Detailed Archos AV420 MP3 Player Description & Review

Archos: AV420 £367.25inc. VAT  &  Delivery

This model has been superceded by the Archos AV500 Pocket Video Recorder

The AV420 boasts 20GB of capacity; programmable video recording; video playback and an MP3/ WMA Jukebox and audio recorder.

The individual players in this range (AV420 20GB and AV480 80GB) all share the same capabilities and features. If you want a full review of the things that these, essentially, the same jukeboxes have in common then Read a thorough review of the AV400 series on this page

The AV420 is slimmer and significantly lighter than the AV320. It can only record to WAV, not directly to MP3 and it cannot record commercial DVDs (which the AV300 can), but as you would expect from a newer generation the overall package is sleeker and more polished.

The jukebox itself weighs 280g, which means that carrying it is easy, but the rest of the accouterments (docking station, cables and charger all add up to the guts of a kilo, so if you're thinking of porting the whole lot around with you you need to bear that in mind.

20GB of space roughly means that you can store or record 300+ hours of MP3 music or up to about 80 hours of video - that's right, about 40 full length movies.

This is a good jukebox. It's well put together. It has nice features and capabilities. Its not just a fancy gadget, it is a practical piece of hardware for the home and a whilst travelling. Our main focus in discussing its relative merits have been based around the video capabilities, but it's worth remembering that its a fully featured, fully portable MP3 and WMA player too.

Comparing very different jukeboxes can be nearly impossible, but we have attempted to do just that in our FIGHT! section. Go there and see how this model does against the competition.

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