Archos Gmini 400
November 14th, 2004 | by Nino Marchetti
Specs
Tech Specs: Capacity: 20GB 1.8" Hard Disk - Store up to 300 hours of music, 200,000 photos or 80 hours of MPEG-4 videos*. Interfaces: USB 2.0 high-speed, compatible USB 1.1, PC & Mac . Built-in CompactFlash™ Type I slot to accept CompactFlash™ memory cards or optional 4-in-1 CF adapter. Music playback: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 kb/s CBR & VBR, WMA (Including copy protected files with Microsoft PD DRM), WAV (PCM & ADPCM). Music recording: Stereo sound in WAV (PCM & ADPCM) format. Game engine: Mophun™ game engine - Playback on TV. Photo viewer: JPEG (except progressives) or BMP - Download JPEG images through CompactFlash™ slot. Video playback: MPEG-4 SP with MP3 or ADPCM stereo sound, up to 640x400 @ 30 f/s, AVI file format. Reads XviD and DivX®** 4.0 & 5.0. Play Music Video in MPEG-4. Display: 2.2" LCD 220x176 pixels, 262 000 colours and TV output. AV connections: Stereo analog Line In (via adapter included). Composite Video/ Earphone / Analog Line Out jack, SCART for European version. Built-in microphone. Battery life: Up to 10 hours for music or 5 hours for video on built-in LCD. Scalability: Download firmware updates from www.archos.com Power source: Internal: Rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries. External: AC charger/adaptor. Dimensions: Approx. 10.6 x 6 x 1.7 cm (4.2" x 2.4" x 0.7"). Weight: 160 g (5.64 oz). System requirements: PC: Pentium® III 800 MHz or higher, Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000 or XP. 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) with USB port and CD-ROM drive. * On average.
Mac: 9.2 or X (10.2.4) USB Manager version 1.2 or higher with USB port and CD-ROM drive.
** Files compatible with MPEG4-SP AVI only; MPEG-4: ISO/IEC standard by Moving Picture Experts Group;
AVI: audio/video file container by Microsoft. DivX® is a registered trade mark of DivXNetworks Inc.
Mophun™ is a registered trademark of Synergenix Interactive 2004.

by cartdog on August 22, 2005:
“QUOTE "Beware of Archos" ijkern on Dec 29th, 2004 at 1:25 AM Score: 1 This is a great looking, innovative product, but based on my fairly extensive experience with products made by this company I would be very cautious about purchasing any of their...” More...