Back in 2006, a nifty gadget called the Archos 504 hit the market. While a lot of the electronics and technology folks gave it great review, the product went right under the radar of most consumers.

At the time, it was probably a little more technology than most people were wanting and the price was a bit steep. Today, picking up the Archos 504 personal media player could be a good idea.

Impressive Capabilities

The Archos 504 is a lightweight device which quite much does anything you’d need a portable media player to perform for you. Let’s say you need to listen to music. The 40 GB model obtainable on Amazon allows you save up to 20,000 songs that is an imposing library and more than the regular user probably has in total.

The Archos 504 doesn’t just play music, however. This portable media player also lets you to store pictures, movies, and even DVDs on its hard drive thus you are able to access them at any time for observing on the impressive 4.3 inch LCD screen. That’s quite big compared to the screens on the iPod Nano and the Microsoft Zune.

Most of the main formats of music and video are supported, excluding for the proprietary formats from other corporations. Nonetheless, any MP3s, JPEGs, and WMV files you have may perform rightly.

The rechargeable battery can give you about 17 hours of music listening (about 5 hours less than most of the players on the market today) but more than 5 hours of video viewing (more than the standard for players today). Whether the battery life is good or bad, really depends on what you plan to be doing with it.

Buying Considerations

On the downside, this media player is a little on the old side. For example, it was designed to run with Microsoft XP not Vista. The good news is you may still readily buy accessories for them, including the docking station, through Amazon and other retailers.

Now one drawback is the only model sold through Amazon is the 40 GB model for $377. Other options, including the 80 GB model, are available through some of the site’s sellers in either new or used condition for varying prices.

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