Originally Posted by sancheeez:
“But the Zen is actually very good for video .... and a lot smaller than the Archos. The screen is smaller yes, but if you want a bigger screen, you move up to PMP size.
As for the Archos being the best PMP available ... thats a matter of opinion. Personally, I don't agree. Id' say it and the Cowon A2 are about on a par. Both have areas where they are stronger. I wanted battery life and everything 'in one box' so the Cowon is the better player for me. If I wanted it as a PVR or to play straight DVD copies without conversion, I might well have gone for the Archos.”
“But the Zen is actually very good for video .... and a lot smaller than the Archos. The screen is smaller yes, but if you want a bigger screen, you move up to PMP size.
As for the Archos being the best PMP available ... thats a matter of opinion. Personally, I don't agree. Id' say it and the Cowon A2 are about on a par. Both have areas where they are stronger. I wanted battery life and everything 'in one box' so the Cowon is the better player for me. If I wanted it as a PVR or to play straight DVD copies without conversion, I might well have gone for the Archos.”
The most important thing for me was a decent size screen, without being too big - and the Archos has a superior screen than most.
I'm going to upgrade to the touch-screen 604 [web-browsing] Wi-Fi Archos soon, (the 704 Wifi with its 7-inch screen is a little too big for me!) and you'd have trouble finding a better PMP than that!




