http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/ Engadget Comments for New Archos 2 Vision PMP pictured, priced, and predictably short on battery life http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/
C'est merde]]>Aug 9th 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Next week I will get delivery also of an HTC Hero , and then I'll be able to say that all three of my phones are better...
To make a log story short: this thing sucks]]>Aug 9th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/And what I think is the biggest bonus: it can't be used to track you 24/7 everywhere you go.
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But I'd like another person mention a hiss, not here though because you'd just get a pal or a new account, sorry for being cynical but it seems so incredible.
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http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f15/archos-605-wifi-sound-quality-256107/

Now S T F U, little boy.]]>Aug 9th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/
I actually have a 605 wifi, and I can confirm that there is a hiss. It's pretty faint, at least with a pair of Sennheiser CX300s, but it's definitely there. Heres a headfi link from 2007 (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f15/archos-605-owners-hows-sq-271564/) and another one from iaudiophile from 2008 (http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=22087). Both are about the 605s, can't really find too much about anything newer. (And don't worry, I'm not a pal/alt login of missionsparta or anything, just pointing out the hiss.)]]>Aug 9th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/]]>Aug 9th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/3 vision: 3" 400 x 240 pixels
2 vision: 2.0" 220 x 176 pixels
The 3 vision supports: MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC and MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, FLV, AVI, RM, RMVB
But the 2 only MP3, WMA, WAV, TXT, JPG, LRC
And the 2 vision also seems to have much less choice, mp3, wma, wav, jpg
]]>Aug 9th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/I though the visitors of engadget knew by now I'm not any archos guy, in hundreds of posts I never mentioned archos I think.
But as a joke I get it, I sound too much like an archos enthusiast, but I'm not because I understand the damn things have a hiss, that's insane and unacceptable.

It's weird how many famous brands have some issues that should disqualify them but their marketing seems to be able to stay ahead of dismissal, and I don't get why they don't simply fix obvious flaws but instead spend time ignoring them and hiding them, I mean a hiss is simply correctable by moving to another opamp which probably is available for the same price too, and so-so audio quality can also be improved by just paying 20 cents more on a better chip, there's whole threads on many forums about audio devices where you unsolder the opamp and replace it with a better one, why don't the damn manufcturers do that from the outset already and leave the being cheap to the no-brand devices.
]]>Aug 9th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/Aug 9th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/*native USB mass storage mode
*radio
*audio recorder / radio recorder

About the only positives I could mention after having a look at this matte-challenged gloss unit. Codec support is primitive. AVI being mentioned is not telling us much about what it actually supports, codec and bit-rate and resolution-wise.

Non-removable battery?]]>Aug 9th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/new-archos-2-vision-pmp-pictured-priced-and-predictably-short/
I have Archos 605. Plays video and MP3 wonderfully.

My problem is with browser. I can watch youtube, yes. 10 million 3 min videos.
But I cannot watch NBC.com, CBS.com ABC.com, Fox.con, USA.com, TNT.com, SyFy.com, FXnetwork.com, comedycentral.com, History.com, Most other TV media providers.com, HULU, FanCast.and 100s of thousands of (Flash?) based websites.

Archos has promised to do a firmware update for more than a year, yet thousands (millions) of hours of content remain not viewable. Get off your ass Archos, give the people who gave you money the support they deserve.]]>Aug 10th 2009 4:31AM