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Review of Archos 705 WiFi Digital Video Recorder and Player Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

After using the device extensively for two weeks, I can bluntly say that one of those breakthroughs apparently didn't cover the basics of any portable media device: Reliable operation and quality video recording. I found the Archos 705 to be extremely buggy. Nearly everything I tried to do with the unit sooner or later resulted in a crash. Plugging it into the DVR adapter to record a video? It crashes. Trying to play back a video? Crashes. Trying to copy files to it from your computer via USB? Big time crash. The Archos 705 unit seemed to just crash randomly and unexpectedly at various times.

Media giants want to criminalize personal copying of movie DVDs to portable electronic devices Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

That way I can buy movies like "Oceans Eleven," which I think is a great film, and I can watch "Oceans Eleven" on my home DVD player or take it with me on a PSP or an iRiver, PMP, or other portable media device. If I ever sell that movie on DVD, I will delete those files. That's the honest way to handle it as a consumer. I'm supporting the movie studios by buying the DVDs, but I'm also allowing myself to be able to watch that DVD on a number of different devices that I own.

Neuros MPEG4 Recorder does what it promises to do well, but there's room for improvement Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: If you own a PlayStation Portable (PSP), or any other personal portable media device, you've probably discovered that one of the main challenges is finding a way to get video onto the device. How do you rip your movie collection, for example, to a format that can play on the PSP? The PSP is a really capable portable movie player. It's not just a gaming machine -- although it's very good for games -- it's also a great way to watch videos when you are away from your home entertainment system.

DVD copy warnings, movie studio paranoia, and the effort to turn customers into criminals Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

For example, studios don't like you copying movies to your portable media players, PSPs or iPods. As a result, they're losing out on billions of dollars of revenue. Let's face it: I'm not the only one who would be willing to pay for downloadable movies as long as the process was fairly straightforward and they didn't treat me like a criminal from the get-go. Movie, recording and even audio book industries missed the boat as far as customer satisfaction In a similar vein, there is an audio book company called Audible.com, and this company has missed the boat, as well.

Like a lot of customers, I have no problem whatsoever paying for downloadable videos, music or audio books, as long as I can move those files to my laptop, portable media device or mp3 player. If I'm going to pay for content, I want to actually be able to use it and not be imprisoned by some proprietary technology that assumes I'm a criminal. Think about it: How would you like it if every time you left a retail store, your bags were searched and you had to go through a metal detector? Does that seem excessive?

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