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Archos Gmini 220 (20 GB) MP3 Player

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Key Features
  • Storage Capacity: 20 GB
  • Number of Songs: 5000
  • Main Storage Type: Hard Drive
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Product Review

Great Media player and File Store

by   commsman ,   Aug 12, 2004

Pros:  Excellent sound, file dump from CF I/II slot (brilliant!) Fast Data transfer, compact.

Cons:  Few complaints for the money. No file transfer back to CF

The Bottom Line:  Buy It! or wait for the new Gmini 400 - which should be similar but have colour screen, play video etc etc. Drool.

Overall Rating: 5/5 stars
 

Author's Review

I bought this because it combines media file playing capabilities with a good data store, with the advantage of a CF (I and II) slot to dump my camera files while on holiday. I have a Fuji FinePix M603 with a couple of Microdrives. I use the camera for stills and 30 fps 640x480 video - and the Microdrives soon get full up. Now I can dump from the Microdrives to the Gmini and release the drives for more stills and video. Brilliant.
I looked at the iRiver H320 and H340 - they can act as USB *hosts* as well as slaves for data transfer and have the advantage of better (lovely colour) screens, however the USB transfer is slow when acting as a host (only USB 1.1), and these devices cost a lot more than the Gmini. They are also a fair bit larger, making them less attractive for media playing on the move. I have also read about slightly problematic OS with occasional crashes.
The Gmini is very small, robust, has a nice user interface (IMHO) and moving files around is a breeze. Note that you cannot write files back to a CF card - this transfer provcess is only one way!
The Gmini has incredibly fast USB 2.0 data transfer speeds when hooked up to my PC. I can dump Gbs of data in a very few minutes.
I was less impressed by the MusicMatch software, which instantly disabled my DVD-RW drive (a Sony DWU10 - pretty standard you would think??). I suspect MusicMatch replaced the WinXP aspii driver with it's own version. Not good. WinXP System Restore to the rescue. I have plenty of rippers and converters which work fine without this bloated piece of garbage. Who needs such flaky software - not me.
 

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