Testseek.com have collected 42 expert reviews of the Archos TV+ USB2 and the average rating is 57%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Archos TV+ USB2.
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Abstract: 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...
Abstract: 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...
Abstract: Watch with bother. A good media streamer, but fiddly TV recording and a high price count against it. Most of us have hundreds of music and video files stored on our PCs. The problem is that most PCs are stuck in studies or bedrooms, and not in the li...
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...
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...
Abstract: 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 ...
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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Published: 2008-02-19, Author: Ian , review by: CNET.co.uk
Design; a nice idea on paper
Cost; lack of HD support; lack of codec support; video plug-ins cost extra
Archos TV+ is too expensive, lacks support for some key codecs out of the box and doesnt offer any form of HD functionality. Its ability to record from DVD or Freeview/Sky/Cable STB might interest some with Archos PMPs ...
