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As Archos launches its fifth generation of portable players, it’s also making a bid for the lounge with this, the TV+. In fact, according to Archos, the TV+ ‘is set to become a must for every living room in 2008’. Well, it’s not bad, but let’s not get...
Reliable wireless media streaming, good reproduction of audio and video files, 250GB hard disk is plenty...
No builtin TV tuner, resolution cap, a bit expensive considering the limitations...
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itreviews.com Updated: 2011-07-30 12:12:13
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Having used this good-looking box, youre left wondering why the normally sure-footed Archos has made the design and marketing errors it has with the TV+. The plug-ins should have been plugged in, the infra-red emitter on the front is daft and for £25...
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webuser.co.uk Updated: 2011-07-30 12:12:13
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The next holy grail for hardware manufacturers is to link your computer and internet connection to your home-entertainment system. more...
The Archos TV+ is a useful device, one of the latest products to bridge the gulf between your PC, your TV and the internet. It does this extremely well, but isnt so great at its other key function – recording programmes from the TV. While the media...
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avreview.co.uk Updated: 2011-07-30 12:12:13
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Heres a French take on the AppleTV - a PommeTV, if you will. The Archos TV+ certainly does a lot; features include multimedia playback (from the internal HDD or network), web-browsing, simple games, internet streaming and podcasts, an integrated tun...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated: 2011-07-30 12:12:13
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Archoss TV+ is among the most expensive multimedia receivers here, but it does have an 80GB hard disk for TV recordings and storing video, audio and image files. Setting it up is tricky. Instead of SCART outputs, it has component video and stereo p...
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The French manufacturer makes a sensible start with the Archos TV+ by mimicking the sleek design of the Apple TV and many of the features that it offers. Content can be wirelessly streamed from your PC so that JPEGs, MP3s and DiVX can be accessed on yo...
Small profile, Large capacity...
Limited out of the box functionality, Ineffectual IR zapper, Standard definition only, User-unfriendly, Keypad remote...
The French manufacturer makes a sensible start with the Archos TV+ by mimicking the sleek design of the Apple TV and many of the features that it offers. Content can be wirelessly streamed from your PC so that JPEGs, MP3s and DiVX can be accessed on yo...
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The reality, however, is somewhat different. The first and perhaps biggest problem with the TV+ is that it doesnt support HD. Thats right, a product thats supposedly the cutting edge of TV technology and the best it can do is plain old standard def...
Archos TV+ probably would have been something to shout about a couple of years ago, but its lack of HD support, absent digital TV tuner and poor video format support mean its outclassed by the competition. Add on the fact that the plug-ins will cost...
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shinyshiny.tv Updated: 2011-07-30 12:12:14
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The Archos TV+ was launched amid great excitement from the company thanks to the fact that its one of its first devices to try and offer everything in one place. Weve covered Archos products enough that you probably know how easy it is to buy / rent...
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While there are some good features here, Apple shouldnt have to worry about this unit unseating it...
Ability to record from the television, large range of formats supported...
The interface is awful, many of the features arent included in the price and it doesnt support HD...
While there are some good features here, Apple shouldnt have to worry about this unit unseating it...
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Is the Archos TV+ device from Archos the media-streaming and television recording solution were all waiting for? As well as acting as a bridge between your computer and television, the Archos TV+ has input connections. There have been several devic...
We really cant recommend the Archos TV+, which is a shame because we really wanted it to live up to our expectations. Sadly the difficulty we had setting it up, plus the lack of high definition playback, are major issues that the Archos TV+ failed to...
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There are several ways to watch downloaded video on your TV. You can go the whole hog and spend hundreds on a Media Centre PC, or you can save cash and buy a simple media streamer box instead - which allows you to access shared video and music content...
A clunky interface and expensive plug-ins undermine a potentially interesting product...
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The concept – watching last nights TV on todays commute – gets our thumbs up, but in action the Archos TV+ is too temperamental...
Seamless integration with an Archos PMP. Huge capacity. Looks and sounds good. Web browser...
No tuner. Convoluted set-up. Needs a mouse. UI and manual can be vague...
The concept – watching last nights TV on todays commute – gets our thumbs up, but in action the Archos TV+ is too temperamental...
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