IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR QUALITY VIDEO, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL YOU SEE ONE OF THESE IN PERSON. NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU FOR THE PICTURE QUALITY. IT IS JUST LIKE BEING THERE. LAST YEAR, I WAS LOOKING FOR A MULTI-GIG MP3 PLAYER WHEN I SAW THIS. I COULDN'T AFFORD THIS WHEN I FIRST SAW IT. I TRIED A COBY 30GB, WOULDN'T WORK WHEN I GOT IT. RETURNED TO COBY, AND IT WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER THAT WOULDN'T WORK. I FINALLY GAVE UP ON COBY. I THEN PURCHASED A SANSA 8GB. IT WAS SO EASY TO USE AND I COULD CARRY IT IN MY POCKET AT WORK, USING JUST ONE EAR PIECE OF MY HEADPHONE. BY CHANCE, I CAME ACROSS AN ARCHOS IN PERSON, AND FELL IN LOVE. I GAVE MY SANSA TO MY SON, AND PURCHASED THE ARCHOS 604. I FOUND THE DVR ON CLEARANCE FOR $30.00 AND I CAN NOW COPY MOVIES, MY SHOWS, ETC. I HAVE DOWNLOADED MY PICTURES ONTO IT, MY MUSIC OFF OF MY SANSA IS ON IT, AND I STILL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO ADD. (I HAD MAXED OUT MY SANSA.) I COMPARED THE 604 WITH THE 604 WIFI. THE PICTURE QUALITY WITH THE WIFI TOUCH SCREEN WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE 604. THE WIFI QUALITY WAS NOT UP TO PAR EITHER. THE WIFI ACCESS WAS NOT WORTH THE VIDEO COMPROMISE. I SHIPPED THE 604 WIFI BACK. I LOVE MY ARCHOS 604! I HAVEN'T SEEN A GENERATION 5 (605 WIFI, ETC) IN PERSON, SO I CANNOT COMPARE THE 604 WITH THE 605, BUT IF THE QUALITY IS ANYTHING COMPARABLE WITH THE 604, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. I STILL HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT ALL OF THE OPTIONS THE ARCHOS 604 HAS, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH IT. MY SON, 18, ON THE OTHERHAND PICKS IT UP AND FINDS HIS WAY AROUND ANY OF IT. HE IS EVEN IMPRESSED WITH MY NEW TOY!
PLEASE CHECK INTO THE ARCHOS BEFORE YOU BUY ANYTHING. IT IS DEFINITELY WORTH YOUR TIME!