Detailed Review of the Archos AV420 PVR

ilovealpacas writes "The Globe and Mail has posted a step by step look at the Archos AV420. For about $1000 Canadian (I think that's $800 US), you get an 80GB portable video player and recorder that also plays MP3's and has a CF slot for pictures. Hmmm.....laptop?"

but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, but does it run linux?

Read the durn book instead

[lottameez]

[curmudgeonly sneer] You bums need to read books instead of wasting yer money on these fancy schmantzy doo-dads. What? Too afraid to talk to the guy sitting next to you on the airplane?

Why, when I was a youngster...cough cough KACCCCCHHH...phtt.

A word please

[revery]

Hmmm.....laptop?

Maybe you're not familiar with how this works. You submit the story, we make the jokes.

You owe someone a +5 Funny.

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Re:A word please

[Minwee]

Maybe you're not familiar with how this works. You submit the story, we make the jokes.

Yeah, kids these days. What's next, a story about Soviet Russia which ends with the words "First post!"?

Re:What?

[El_Smack]

You don't use them to listen to videos, you use them to see music.

Re:How's the construction?

[TheRaven64]

I still get +/- 5 hours of continuous play out of the original NiMH rechargable batteries that came with the unit.

Wow. It must really suck when you get -5 hours out of them, huh?