James Delahunty
19 Feb 2005 5:24
Not long after Archos added Digital Video capabilities to their products they are now showing that they have the ability to challenge the market by announcing a new portable video player with a 100GB HDD. The company announced on Friday its Pocket Video Recorder AV4100, as well as $50 price cuts to other devices in its AV400 series. The AV4100 is expected to retail at about $800, whilst the AV420 retails at $500 and the AV480 costs $750.
The new device joins a nice product list of devices capable of playing back digital audio (WAV, WMV and MP3 audio formats are supported) and video files as well as having support for still images also. Consumers will be able to schedule shows to be recorded by picking a time and channel or by synchronizing online with Yahoo TV Guide to get a line-up of shows to choose from.
The AV4100 will come with a cradle that connects to a video source like a set-top box or a television over a USB 2.0 cable. It will have an external speaker and built-in CompactFlash reader. It comes with a 100GB 2.5 inch hard disk and a 3.6 inch colour screen display.
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