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Posted at 9:30 AM on Tuesday 06/30/09 by
Ben
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Newegg has the Archos 5 250gb 4.8" MP3/MP4 Player for $279 with free shipping. It has a 250GB hard drive to store all of your movies, TV shows, video, music and pictures. [Compare]
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    kilmar - Posted 9:37 am PDT 06/30/09 (123 Posts)  Report Spam

    Wow, that's a pretty good deal. The Archos 5 (and 7) have BEAUTIFUL screens. However, their software is less than desirable. Also, you are required to pay for various software add-on and they ain't cheap!

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    matthew - Posted 9:52 am PDT 06/30/09 (1304 Posts)  Report Spam

    I checked pricespider.com and it looks like the 5 price dropped (not sure about the 7) about 2-3 weeks ago. Newegg's 250GB price dropped $20 in a day...wonder what's up. Maybe they're clearing out older (less reliable?) inventory?

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    whoknowwhen - Posted 11:05 am PDT 06/30/09 (4 Posts)  Report Spam

    For the same money, I could have bought an atom N270 mini laptop which I can take it with me anywhere and play anything that I want.

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    CrouchingTigger - Posted 12:38 pm PDT 06/30/09 (338 Posts)  Report Spam

    #3 if work harder and make more money you can have both. Please stop comparing a netbook with a portable media player.

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    matthew - Posted 2:23 pm PDT 06/30/09 (1304 Posts)  Report Spam

    #4 Well said...sanity prevails.

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    bkay77584 - Posted 6:55 pm PDT 06/30/09 (172 Posts)  Report Spam

    Archos is coming out with the Archos 9pctablet in September so they are dropping the price on the Archos 5 and 7's.

    http://www.archos.com/products/nb/archos_9/index.html?country=hu&lang=en

    #1 - I have the Archos 5 120GB - got it from newegg for $199 a month ago - the newest firmware (654) from the archos site has been rock-steady for me.

    You still have to buy the plug-ins separately (3 of them - Cinema (DVD, MPEG2 video, AC3 audio),
    Video Podcast (H.264, AAC Audio), and
    HiDef Video (720p WMV and MPEG-4) which I bought off ebay as a package for $30.

    I love it.

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