The MP3 player that doubles as a portable hard drive!
Written: Apr 01 '03
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Pros: Acts as hard drive, large storage space, easy to use
Cons: Needs lots of recharging, has some errors that occur.
The Bottom Line: Great product with updated drivers, but I say get a larger one if the price is right. Never hurts to have extra space.
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| Upinya's Full Review: Archos Jukebox Studio (10 GB) MP3 Player |
I purchased my Jukebox from Best Buy over the summer, I choose it mostly because of the fact that it can double as a hard drive and it was in my price range ~$200. I didn’t want to get an MP3 player that needed memory sticks because they can’t really hold that much data. And if I did want to get a memory stick that could hold enough data (in my opinion) I would have had to spend a bundle.
I have owned it for a bit over 10 months now and I must say I am pleased with it. I absolutely love using it to transfer large files such as movies from computers on my college’s network to my home PC to watch at my discretion. It also comes in very handy while walking around campus because I don’t have to worry about it skipping while it gets jostled around in my bag.
I will admit I had some troubles with the firmware that came on the CD with my Jukebox, but I have since downloaded the updated drivers off of Archos’s web site. It now works great with my computer. It would be nice if it used USB 2.0 technology to make file transfers faster, because right now it uses USB 1.0 and it can take around an hour to move 1 gigabyte to or from the Jukebox.
With prices dropping I would say go for one of the larger Jukebox’s like the 20. With all that extra space you can always back up important files off your computer so if anything horrible happens you know you have them safe else where.
The only thing I can complain about now is that I have to recharge the Jukebox quite often, it seems like it’s music playing time is very short. This is probably due to all the file transferring I do, since I use all the battery to download movies I don’t have much left for walking home from campus!
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): ~175
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Member: Jason
Location: West Des Moines, Iowa
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I'm a 23 year old IT PC Technician that works for Principal Financial Group.
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