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Archos 7

First seen: 20 august 2008

Information found in: from 52 sources in 13 countries.

Great Deal: $339.99

  • User Score (215)
    7.4 7.4 from 215 reviewers
  • Expert Score (13)
    7.6 7.6 from 13 reviewers
  • Design (5)
    10 10 from 5 reviewers
  • Value for money (5)
    7.4 7.4 from 5 reviewers
  • Ease of use (2)
    9.1 9.1 from 2 reviewers
  • Performance (2)
    8.0 8.0 from 2 reviewers
  • Sound quality (6)
    9.6 9.6 from 6 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • neat looking and rugged, wonderful video, very sound browser, speed of web access, available dvr accessory
  • weird looking usb cable, flash not full version, shows fingerprints like mad, cinemanow issues, costly add ins

The Travel Companion ARCHOS, award-winning for its constant technology innovation and leadership in portable media players now introduces a new concept: the Internet Media Tablet . The ARCHOS 7 is the jewel of this new range, redefining media on the move and offering customer uncompromised access to the Internet, Media content and TV…in a handheld device.. Uncompromised Web surfing in the palm of your hand With its built-in capabilities, your Internet Media Tablet bec…

Specifications

  • Display characteristics:
    High resolution screen, 800x480 pixels, 7'' TFT LCD, 16 million colors
  • User interaction:
    Direct by touch screen, ON/OFF, vol+ and vol- buttons, retractable virtual keyboard
  • Processor(s):
    Central Unit: - Main processor: ARM Cortex -A8, 32 bit, In-order, dual-issue, superscalar core @ 600 MHz - Additional processor: 32 bit DSP @ 430 MHz

Release Date

  • First seen
    20 August 2008

Archos 7

The Archos 7 features Internet Media Tablet, high-resolution screen, ARM Cortex processor, Adobe Flash 9 video support, full email application, 160 GB to 320 GB hard drive, Media Club, DVR station, 720p, Widgets application, games, content streaming, tv recording, content playback and other accessories.

Features

The Archos 7 features a portable media player which offers access to the Internet, Media content and TV in a handheld device. It offers an 800 pixel-wide resolution and a …

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Archos 7

The Archos 7 features Internet Media Tablet, high-resolution screen, ARM Cortex processor, Adobe Flash 9 video support, full email application, 160 GB to 320 GB hard drive, Media Club, DVR station, 720p, Widgets application, games, content streaming, tv recording, content playback and other accessories.

Features

The Archos 7 features a portable media player which offers access to the Internet, Media content and TV in a handheld device. It offers an 800 pixel-wide resolution and a 7 inches screen which allows browsing of web in full width as on a PC. In addition to this, it comes with ARM Cortex superscalar microprocessor which provides booting of the PC function. The Internet Media Tablet provides flash web videos which can be viewed from web sites such as Daily Motion or YouTube. This media player has email application which allows checking of emails, reply to emails and sharing of attachments. It also allows the user to manage, import or export standard POP accounts as vCards; switch from PC, Mac or mobile phone to manage tasks from the media player. The Archos 7 features favorite web radio or a web TV stations through ARCHOS Music and Video application. It offers browsing of songs and videos by country, genre, and popularity or through user own favorites. It features Opera browser as its web-surfing application which provides the media player with widgets or handy small programs that include currency converter, weather forecast, note writer, unit converter, news reader, safe password and calculator. The Media Club offers library of movies, documentaries, music albums and games. In addition to this, the media club comes with content such as Jamendo, FourMusic, MusicMe, FNAC, FilmlsNow, TF1, CinemaNow, FilmlsNow, Vizumi, Vodmania, VodeoTV or Bell Canada and AMC. This media player features a hard disk with capacity from 250 GB to 500 GB which stores music, videos and files. It offers to schedule and record TV shows and movies with the remote control.

Additional Features

The Archos 7 features video format supports which include Windows Media Video, AVI, MPEG4, Flash Videos and HD videos. It offers to import photos from a digital camera with the DVR Snap-on. The games featured on the Archos 7 include Golf, Poker and Sudoku. This media player offers content streaming from PC which plays any file stored on it via WiFi network which allows media files to be played on the player.

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  • Reviews of Archos 7

  1. Archos 7 320gb Internet Media tablet

    Reviewer: Testfreaks blog
    12 January 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
    Design 10
    10
    Performance 8
    8.0
     

    The Archos 7 has a big beautiful screen to watch movies,play games, browse the web and generally do the basic things you can do on your PC, it’s large capacity hard drive makes it very easy to take lots of stuff with you. The price is a bit steep, especially considering you’ve got to spend more money for the ad-ons to really get all of the functionality of the Archos 7. Read more

  2. Archos 7

    Reviewer: DigitalVersus
    15 January 2009

    Stunning screen, good design and no reflections to bother you when watching a movie. A bit on the heavy side, but with an 7", what do you expect? Read more

  3. Archos 7

    Reviewer: MobileTechReview.com
    17 February 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    At $450 to $550 list, this isn't a cheap device. But it's unique thanks to the 7" display, excellent video format support and powerful CPU. Throw in the DVR station and you're spending $100 more, but it adds valuable functionality in the guise of high quality TV recording and playback to a TV (even large TVs). If you're interested in serious video playback and are tired of the cramped view on other portable players, the Archos 7 is enticing, and with 160 and 320 gigs of... Read more

  4. Reviewer: Reviewed.com
    31 December 2008

    If you value attractive, intuitive software, interface, or touch controls, the iPod Touch is likely a better, cheaper pick. If you want a giant screen, regardless of the portability issues it may cause, and want one of the best battery lives for music and video on the market, the Archos 7 is likely the media player for you. Overall, the Archos 7 is an attractive piece of hardware and definitely worth checking out if you've got deep pockets. Read more

  5. Archos 7 Review

    Reviewer: Digitaltrends
    20 August 2008

    ARCHOS, award-winning for its constant technology innovation and leadership in portable media players now introduces a new concept: the Internet Media Tablet. The ARCHOS 7 is the jewel of this new range, redefining media on the move and offering customer uncompromised access to the Internet, Media content and TV…in a handheld device.. Read more

  1. Awful Customer Service!

    Reviewer: Mark A. Hopper "Mark Hopper", Amazon
    14 October 2008
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    My archos experience is actually the absolute worst that I have come across in 20 years of buying high tech products. A timeline of my "Archos Experience": 1. Oct 2007: I purchase the 605 wi-fi, the dvr station and the add-on web browser and cinema plug-in. All-in cost of approximately $550. 2. Nov/Dec 2007: I am the envy of Apple crazed friends with my 605 wi-fi and I am extremely happy with the product; 3. Mid Dec 2007: The 605 will not turn on; 4. Jan 2008: I exchange... Read more

  2. Beautiful player but flawed.

    Reviewer: B&H Photo
    16 December 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    First off update the firmware. That is a must. If you run into any trouble like I did though, none of the update instructions work. Instead of listening to anything Archos says, just download the file to the root drive of your player, browse the file menu under "Settings" and double click on the file. That is the only way it worked. Also, the wifi is sad. I have trouble connecting in place where my laptop claims my signal is "excellent". The screen is absolutely... Read more

  3. Lot's of fun in a small package.

    Reviewer: Pete, J&R
    17 December 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    [...]I bought this tablet to show my photogtaphs to people. It does that well and with 320 gigs I can load lot's of photos. The help menu answers are in video format. When i connected it to my computer, it synched and downloaded my music library automatically. You can put photo slide shows together with music and the speakers though poor in quality allow you to show slide shows without headphones. I could only watch the most simple videos. To watch any movies and any... Read more

  4. Large screen Ipod touch

    Reviewer: Amazon
    3 weeks ago
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Bought the Archos as it seemed to be a large screen Ipod touch. As its such a convenient size I keep it close to me and mainly use it look up stuff on the internet. Ive not had major success with the flash player games, there doesnt seem to be many games using flash player 9 and point and click only ( virtual keyboard gets locked away on the flash player games I found). I use the photo viewer a lot and the email part. in fact theres not many parts of the system I dont... Read more

  5. Big, but what a bang! Ipods? Only for shirt pockets.

    Reviewer: feed.us.shopping.com
    25 December 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    I've had Ipods - I still do - not the Touch with its limited memory - but the video generation. I li Read more

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