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Testseek.co.uk have collected 61 expert reviews of the Archos 5 and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Archos 5.
Award: Recommended October 2008
October 2008
 
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The editors liked

  • Touch-screen interface
  • Large screen
  • Smart
  • Solid build
  • Almost six hours of battery life
  • Big screen
  • Very precise touch screen
  • WiFi and 3G Internet access
  • Reads Flash content
  • Great for internet browsing
  • Good music and video playback
  • 60GB HDD is good value
  • Large
  • Glorious touchscreen. Whopping hard drive.
  • Like a delicious gadget chameleon the Archos 5 has so many skins
  • It’s hard to tell what it does best. It plays back nearly all flavours of video
  • Audio and photo files
  • It’s a Wi-Fi web browser
  • An email reader and (with accessories) a digita...
  • Excellent touchscreen display
  • Impressive media control
  • Slim design
  • Terrific looking screen. Handles Flash
  • Including BBC iPlayer. Replays 720p hi-def
  • Screen
  • Features
  • Menu interface
  • Amazing screen
  • Design
  • Decent capacity options
  • Revised interface
  • Video subtitle support
  • Accessories
  • Optional PVR functionality
  • Flash 9 support

The editors didn't like

  • Crap earphones
  • Need to buy add-ons to unlock the full potential
  • Glossy screen
  • Easy to leave fingerprints on case
  • Too many extras are expensive
  • Requires a separate dock for connection to TV
  • Fairly bulky
  • Pipped in performance by the iPod Touch
  • It's big and heavy. Somebody call the osteopath!
  • As Archos loads on heavyweight features
  • The pounds pile on
  • Too. The Archos 5 weighs 300g and is over twice the size of an iPhone
  • Making it about as pocket-friendly as a steam iron. The touchscreen interface isn’t as intuitive as Apple’s
  • Ei...
  • Pricey
  • Expect to pay more for plugins and addons
  • No stylus
  • Extras cost
  • Er
  • Extra. Heavyweight chassis. Poor earphones. Just 12hrs music from the battery
  • Have to buy lots of dongles and software add-ons to get the most out of it
  • Additional-but-essential codecs cost more money
  • No 720p H.264 support
  • Can't output to TV without costly adaptor

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  Published: 2008-10-15, review by: theregister.co.uk

  • The A5 isnt perfect, but is comes very close. The device looks and feels superb, media playback is excellent, the internet experience is one of the best available on any current mobile device and the touchscreen UI is almost beyond criticism. Perhaps...

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  Published: 2008-10-01, review by: alphr.com

  • iPlayer compatibility and an array of features, but this PMP feels like it's being left behind ...

 
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  Published: 2008-09-30, review by: whathifi.com

  • Large screen, great for internet browsing, good music and video playback, 60GB HDD is good value
  • Fairly bulky, pipped in performance by the iPod Touch

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  Published: 2008-09-26, review by: gadgetshow.channel5.com

  • Like a delicious gadget chameleon the Archos 5 has so many skins, it’s hard to tell what it does best. It plays back nearly all flavours of video, audio and photo files, it’s a Wi-Fi web browser, an email reader and (with accessories) a digita...
  • As Archos loads on heavyweight features, the pounds pile on, too. The Archos 5 weighs 300g and is over twice the size of an iPhone, making it about as pocket-friendly as a steam iron. The touchscreen interface isn’t as intuitive as Apple’s, ei...
  • Bigger and smarter than a phone, but smaller and faster than a netbook, the Archos 5 is perfect for anyone who has a hard drive full of media and a long, dull commute to endure. Archos 5 is tagged with Archos and portable media player. Select a tag (Ar...

 
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  Published: 2008-09-01, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Abstract:  The 60GB Archos 5 is designed specifically for playing video. This is obvious from its 4.8in 800x480-pixel touch screen - the largest of any player here. It looks great, with wide viewing angles, good contrasts and bright, accurate-looking colours....

 
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  Published: 2008-08-27, review by: stuff.tv

  • Large, terrific looking screen. Handles Flash, including BBC iPlayer. Replays 720p hi-def
  • Extras cost, er, extra. Heavyweight chassis. Poor earphones. Just 12hrs music from the battery
  • A bit of a fatty, but more than compensates with excellent video replay and swift web browsing ...

 
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  Published: 2005-01-01, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Better than the iPod touch? Sleek and well equipped, limited only by battery. Many MP3 players can also handle video, but its often a poorly implemented afterthought. The Archos 5 is designed for the job, hence its 800x480 pixel display. Nearly five...

 
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  Published: 2009-10-19, review by: pocketables.com

  • Abstract:  Except for maybe the keyboard, web browsing on the Archos 5 Android is a significant across-the-board improvement over the Archos 5 IMT. The Android tablet loads pages faster, has more connectivity options, offers better scrolling and browser navigation..

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  Published: 2009-06-01, review by: consumersearch.com

  • Large memory, Excellent video playback, Large screen,
  • Glossy finish prone to smudging, Extra cost for optional software, Resolution not commensurate with screen size

 
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  Published: 2009-05-15, review by: Computerpoweruser.com

  • Abstract:  Display: 4.8-inch TFT LCD touchscreen (480 x 800); 32-bit ARM Cortex–A8 processor; Video playback: MPEG-4/WMV/M-JPEG; Audio playback: MP3/WMA/WAV; Photo viewer: JPEG/BMP/PNG/GIF; PDF viewer, USB 2.0 interface; 3.5mm jack The Archos 5 Internet Media Tabl...

 
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