Monday, July 5, 2010

Archos 705 WiFi 160gb: The Best Portable Media Player

By Brent Fox

Portable gadgets have anyway become popular. With the expanding coverage of WiFi (wireless Internet access), portable gadgets have become even more popular. Portable gadgets include laptops, portable media players, netbooks or the Ultra Mobile PC. It has become easy to download content from the Internet. Conversion to digital formats, for instance DVD or VCD movies, has become easy with special software. The portable devices have become not only travel companions, but also a part of the work and day to day functions. The portable devices include digital audio players, portable video players, digital video recorders and personal digital assistant.

A portable media player (PMP) is an electronic device that can store and play digital media. It is a digital audio player that can also display images as well as play videos. Cell phones which have these capabilities are also called portable media player. The first widely sold portable media player was Archos in 2002. Almost all portable media players come with MP3 audio format while some also support the Windows Media Audio (WMA), WAV and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC).

OELD or LCD is usually used to display images. With the help of accessories, some of these players can also record video. JPEG format for display of images is used in all the players. File formats including PNG, TIFF and GIF are compatible with some players like the iPod series. MPEG-4 video format is supported by most of the players. Some others support the AVI and Windows Media Video (WMV). Transfer of files between the computer and players is possible with most players. These portable devices are manufactured and marketed by many electronic firms. For instance a French company, Archos, offers portable video players, digital audio players, personal digital assistant and digital video recorders. Archos released its Generation 5 series of portable media players in 2007. The series included Archos 705 WiFi 160GB.

The data is stored in the microdrive, flash memory or hard drive. The storage capacity has increased to 320 GB for the hard drive based PMPs and 32 GB for flash memory PMPs. It is also possible to increase the capacity of PMPs' storage. CompactFlash, Secure Digital card and Memory Sticks are used to transfer contents directly from external devices. The size of the screen is as much as 7 inches. Resolutions differ within players and go up to WVGA. Though the color depth is 16-bit, it could go up to 24-bit in some players. With the introduction of Touch Screens many PMPs increasingly sport this feature. Many more new features have been introduced in the PMPs in recent years such as text readers, the simple camera, game emulation and editors.

Media players are continually developing. Usually, people watch movies at cinemas or at home but now they watch it anywhere they want to go.

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