Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(30 customer reviews) 31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Very good gadget and very promising,
December 22, 2004 Hani Salah "Deepo" (Egypt) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Archos AV400 80 GB Video Player / Recorder and MP3 Jukebox Player AV480 (Electronics)
Actually, I am very much astonished from the reviews written on the AV480 here on amazon as well as on other sites.
Since this device is no cheap at all, i had to run an extensive survey trying to evaluate this equipment. And all the feedback was very discouraging.
All the reviews said that the AV480 fails much and doesn't work and stuff like that. But, since i was desperate to have a large (more than 50 GB) portable media device and i couldn't find other choice (May be except the iPod, and the Zen) i decided to take my chances and try one.
Let's cross our fingers:
I have it now for around a 1.5 months, and this piece of art is really amazing.
I tried almost every possible combination of features together to check if it is working. And yes, i admit that i have extensively tested it.
- I connected it to my computer, and it worked fine, nothing needed to recognize the AV480 as a USB 80GB harddisk.
- I ran up to...Read more
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
iPod who?,
November 11, 2004 John S. Buchmann (West Chester, pa United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Archos AV400 80 GB Video Player / Recorder and MP3 Jukebox Player AV480 (Electronics)
I must say i'm very surprised by the reviews below; about them not working after a little use. I'm also worried, because now i'm wondering if mine will break soon. I've had no problems in about 3 months that i've owned it... hopefully if it's lasted this long then i'll be OK for the long term.
My experience with it is great. I'm sure you know all it's features, so i'll just list some complaints (nit picks):
- The shell is quite delicate. You must handle it with care or you may ding it.
- In the dark it can be a little difficult to feel out the buttons; they don't stick out very far so it helps if you can see the buttons well.
- I wish you could record "audio" in MP3 format. Currently it records in a format that yields a huge file size.
- When you fast forward a video, you don't know how far you've gone until you stop fast forwarding. It screen doesn't update as you fast forward.
- If you get video from the...Read more
41 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Hard Disk Problems,
September 23, 2004 Adam Chen (Cupertino, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Archos AV400 80 GB Video Player / Recorder and MP3 Jukebox Player AV480 (Electronics)
I love the AV480 when it works.
However, I've gone through 3 units already. Each one has had its hard disk break within 1 week of use. Unfortunately that was enough time for me to record about 60GB of ripped DVDs (now all lost).
Has anyone had this device work for more than a week?
I was extremely careful with it and it still broke. On the other hand, I've purchased one of those Microsoft Portable Media Centers. That has withstood much harsher handling. Unfortunately it is only 20GB. I like the AV480 more, but I wish it would work for more than a week.
