Typical price: £310
What is it: Portable media centre with 102mm LCD and 30GB hard drive
What we think: The best Archos yet, this media player has a beautiful screen for video but an archaic control system
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29 Nov 2005 in Crave
Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder: Stalker's delight
The Gmini 402 Camcorder is the iPod nano of Archos' media centre range. With a 20GB hard drive and an in-built camcorder, the gadget is endearingly small, but with a tiny screen and poor video, our first impressions were soon soured
15 Nov 2005 in Crave
The AV500 media player has a screen to match the PSP and a new silver chassis, but there's still that pesky interface...
26 Aug 2005 in Crave
Archos AV700: muggings guaranteed
The follow-up to the Archos AV400 is here -- DivX fans rejoice! The upgrade sees a massive jump in screen size and an even slinkier chassis. You certainly won't fit it in your pocket, but it's set to be one of the year's hot gadgets
1 Aug 2005 in Crave
We try out DivX 6.0 -- a video compression package that lets you fit a DVD movie onto one single CD. The latest version also has built-in menu support, allowing you to create a DVD-style front end for your videos
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