Comments on: Why Even With More Features, Archos Lags http://newteevee.com/2007/12/22/why-even-with-more-features-archos-lags/ NewTeeVee Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jim http://newteevee.com/2007/12/22/why-even-with-more-features-archos-lags/#comment-252592 Jim Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:57:53 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/12/22/why-even-with-more-features-archos-lags/#comment-252592 <p>Well the Archos looks very great. And it has so much features that i'm thinking of buying one :)</p> Well the Archos looks very great. And it has so much features that i’m thinking of buying one :)

]]> By: Charbax http://newteevee.com/2007/12/22/why-even-with-more-features-archos-lags/#comment-204064 Charbax Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:34:44 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/12/22/why-even-with-more-features-archos-lags/#comment-204064 <p>I don't think that Archos is ranking 4th among PMPs, that is only if you call the iPod Classic, Zune, and ipod-like Zen PMPs. Those iPod/Zune/Zen are not PMPs, they are hard drive based Mp3 players firstly. Sure they have small color screens and can play very limited amount of video codecs, but 95% of the use of those devices is for playing music, since it is really very painful to get video content onto an iPod, Zune or Creative player (lots of conversion unless you happen to buy video on iTunes/Zune store/ download something creative supports).</p> <p>Among portable video players with 4" or larger, Archos is certainly number 1, also in the USA.</p> <p>Sure Archos should improve the interface for Video-On-Demand, right now the interfaces are based on HTML and Javascript. What I think they should do is add an overlay interface for VOD on top of the video (just as there is overlay controls for volume, fast forward, settings, time and such, there should be an overlay control for "Skip to next recommended video", or just some overlay control to launch another VOD video. The point being it should be super easy to sit back in the couch and watch Video-On-Demand using the DVR Station on the TV in the living room. The Archos being the only device out there that streams any codec from the Internet be it Flash video, DivX, WMV, Quicktime, h264 and whatever audio formats stream as well. So sure, now that Archos has these amazing features, they should not only focus on signing more Content deals for the Archos Content Portal, they should also work on an extra overlay interface to make smooth navigation on the TV even quicker and so that it feels as smooth as when you are switching channels on the regular TV.</p> <p>As for critisizing drag-and-drop feature compared to doing everything through iTunes, I think that is a kind of wrong opinion to have. One of Archos main advantages is that it functions as an external hard drive, which means it reads all formats natively, and does not need to convert anything or generate thumbnails through a software like iTunes. So it works seamlessly on Windows, Mac, Linux without needing to install any software. If you want to automatically synchronise your music and movie collection then you can use the Windows Media Player synchronising mode, which is exactly like iTunes. And for synchronizing podcasts Archos provides the ArchosLink software. Which takes audio and video podcasts in any format and synchs them automatically as soon as you connect the Archos in Universal Storage Mode.</p> <p>I think that the Archos 605 WiFi is selling as fast as Archos can produce them. Archos didn't have enough money in the bank to produce enough to satisfy all the demand in the 4th quarter of 2007. But now Archos has a bit more money in the bank and should be able to get closer to satisfy all demand in the next few months. So basically, Archos sells whatever amount they are able to deliver. Archos devices don't stay long on the shelves. It's kind of a bit like the Wii, but produced by an independant medium-sized company like Archos that is valued at about 500 times less than Nintendo or Apple.</p> I don’t think that Archos is ranking 4th among PMPs, that is only if you call the iPod Classic, Zune, and ipod-like Zen PMPs. Those iPod/Zune/Zen are not PMPs, they are hard drive based Mp3 players firstly. Sure they have small color screens and can play very limited amount of video codecs, but 95% of the use of those devices is for playing music, since it is really very painful to get video content onto an iPod, Zune or Creative player (lots of conversion unless you happen to buy video on iTunes/Zune store/ download something creative supports).

Among portable video players with 4″ or larger, Archos is certainly number 1, also in the USA.

Sure Archos should improve the interface for Video-On-Demand, right now the interfaces are based on HTML and Javascript. What I think they should do is add an overlay interface for VOD on top of the video (just as there is overlay controls for volume, fast forward, settings, time and such, there should be an overlay control for “Skip to next recommended video”, or just some overlay control to launch another VOD video. The point being it should be super easy to sit back in the couch and watch Video-On-Demand using the DVR Station on the TV in the living room. The Archos being the only device out there that streams any codec from the Internet be it Flash video, DivX, WMV, Quicktime, h264 and whatever audio formats stream as well. So sure, now that Archos has these amazing features, they should not only focus on signing more Content deals for the Archos Content Portal, they should also work on an extra overlay interface to make smooth navigation on the TV even quicker and so that it feels as smooth as when you are switching channels on the regular TV.

As for critisizing drag-and-drop feature compared to doing everything through iTunes, I think that is a kind of wrong opinion to have. One of Archos main advantages is that it functions as an external hard drive, which means it reads all formats natively, and does not need to convert anything or generate thumbnails through a software like iTunes. So it works seamlessly on Windows, Mac, Linux without needing to install any software. If you want to automatically synchronise your music and movie collection then you can use the Windows Media Player synchronising mode, which is exactly like iTunes. And for synchronizing podcasts Archos provides the ArchosLink software. Which takes audio and video podcasts in any format and synchs them automatically as soon as you connect the Archos in Universal Storage Mode.

I think that the Archos 605 WiFi is selling as fast as Archos can produce them. Archos didn’t have enough money in the bank to produce enough to satisfy all the demand in the 4th quarter of 2007. But now Archos has a bit more money in the bank and should be able to get closer to satisfy all demand in the next few months. So basically, Archos sells whatever amount they are able to deliver. Archos devices don’t stay long on the shelves. It’s kind of a bit like the Wii, but produced by an independant medium-sized company like Archos that is valued at about 500 times less than Nintendo or Apple.

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