow you to read VOB (...) +++
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The Widget plugin
The Widget plugin will give you access to a large database of free widgets. In fact, it’s the Opera catalogue. This plugin, which should be sold around 20-30€, will be (...) +++
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Excluding my sister’s Gmini XS 100 which takes more than 10 minutes to transfer 200 MB, Archos players have generally good hard drives with nice transfer rates. Is it the case of the 605 ? (...) +++
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Video mode
The autonomy of the Archos 605 in video mode is announced at 5,5 hours. We have succeeded watching three movies of 1h45 each, the contract is thus filled.
On the other hand, playing (...) +++
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With the release of the 605, has the 604 got old ? Now that we can get it for $300 almost new (remember it has been available for something like ten months only), can it work as well even now ? (...) +++
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In the end, what to think about this PMP ?
We’ll say it is slimmer ; it has more services, functions and is more performing, but loses in manufacturing quality. The 605 corrects a large number (...) +++
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