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I bought the Archos FM 20 in March and have had a great experience with it. It is not the the most attactive player, but it holds 20gigs, is extremely sturdy, and has a very good battery life. It is much simpler to organzie than is competition the iPod. Its easy to customize through windows explorer, no extra software, and transfer speeds are extremely fast through a USB 2 connection. I would definitly recomend this product to any person interested in buying a hard drive MP3 player.

Would you buy a car that can only drive for 5 miles before running out of petrol ? If yes then this gadget is for you.

Functions are great but it runs of juice unbeleivably quickly. I charged the battery fully, copied a bunch of files over and next time I switched the thing on... battery empty. Happens over and over again.

I've got a 20 GB Creative Zen jukebox which I play all week on holiday on one charge. It can also play WMA files as well and is all round fab.

I have relegated my Archos to using as a back up hard drive for my important PC files.

I suggest you do not buy an archos.

If you are thinking of buying one, at least try them out by sending a query to the helpdesk and see if you get a reply.... think that may be enough to give you a clear idea of what you are (not) getting for your money.

PG

I simply cannot understand how anyone can write a good review on this product!!

Either they have no idea how bad the Archo's is in comparison to other players or they just simply have no understanding of what quality is about!!

I bought this player, and had several issues with it. Firstly, the battery power is horrible. Lasting for under two hours is an example of how poorly this player functions. Almost always, the player suddenly freezes and shuts down for no apparent reason. Fm radio does not function accordingly and when using the unit to record meetings, recording several times, the files rerecord over each other.

This player was not designed for listening pleasure, rather designed to irritate, fustrate and infuriate users.

Also, just when you think Archos's tech support can help, getting in touch with them is like breaking down a brick wall with your bare hands. So, be patient on contacting them, cause they have major problems that they have to deal with.

I will be amuzing myself buy just viewing all the glowing reviews that mislead consumers with positive reviews.

Don't do business with JR Music World, they sent me a crap product. Ear out input did not work!