Archos 704 photographed in the wild

Hot on the heels of Archos releasing the source code for its Generation 4 lineup of portable media players comes a bevy of snapshots of the company's elusive 704 "mobile DVR," complete with claims that it's already available for purchase in some parts of the world. While we'd seen a few grainy photos of the unit before, and just recently got a bit more information regarding the innards, we finally have something substantial to go by. According to an ArchosFans user, his shiny new 704 supports the DVR Station used by the 604, offers up just 40GB of internal storage, and comes with a pair of USB 2.0 ports, headphones, cabling, two styli, an 800 x 480 resolution display, wireless remote, charger, and the obligatory WiFi functionality. It was noted that the 40GB of built-in space was a small letdown, but the ease of hooking up an external HDD somewhat "mitigated that limitation." Still, you better know quite well that this will make all your dreams come true, because ringing up at $1,099SGD ($717), this thing doesn't come cheap -- but even if you're not down with coughing up that much dough for this bad boy just yet, feel free to click through for a few more glamor shots of a retail 704.

[Via GenerationMP3]

[TusculumGolfer @ Feb 18th 2007 2:59PM]

its one more step toward having a computer hookup to a car. pretty soon you'll just plug in your laptop to do everything

[Peter Downing @ Feb 18th 2007 3:45PM]

Crikey that's expensive. I thought it would have more memory and be cheaper. I really wanted this too. Might have to wait a while now though. Grr.

[Jeremy K. @ Feb 18th 2007 6:26PM]

Expensive... I'm looking forward to the Cowon Q5.

[Charbax @ Feb 19th 2007 12:38AM]

According to Froogle, the price for the 704 Wi-Fi is more likely going to be around 500$ for the 80GB version in the USA.

That price is just some price that some early retailer in Singapoore is selling the 40GB version for.

[E71 @ Feb 19th 2007 5:22AM]

I'll stick to my 504 160GB with the paid-for plugins installed. I was hoping 704 would be another one in the same line with 160GB or more with perhaps a higher resolution and support for at least 720p! :)

[songmeesay @ Feb 19th 2007 2:40PM]

"According to an ArchosFans user, his shiny new 704 supports the DVR Station used by the 604"

Hmmm, that would mean its physically not possible for the 704 to have the rumored 7" screen.. thank god. That would just be too big. Looks more like around 5" like the Cowon Q5. I had an AV700 for a week and felt like I was carrying a concealed weapon.

[songmeesay @ Feb 19th 2007 2:52PM]

Nevermind, after looking at other pics, it seems there is a separate attachment that sits on top of the docking station to accomodate the 704's size. So I guess it is 7".. so sad