Archos TV+ hits the FCC

We already knew it was coming, but it looks like the Archos TV Plus (now known as the Archos TV+) has just cleared one of its final hurdles on the way to a release, with the device now making its all-important debut at the FCC. Of course, there's not a whole lot of surprises given that Archos already spilled all the details on the device, but the FCC has kindly provided plenty of pictures of the set-top box, including a peek at the its innards, which you can check out in the gallery below. As you can see, not much has changed from the prototype we got to check out first hand, and the specs appear to have remained the same as well, including integrated 802.11g WiFi, video recording at no more than VGA resolution, and a full complement of ports including composite, s-video, component and HDMI outputs, and composite, s-video and component inputs (plus USB, of course). Assuming nothing else has changed since the announcement, you can expect this one to set you back $200 or $350 for the 80GB or 250GB versions, respectively.

Gallery: Archos TV+ hits the FCC

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[Simon P @ Nov 8th 2007 2:23PM]

nice picture of it on a plank of wood sat on top of a bucket. maybe it's an explosion risk?

[Michael L. @ Nov 8th 2007 2:30PM]

Whoa. What a lovely backyard Archos' headquarters has. :)

[Morgan @ Nov 8th 2007 2:44PM]

I think that picture was probably taken at the dump.

[thethirdmoose @ Nov 8th 2007 3:36PM]

Definitely a good competitor for the  (apple) TV, but I think the 605 is a better deal if you don't need 250 gigs.

[tcardone05 @ Nov 8th 2007 6:28PM]

Archos TV+ > Apple TV
Steve sez: Wait, we can put 250GB on top of a TV? No way, man, that's not what the consumer wants.

[Noah @ Nov 27th 2007 7:57PM]

I just called Archos at their customer support line and the TV+ will be released in the first week of January (I think that they said the 2nd).

[mike @ Dec 31st 2008 10:36PM]

with Archos and VISTA can you copy from it to a stand alone DVD recorder?? Does anyone know? Vista will not allow me to record vga to my stand alone DVD recorder Vista causes it to go black acreen, XP DID allow this.If you cant make copies to share easily whats the poiint in having one?