You guys have got to check this out!

[sctele]

It's a handheld video player by Archos. Plays both DIVX and XVID! Should be awesome! Heres the link http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500542_specs.html

[i_am_dave]

They didn't really make it clear. I am assuming that you connect the entire unit to the USB port and download.

Would be REALLY nice if the hard drive was removeable!!

[sctele]

I do know that they are going to introduce on later on that has a 40 gig capacity.....i dunno about you but that's more than enough space for me!

[SLICK RICK]

sctele,

Do you know how much it costs?

SLICK RICK

[sctele]

I emailed Eliot Van Buskirk, a senior editor at CNET.com, and he emailed me back saying that the price he had been quoted was around $550. So street value would place it a little under that. He also wrote:

"Our "first take" should be posting tomorrow, but we're waiting for a
final production unit for the full review. I just finished testing and
writing it up - quite impressive."

Considering the fact that a 30 gig Ipod is selling at around $499, I'd say this is a damn good deal: you can play movies, mp3s, shoot video, take pictures, and view photographs. All that and you can hook it up to your tv. Not a bad deal at all!

[SLICK RICK]

Sounds like a damn good deal to me, Sign me up .

THANKS,

SLICK RICK

[The village idiot]

Well if it is anything like my Archos pukebox (jukebox) then I will stay far away. The hard drives in the jukebox tend to die rather quickly. Mine had a problem from day 1. And what do you think support did for me....



NOTHING! Now after 5 months the drive is starting to make a grinding noise (must be an IBM drive). So now I have to spend more money on this piece of crap to fix it. Maybe the MultiMedia is better, maybe NOT!