Comments on: Archos 5 Review

By: Afrochap

Afrochap — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:28:33 +0000

@ rich scales. Is your Archos, Archos 5 Android? If so what’s the condition and how much do you want for it?

By: Cloughy

Cloughy — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:22:41 +0000

Interesting read this, I’m now on my second Archos 5 because I dropped and damaged my first one. Dunno why but the new one seems more responsive to the tough and a little faster, could be the firmware which I updated first thing I guess.
I have had iPod’s previously to the Archos and have to say itunes did my head in, just too much messing about … drag and drop wins everytime for me.
I have the DVR Station as well and although I’ve not recorded TV with it as I find it easier to download, I really like the Wi-Fi & media streaming options it offers, not to mention it charges the unit much quicker.
I have a program I use for converting DVD to avi files before I transfer them as it saves on space.
I never really had any issues or problems with my old unit and hope this one is just as reliable, maybe I’m “just lucky” lol or maybe they are getting better.
Archos = Marmite …. you either love it or hate it lol.
Hope everyone finds as much success as I have so far ….. oh yeah …. NO I don’t work for customer services ha ha

By: rich scales

rich scales — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:56:09 +0000

if archos dont sort out the reboot issue with a firmware update, and make it compatible with full 9 and 10 flash support, im selling it

By: rich scales

rich scales — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:53:16 +0000

its easy to put dvd on your archos. rip the dvd with dvd shrink and save as a single vob and rename then drag to archos as long as you have the cinema plugin. the plugins can be bought as a complete set on ebay, around $30 also, you dont need itunes for ipod, use floola its drag and drop.
main issue with my archos 7 is constant rebooting on web or email

By: jax

jax — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:28:32 +0000

Have an archos 5 IMT with a dvr snap on. Please tell me step by step how to connect it to my DVD/Video reorder/player so that I can record DVD’S videos on to the archos. It says in the manual and on qvc presentations that the DVR snap on permits recording such media, but when I connect up currently it is obvious that there is some link in the process that I’m missing- any ideas? Ta

By: zwend

zwend — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:44:40 +0000

it will be diffrent if archos apply nvidia tegra on it, maybe this is the best solution for batery life and 3d echantment

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:08:06 +0000

When I reviewed the Archos 5 I found some of the widgets could not be downloaded. Some worked whilst others did not. It might be worth trying to download a few other widgets to see if you can get any to work.

By: K

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:13:54 +0000

I had the 605 and loved it.

so I just got the 5 for xmas and with 250 gigs of memory I look forward to filling it up but I can’t figure how to put new widgets on it. I go to the opera website and it won’t let me save the file so I can put it on my archos. anyone know how?

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:37:20 +0000

Thanks for your reply Dean, so far i am impressed with the archos, it was a christmas present, lets hope they do an update to make a mobile dongle compatable.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:40:31 +0000

Hi Diane,
I had a search around a few forums. I couldn’t find an answer for you. My guess is that it is not compatible or Archos needs to release a firmware update to support it in the future.

I also found details of an Archos 5G which has 3.5G built-in which means you don’t need a dongle, although that won’t help you.