Archos AV700 Mobile Digital Video Recorder: Video iPod did you say?

A few months ago I had the privilege... nay, the pleasure of getting up close and personal with the Archos AV400. So when time came for us to depart from each other's company, my colleagues almost had to pry it out of my cold dead fingers, so to speak. Good thing it didn't come to that. This time around, I was kept away and limited to just pictures and print media of the new Archos AV700 Mobile Digital Video Recorder. And with the features of this unit, i'd say that was the smartest thing to do!
With on the fly recording and compression of video files and its huge storage space (either 40GB or 100GB model) those long trips will seem much shorter. The Archos AV700 can also be fitted with accessories (sold separately) to fit and function in your car without any major surgery done to your interior. When you're done showing the relo's your family movies, you can move on and show them those holiday snaps because the AV700 handles these with ease. The MP3 playback capability of this unit completes this portable media centre. Did I hear the faint cry of iPod or was that just gas?

Features of the Archos AV700 Mobile Digital Video Recorder:
Record directly from TV
After installing the TV docking pod in a one-time set-up operation, record directly television programs, movies and home videos directly from your TV, VCR, DVD player, cable box or satellite receiver (PAL & NTSC) ... and watch on the go! With the integrated scheduler you can program your recording schedule for the week or even the month and watch your recordings.

Play Video
Play back your favourite program on the the 7 inch widescreen or on any external screen with a near DVD quality. Play DivX, Windows Media, protected Windows Media and MPEG-4 video files. The AV 700 offers many functionalities such as slow motion, adjustable screen size, video editing or enven a video bookmarking function.

Music Player
The AV 700 features a newly-designed music player. Easily organize songs with the enhanced ARCLibrary and customize your view by artist, album, type of music, title, year, and play lists without having to use a computer. The AV 700 also offers an audio recording application to record (encoding in real time) in WAV (PCM or ADPCM), from almost all analog stereo sources. You can also use the stereo microphone if you want to record notes to yourself for easy access later.

Photo wallet
The AV 700 acts as a great digital photo companion accessory. Transfer up to one million photos1 directly from your digital camera, from another mass storage device using the built-in USB host connection, or from a computer using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface. Organize photos and watch them in slideshows on the AV 700 screen or any external display.

Connectivity
The AV 700 has a USB Host Port enabling you to copy, share, connect and transfer files directly from other powered mass storage devices. Additionally, the AV 700 is recognized as a mass storage drive on your PC or Mac giving you the possibility to store any computer file using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface (backward USB 1.1 compatible at a lower speed).

PC autosync
With the AV 700 you may purchase, download, subscribe to or rent protected video and music content from the Microsoft PlaysForSure websites. Using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface, the AV 700 will easily auto-synchronize this content with Windows Media Player 10 each time you connect it to your PC, or convert your Windows Media Player 10 library content to one of the many compatible formats (MP3, WMA, WAV, protected WMA, MPEG-4, WMV and protected Windows Media Video).

Order your Archos AV700 100GB or 40GB Mobile Digital Video Recorder here at Mr.Gadget Australia today!