Hands on with the Archos AV700 portable media powerhouse

By Ryan Block

We're not really surprised some Frenchies got to hang with the new
Archos AV700 before anyone else—they are, afterall, a French company—but we have to hand it to them for taking all those pics for us. So what do we have? Well, a 7-inch 16:9 screen, for starters, a 40 or 100GB drive, MPEG-4, DivX, and WMV with DRM support, and USB 2.0 On-The-Go, which will enable a number of possible peripherals, including a mentioned DibCom-collaboration for a DVB-T receiver. They're claiming some hefty launch prices of €599 for the 40GB and €899 for the 100GB versions ($766 and $1,150, respectively),
but who knows whether we'll be able to coerce Echostar to help subsidize this with a new service contract? Probably not, so don't get your hopes up, skippy.

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