Comments on: What About the ARCHOS 5 Internet Media Tablet? http://chris.pirillo.com/what-about-the-archos-5-internet-media-tablet/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Alaskan Archoshttp://chris.pirillo.com/what-about-the-archos-5-internet-media-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-702754 Alaskan Archos Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:04:50 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=9044#comment-702754 I just bout the Archos 7....what a misserable piece of junk. Yea...I paid 600 bucks for this thing and you have to throw more money at it to watch movies and such. My 50 dollar Zune plays all my movies with no additional downloads. The wi fi is very slow and the touch screen is not too accurate. lots of miss-punched numbers. I want to sceem about the failures of Archos in this expensive door stop. It won't even find the weath in the widgets.... DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!!!!!! RUN!!!! I just bout the Archos 7….what a misserable piece of junk.
Yea…I paid 600 bucks for this thing and you have to throw more money at it to watch movies and such.
My 50 dollar Zune plays all my movies with no additional downloads. The wi fi is very slow and the touch screen is not too accurate. lots of miss-punched numbers. I want to sceem about the failures of Archos in this expensive door stop.
It won’t even find the weath in the widgets….
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!!!!!!
RUN!!!!

]]> By: Jeffrey Gomberghttp://chris.pirillo.com/what-about-the-archos-5-internet-media-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-692184 Jeffrey Gomberg Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:55:40 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=9044#comment-692184 The more I use this device the more I just want to send it back.I tried to drop a couple of movies into the Video folder on the Archos 5.The first movie was in an .m4v (h.264) format. When I went to test play the video, I get a message titled:"Video Podcast (H.264, AAC) plug-in" "This file contains an H.264 video format. To play this file type you need the ARCHOS Video Podcast (H.264, AAC audio) plugin." "Purchase the Video Podcast plug-in at www.archos.com ir if you are connected to a network and have registered your device, purchase it on the ARCHOS Content Portal store." Links: "Buy now" "Cancel"The second movie was a DVD .avi file. When I went to test play the video, I got a message similar to the first:"Cinema (DVD, MPEG-2, AC3) Plug-in" "This file contains an AC3 audio format. To play this file type you need the ARCHOS Cinema (DVD, MPEG-2 video, AC3 audio) plug-in." "Purchase the Cinema Plug-in at..." blah, blah, blah... Links: "Buy now" "Cancel"The link to connect to the Content Portal store returns a "Coming Soon!" graphic and is thus, non-existent.What a disappointment.My comments/questions are as follows:1. Why aren't the "Plug-ins" included with the system at the original purchase price? 2. If I have someone reverse engineer each plug-in am I going to discover that most, if not all of the code is public domain, thus, what is the rational? Stick it to the customer for every variation of every audio video format? 3. I have experienced constant failures with Archos's portals. Their sites fail to deliver the requisite downloads. 4. Why was the Archos 5 released for retail sales with Beta firmware and with navigational links to non-existent fulfillment sites?It's a nicely packaged product with a pretty interface that was released prematurely and just fails to perform to adequate standards. The more I use this device the more I just want to send it back.

I tried to drop a couple of movies into the Video folder on the Archos 5.

The first movie was in an .m4v (h.264) format. When I went to test play the video, I get a message titled:

“Video Podcast (H.264, AAC) plug-in”
“This file contains an H.264 video format. To play this file type you need the ARCHOS Video Podcast (H.264, AAC audio) plugin.”
“Purchase the Video Podcast plug-in at http://www.archos.com ir if you are connected to a network and have registered your device, purchase it on the ARCHOS Content Portal store.”
Links: “Buy now” “Cancel”

The second movie was a DVD .avi file. When I went to test play the video, I got a message similar to the first:

“Cinema (DVD, MPEG-2, AC3) Plug-in”
“This file contains an AC3 audio format. To play this file type you need the ARCHOS Cinema (DVD, MPEG-2 video, AC3 audio) plug-in.”
“Purchase the Cinema Plug-in at…” blah, blah, blah…
Links: “Buy now” “Cancel”

The link to connect to the Content Portal store returns a “Coming Soon!” graphic and is thus, non-existent.

What a disappointment.

My comments/questions are as follows:

1. Why aren’t the “Plug-ins” included with the system at the original purchase price?
2. If I have someone reverse engineer each plug-in am I going to discover that most, if not all of the code is public domain, thus, what is the rational? Stick it to the customer for every variation of every audio video format?
3. I have experienced constant failures with Archos’s portals. Their sites fail to deliver the requisite downloads.
4. Why was the Archos 5 released for retail sales with Beta firmware and with navigational links to non-existent fulfillment sites?

It’s a nicely packaged product with a pretty interface that was released prematurely and just fails to perform to adequate standards.

]]> By: foxtrot_MGShttp://chris.pirillo.com/what-about-the-archos-5-internet-media-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-691670 foxtrot_MGS Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:05:06 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=9044#comment-691670 Ah! I just bought the last gen a month ago! Okay, okay. I wouldn't say there's that many advancements above the last gen in my mind. In fact I would have ended up having to spend more. I have an Archos 605 wifi and I love it. It's the one thing standing up against the ipod touch in this crazy world of ipod darkness. Yes, the touch screen doesn't work as well and the GUI isn't as falshy, but the screen is a very high res and everything looks beautiful on it. It's just one of the devices that you constantly discovering new uses for. I think you'll find you will really love the Archos. Ah! I just bought the last gen a month ago! Okay, okay. I wouldn’t say there’s that many advancements above the last gen in my mind. In fact I would have ended up having to spend more. I have an Archos 605 wifi and I love it. It’s the one thing standing up against the ipod touch in this crazy world of ipod darkness. Yes, the touch screen doesn’t work as well and the GUI isn’t as falshy, but the screen is a very high res and everything looks beautiful on it. It’s just one of the devices that you constantly discovering new uses for.
I think you’ll find you will really love the Archos.

]]> By: Darrenhttp://chris.pirillo.com/what-about-the-archos-5-internet-media-tablet/comment-page-1/#comment-691668 Darren Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:25:23 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=9044#comment-691668 I think this is a great device. I would suggest this for people like my brother. He got the iPod Touch, but he doesn't use it for music. He mainly uses to watch videos and use the internet. I'm sure he love to watch television. I'm going to probably soon buy two of them, one for my brother and one for me. Thank you Chris for introducing this product to me. I think this is a great device. I would suggest this for people like my brother. He got the iPod Touch, but he doesn’t use it for music. He mainly uses to watch videos and use the internet. I’m sure he love to watch television. I’m going to probably soon buy two of them, one for my brother and one for me. Thank you Chris for introducing this product to me.

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