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Spotlight: Archos Multimedia Machines

Mike Evans — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:02:10 +0000

Archos Multimedia – two words that are almost synonymous with each other, as when you think multimedia player, you instantly think of Archos (and if you don’t, you really should!).

We’ve put together a brief overview of the latest Archos players and recommend which Archos Multimedia player you should buy.

Archos Multimedia Players

Archos are probably best known for their Portable Media Players (PMP). There’s still lots of demand for their old 04 range of PMPs, but right now it’s their 05 range that’s making waves.

Archos 105

The baby of the bunch, the Archos 105 clearly competes with the iPod with Nano. With a tiny 1.8″ OLED screen and just 2GB of storage,the Archos 105 is best thought of as an MP3 player with a bit of video.

Fortunately, this is reflected in its price, as you can buy the Archos 105 for just

Ultra thin mp4 players

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:08:54 +0000

Axxen has released a couple of mp4 player which are so thin you my snap them if you look too hard. Both the Playgo X11and the Playgo x12 are just 5.6 mm thick.

These two mp4 players have fancy OLED screens and support touch keypad. They have all the usual features, such as FM radio and support for a multitude of video and music formats. The Playgo x11 has a 1.5″ OLED screen where as its bigger brother, the x12, has a 2″ screen, so both are extreamly portable. Weighing just 20g you may even forget it is in your pocket. There is little other information at the moment but we will keep yo posted when these little beauties make their way over from Korea.

[Source: AVING]

Cowon P5 – Bluetooth and Mobile TV in a premium PMP

Mike Evans — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:46:10 +0000

Cowon have announced the new Cowon P5 Personal Media Player. Actually, “Personal” may be pushing it a bit, as the thing is so huge it comes with its own remote control! Coming with a huge 5″ touchscreen capable of showing 16.7 million colours at an 800 x 480 resolution, the Cowon P5 is aimed well and truly at the premium end of PMPs. In fact, the P5 is so well specced, it can almost be called a PC!

More details and pics of the Cowon P5 PMP after the jump.

Cowon P5 PMP overview

The first thing you note about the Cowon P5 is its huge size. Five inches is not a small screen, and we can be thankful that the P5 comes with a touchscreen rather than buttons to control it, as this at least keeps the size of the overall unit down to something just slightly bigger than the size of the display. That said, at 138.8 x 88.5 x 20.0mm, and weighing in at 380g, it’s not exactly in the lightweight class!

The second thing you note about it is its looks. With a “luxury hairline metal” look (or “brushed aluminium” as we call it!), it looks a step up from your average plasticy PMP.

Fortunately its size is due entirely to its long list of features, the most impressive of which are as follows:

5 inch touchscreen with 800

RAmos iMovie T8 has Video

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:16:52 +0000

iMovie…. mmm… now where have I heard a name like that before? Anyway that aside, the RAmos iMovie T8 has the best screen-to-frame ratio in any MP4 player. As you can see from the picture the 4.3 inch touch screen takes up most of the face. Read on to see the video.

The interface generally seems quite slick and easy to use; the video player on the iMovie is similar to what you get on your PC, with the menu at the bottom disappearing when you leave it.