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53 of 57 people found the following review helpful: By Dave McCulley (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews This review is from: Video AV340 with Dvr 100 MODULEMPEG4 Video & MP3 Play/rec 40GB (Electronics) I purchased the Archos AV 340 online about a month ago, and I have enjoyed it more and more every day since then. It is the pinnacle of technology in MP3/MP4 players today. The main reason I bought it was for the music capabilities, but the photo and video parts are just as awesome. I transfered over 3 gigs of music incredibly fast with Win. XP and a USB 2.0 cable. The music play back is awesome. Very clear sound(but it is recommend that you buy new headphones because the one's Archos supplies are not very high quality).The video playback is awesome as well. I have recorded a family video, "Can't Stop" music video, and 10 Seinfeld episodes onto my Archos and they all work great. Of course the resolution from a VHS tape is not going to be as great as a DVD but they still look good on the 3.8" color LCD display. When you plug it into your tv to show them on that, the movies do become a little pixilated, but not very much I cannot wait for the camera...Read more 32 of 34 people found the following review helpful: By This review is from: Video AV340 with Dvr 100 MODULEMPEG4 Video & MP3 Play/rec 40GB (Electronics) Finally, Archos gets it!! With this model, Archos has addressed most of the drawbacks of previous models. This product is actually in a class of its own! It does everything it claims to do, and does it well! The interface has also been drastically improved, though it is not obvious how to use the 3 "soft" buttons at first since the buttons are aligned vertcally at the right while the functions are listed horizontally at the bottom of the screen. However, a quick glance at the button descriptions in the quick-start guide is all you need to understand how everything works. Yes there is actually a quick start guide in addition to the well-written manual. The interface is much improved by the addition of a joystick. Also, the Operating System now allows file-handling functions such as rename, delete, etc to be done right on the jukebox, whereas a PC was required before. Also as with previous models, the jukebox looks like a hard-disk when connected to the PC which means transferring files...Read more 30 of 32 people found the following review helpful: By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Video AV340 with Dvr 100 MODULEMPEG4 Video & MP3 Play/rec 40GB (Electronics) First let me say that I had delivery of my Archos AV340 one week PRIOR to the Amazon estimated arrival date! Way to go Amazon. Excellent price, too.The AV340 is to the older Archos models as a kitchen knife is to a Swiss Army Knife. Sitting on mine right now are several hundred jazz recordings, hundreds of family photos, some family videos, the extended dvd versions of both Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, the complete stage works of Samuel Beckett (3 dvds)...well, get the picture? And yes, the video recorder does over-ride any copy protection, both vhs and DVD. The user interface is quite simple, though as with previous Archos models it does take several clicks to get to specific items much like a PC. But this is essentially a PC, so manuevering through screens seems quite natural. Loading tons of recordings onto the hd is painless, simply drag and drop. The hd shows up in XP just like any other drive. I also purchased the camera attachment which is, again,...Read more |