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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
For half the price of most of the others? I don't see why you would be expecting stellar. And I like the build quality. I've heard people say that it looks cheap, but I've let it in the hands of the 1 year old daughter of a friend, who also stepped on it on one occasion, and there have been no problems.
There are some issues, at least with the g8. One thing is the fact that if if you have the brightness of the screen on minimum, the screen doesn't turn on when you take it out of sleep mode. Problem solved by not having the brightness setting to exactly minimum. But I hope that they solved these things with the new gen.
What I do love about their marketing strategy is the fact that they have many options for the devices, so there are enough options for screen size and disk size.
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And I in no way would imagine why I would demand anything less than stellar for my hard earned cash.
I do not see why my personal opinion seems to cause you a need to belittle my expression of my needs, observations or questions. Sorry if my observations about the brand causes you irritation. Not my intention at all.
I wrote what I feel and my concerns. Feel free to explain your experiences but do not question my personal decisions. Like most people I am not commenting looking to be convinced by some random person on the web to make a decision. I look for personal experiences or research results. A nice exchange of info is great but beyond that is tedious and pointless.
There are corners which have been cut over the years by Archos. Doesn't mean it's a bad product but at the same time it does mean it is a bit expensive for a roll of the dice. Not sure if I mentioned it but was down that road with the crappy Nokia internet tablets a few years back, and that is a big company but the tablets were Mickey Mouse garbage in the long run. My old PDA's were more durable and in fact still work fine after far more use.
I visit Anythingbutipod.com often as well as the site to Archos devices ArchosFans.com. Lots of details can be found on both sites of the strengths and weaknesses in each model.