me and my friend both bought the products. i bought the 402 and he brought the AV420. I won. mine was smaller than an ipod. his was as big and awkward as a CD player. didnt look good in a pocket. mine had people flocking to see the"ipod that could play movies". his was some nerd tech people dismissed as a palm pilot. mine was 100$cheaper. really helps someone in high school. his left a hole in his car savings. its really easy also just to download movies from a p2p already in AVI format and reformat it with the free software. he said the line in was easier and i believe him. it is a bit of a hassle, but it pays off when you're watching pulp fiction in math class without being noticed even if it was harder to get. hope this helps, my friend hates me out of spite. oh, and P.S. the screen is PERFECT size. crystal video. sometimes my friend accidentally formatted his video wrong with the confusingf AV420 program he was using and the images would be superpixelated. hope this helps!
I cant stand it!!! i just cant think of which mp3 player to buy!!!! ive gone back and forth from over 10 models but i think i have come down to 2
archos gmini 402
archos av420
i like the size of the 402 but whats really a putdown is it doesnt have direct recording capablities. and is the screen that small??
and for the av420, how big is it? (compared to an ipod because i dont want too large). i really like the direct recording from your tv thing. i could record my shows then watch them whenever.
please help!! i dont know which one to get... i will also take sigustions for other mp3 players

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