Comments on: Archos 7 320gb Internet Media tablet

By: Rev Errol Bryan

Rev Errol Bryan — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:28:23 +0000

I am realy disappointed @ the reveiw. I had made up my mind to purchase the modle 7 but after reading that reveiw I am more confused tan anythng else I might as well stay with my Blacberry.Things for convenience should not be complicated not everyone is a gaget genius.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:19:07 +0000

I had read a few reviews on the Archos and it seemed to be everything that you’d want from a media player, which is why I purchased it. I travel quite a bit and wanted something to store movies and music on. Somewhere in the comments a couple of people mentioned about just using a laptop which has a larger screen and more features, while true the battery life would only last for one maybe two films. So the Archos is better here.

The wireless I had no problems with at all its picked up home and public networks just fine. Web browsing seems to work well and the screen is a decent enough size to make it quite useable. The email setup works well and was easy to configure, although I probably won’t use it often because my phone is setup for this already, but it is handy for viewing pdf/image attachments. The interface for managing email is clunky but does work.

The big disappointment is the poor support for video formats, given that this is a core function of a media player I find it totally outrageous you should have to pay to effectively install additional codecs.

There were a few people making the point that you should do your research before buying to find out what’s supported and what’s not. They were fairly critical of people without a good understanding of video formats, I think this is a little unfair, why should you be expected to know this? Great if you do, you’ll be able to convert your videos to the right format with some free tools to avoid purchasing add-ons, but for the average user that doesn’t want to waste time learning about video formats and converting there existing files to another format it’s a real let down. If it was made clear in the marketing that video support is very poor and you’ll need to waste hours converting files to actually use your device without having to pay for add-ons then fair enough, but its not.

Over all a great product that will be ideal for keeping you entertained while travelling or commuting that has been spoilt with rubbish support for video formats, if they just sorted that out and provided a large range of free codecs it would be just about perfect.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:14:42 +0000

Owned my 7 for a few months. I owned a AV140 for 7 yrs before it stoped working.Sent it in to Archos for repair.To old to fix.My biggest beaf is Archos support.If you call can count on being on hold everytime for atleast 20-30 mins!!!! The Archos support on-line and with phone calls are totally worthless. Dont waste your time with those boo-zoos.I truely think there is only one worker working there.They suck

By: Al

Al — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:16:33 +0000

Krista couldn’t have said it better. The Archos 7 is a big ripoff and I can’t wait for a hack to be available. What is the sense of putting the internet on the Archos 7 if its not going to support Flash 9 videos like on You Tube which is also on the unit. It doesn’t make sense. Archos just lost another customer and I’m going to complain to the BBB and you should too.

By: joel

joel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:23 +0000

hey can you skype on one of these?>

By: rich scales

rich scales — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:15:26 +0000

by the way, plugin bundles can be bought for $30 on ebay

By: rich scales

rich scales — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:03:26 +0000

im so confused when people mention small video players NOONE mentions the zune, always the ipon (zune HD is far superior)
anyway back to the archos
this is my take, you need some tech savvy about you, or its gonna cost you money for plugins, however if you are tech savvy, you wont need any as the reviewer earlier rightly said. There are many formats of video, NOT JUST THE ONES YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PLUGINS FOR, and MANY MANY types of software to convert. How many people use the itunes store or the zune store? not me thats for sure, yet I have 30gb of video on my zune
Before you review please be clear that you NEED to do some research on how to create encode etc a movie that will play WITHOUT a plugin and trust me………….its really really not hard!!
and the guy saying this is obselete becaudse of its size, thats talking a little strange you think thats like saying a 55 inch lcd or plasma tv is obselete because its too big. EVERY PROFESSIONAL reviewer rates this as fantastic because of the screen size
I got my archos 7 on ebay for $299
best $300 ive spent

By: Earl Morrison

Earl Morrison — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:00:57 +0000

I bought the Archos 7 320 GB for $549.00 in August of 2009 and I am and then bought the DVR station and send the DVR station back because it would not work at all. I am so sorry that I bought this piece of shit that won’t even play my videos. I purchased the plug-in from Archos to play my videos and I did not get the Down Load from them after paying for it twice, so I called my credit card company and ask for a refund on the plug-ins. We all should sue the fuckers and don’t buy anything from them every. After I bought it for $549.00, now you can get them for about half that price new. I wish there were hacks that I could install whatever the hell I want to on this thing.

By: tony

tony — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:35:52 +0000

ok I bought my archos 7 so I could have much of my music collection in full audio format (aif or wav) rather than listen to aac files on my ipod. as a dj, I love my music n audio quality is a big thing. so, 320gig is awesome, bring it on. I have a few issues, I figure most of it has to do with my computer operating system (mac) as there is little if no support for this. I have all my music on iTunes, properly categorised with album covers etc n other lil info like bpm n key in the track title…

first problem, there are no ‘mac’ aiff drivers on archos, so I had to convert all my music to WAV. however this strips the album cover from the file. not good…I’ve heard the image can be embedded to the folder but dunno how…

second, it doesn’t recognise the track data for compilation albums…ie, the folder structure for a compilation is just the same as an artist album, so on the archos all I see is the compilation name and the track name, no artist info. another bummer…

so ah yeah, a lil distressed on spending a lotta coin on this n not utilising it. its a damn wicked lookin unit, display is ace n the sound is great. but I just wish it was compatible with iTunes so I could copy all my music over n be done with it. considering its a linux-based system I was surprised it wasn’t somewhat more compatible with mac. anyhow, if anyone out there has any info on how I can make it all happen I’d be so very much appreciative. at the moment, without said fixes, my archos is being relegated to a movie player when I go on holidays…damn shame when I know it can do so much more…

By: Baht at

Baht at — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:24:14 +0000

Actually the serial number IS on the archos 7 itself a tiny sticker at the right hand side of the bottom (that is the thin bottom edge not the back) the sticker has one of those square code thingies that some mobiles can read. On the 5 it is on the back.

By: josie

josie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:52:45 +0000

Can someone let me know if the Archos 7 has a e-reader and if it does, how well it works? Thanks!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:03:29 +0000

Mine is a question reagarding the Archos 7, can you get a TV snapon for it to play the freeview channels, I know you can for the Archos 5, I don’t want to but the 7 then find tha’t you can’t get it.

By: Malice_Unarmed

Malice_Unarmed — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:40:32 +0000

Any idea if you can load videos from a computer like xvid (.avi, .mp4)? I see it has its own library but I would like to put my own stuff on. Is it possible to install applications on it like Text Aloud which takes text and voices it in audio?

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:40:21 +0000

I have a 404 (4 inch scree) and I am looking to upgrade to one that has Wifi. I work nights and want to be able to watch vedios from websites like Hulu and Netflix.

My question is… does this one work with websites like Hulu, Netflix and the national tv sites like ABC, NBC and such.

I really love my 404 but I am in the market for a larger screen with Wifi and I was looking for something other than a laptop.

By: DON

DON — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:39:19 +0000

My brand new Archos7 wont even load up to the first wizard page.
It wont even register when I USB connect it to my computer.
Archos techies say its knackered – send it back.
Ebay seller trying to help but aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh
Frustrated.
But it sure looked nice coming out of the box.