New Archos 20GB MP3 Player

Devhux · 12-11-2003, 09:01 PM

A local retailer is backordered on my Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra MP3 player, and a friend of mine sent me a link to Archos' new gmini 120.... and it looks tempting:

http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500449_specs.html

Anyone here have this player, or read any reviews on it?

ribitch · 12-12-2003, 06:21 AM

http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Archos_...-30586666.html

you can get one for 212.00

Problems i see:
limited 8MB cache (kinda small)
Radio tuner is expensive
screen way too small for photoviewing
heavy for its capacity

It also looks like the photo and recording capabilities are plugins that are purchased seperately.
http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500449.html

LPMiller · 12-12-2003, 12:11 PM

archos quality isnt' all that either. I burn through two units of the 20 gig mp3 player before i got my nomad.

Devhux · 12-12-2003, 06:43 PM

Well, I arrived home today to find a voicemail from my local retailer -- apparently they got the 40GB Nomad Zen Xtra in stock today, so I'll be picking that one up tomorrow.

LPmiller: How do you find the sound quality from Creative's players? This is honestly the first Creative MP3 player I'll be getting.

LPMiller · 12-12-2003, 11:03 PM

Great, once you find the setting you like. You got to screw around a bit with it, but that's one feature that's not lacking on the creative units.

12-11-2003, 09:01 PM	#1
Devhux Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Calgary Alberta Canada Posts: 2,511	New Archos 20GB MP3 Player A local retailer is backordered on my Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra MP3 player, and a friend of mine sent me a link to Archos' new gmini 120.... and it looks tempting: http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500449_specs.html Anyone here have this player, or read any reviews on it?

12-12-2003, 06:21 AM	#2
ribitch Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,672	http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Archos_...-30586666.html you can get one for 212.00 Problems i see: limited 8MB cache (kinda small) Radio tuner is expensive screen way too small for photoviewing heavy for its capacity It also looks like the photo and recording capabilities are plugins that are purchased seperately. http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500449.html __________________ http://ribitch.com/ipod.html

12-12-2003, 12:11 PM	#3
LPMiller Chief News Editor & Master of His Domain Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Minnesota Posts: 8,161	archos quality isnt' all that either. I burn through two units of the 20 gig mp3 player before i got my nomad. __________________ lpmiller Chief News Editor Nobel Prize Nominee Reverend in the Universal Life Church Once Shot A Man For Snoring Too Loud Way Too Lazy To Change His Signature "The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference." - Calvin and Hobbes

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12-12-2003, 06:43 PM	#4
Devhux Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Calgary Alberta Canada Posts: 2,511	Well, I arrived home today to find a voicemail from my local retailer -- apparently they got the 40GB Nomad Zen Xtra in stock today, so I'll be picking that one up tomorrow. LPmiller: How do you find the sound quality from Creative's players? This is honestly the first Creative MP3 player I'll be getting.

12-12-2003, 11:03 PM	#5
LPMiller Chief News Editor & Master of His Domain Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Minnesota Posts: 8,161	Great, once you find the setting you like. You got to screw around a bit with it, but that's one feature that's not lacking on the creative units.

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