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    ARCHOS 404 Portable Multimedia Player Product Specifications ARCHOS presents the ARCHOS 404, an ultr a slim and compact Portable Multimedia Player to enjoy and store all your digital me dia content i n the palm of your hand . Featuring a large 3.5’’ TFT LCD color screen, the ARCH OS 404 boasts a 30 GB * hard drive for storing up to 85 movies, 3[...]

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    • 30 GB to store up to 130 hours of encoded video (6) from a PC, the equi valent of 85 movies, 300,000 photos, or 15,000 songs (6) Optional Accessories DVR Station: Tur n your ARCHOS 404 into a portable DVR • Record TV on your AR CHOS in MPEG4 format • Contro l and r ecord direct ly f rom a VCR, satellit e receiv er or cable box an d mak e sc[...]

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    Technical specifications Capacity - 30 GB * hard drive to store up to 85 movies (6) , 300 000 photo s (6) or 15 000 songs (6) Display - 3.5'' TFT (320*240 pi xels) 4/3, over 16 millions colors. Video playback ** - MPEG-4 (1) ASP@L5 AVI (up to DV D resolution) (MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Pictur e Experts Group; AVI: au dio/video file c[...]

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    (5) Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charg e cycles an d may eventual ly need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. (6) On average; based on 3.5 mins/song & 64 kbi ts/s WMA (f or better quality 128 Kbit /s or more recommended), on 500 kbits/s MPEG-4 audio/video encoding and 1h30/mo vie[...]