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Review of the Archos AV320 Cinemabox

An anonymous reader writes "MP3newswire.net just posted another of their lengthy reviews, this time on the Archos AV 320, a unit first mentioned on /. back in June. The company's second portable digital video/audio player, the new unit is a significant step up from the Archos Jukebox Multimedia with a much bigger and brighter screen and the ability to record DVDs and TV programs."

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  1. In other news. by SiGiN · · Score: 3, Funny

    A fleet of rabid attack lawyers has been dispatched to the area regarding an alleged copyright infrigement. No comment on whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

  2. Awesome by Goo.cc · · Score: 3, Funny

    A portable porn machine!

  3. I will refuse to buy one of these until by Savatte · · Score: 4, Funny

    it plays .ogg files, runs linux, irons my shirts, arm wrestles my little brother, makes a tasty denver omelette, beats me at Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 using Tron Bonne, Dan, and Ruby Heart, has a built in rubber stamp for voiding paper work, and walks 12 miles uphill both ways to school barefoot in the snow and likes it.

  4. Low Rez by macserv · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The Jukebox Multimedia camera module offered middling results with its 1.3 pixel resolution"

    1.3 pixels, eh? Yes, I'd say your results would be middling, at best.

  5. Re:To much $$$ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But at $600, I'd drop coin on something I could also play games on and read email.

    Good luck getting a 17" Apple Powerbook for $600.

    silly rabbit. everyone knows there aren't any games for apples.

  6. Re:It's a nice product by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What, you mean like a laptop?

    -sorry, couldn't help it...

  7. Recording MLB... by Remik · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Once in, we immediately saw the signal come up on the AV320's screen, a baseball game between L.A. and St. Louis. We hit record and the player did just that. Even though connecting the player to the source was a fuss, recording was effortless."

    They didn't even have implied oral consent.

    -R

  8. Re:AV380 already selling... by iantri · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, you're scary. Do you have a pair of plastic Spock ears, by chance?

  9. Re:A correction to the article by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like that matters. Send us $9.99E27 or we eat your liver.

    - Your friendly neighborhood RIAA