Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder review

Typical price: £240

What is it: Portable media centre with camcorder, 2.2-inch screen and 20GB hard drive

What we think: A 'lite' version of Archos' other media centres, the Gmini 402 only offers camcorder functionality as compansation, a poor deal if you ask us

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2.0

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August 26, 2006

Posted by: Incredible Ike

"Useless piece of junk"

What I like:

Nothing

What I don't like:

Poor (pathetic) camera and sound, video conversion time consuming...

Review:

First the camera is absolute crap. A mediocre cell phone does better. The sound /headphones is even more pathetic.
Next, it doesn't play music from a library like the iPod, but you have to select files to play.
The screen quality / resolution is mediocre
It's sold as a 20GB device but it's actually got 18GB
The so called games are the cheap type you'd play like in the 18th century... well, in the 80s.
To watch a video, you have to convert it into the correct format (like it only plays mp4 and SOME wmv) which like takes ages... What's the point of converting if it takes less time to watch the movie on my laptop than it does to convert... get my point?
I'm returning it IMMEDIATELY and am getting a Creative Zen Vision:M instead. Don't need the camcoder 'coz it's, like, a total waste of space.