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PLEASE HELP ME CHOOSE!!!!!!!!

Jun 12, 2005 12:58AM PDT

Hello,

I have been wanting to get an all-in-one device for sometime now, but I cannot decide on which one to get. First off, the PSP is awesome but its multimedia is half-baked becasue the consumer has to buy memory sticks to listen to music and also watch movies which are very expensive. The UMD's are the same price as purchasing a DVD. The thing I like most the about the PSP is how beautiful the screen is. Lastly the gaming experience is wonderful, depending which game you are playing.
Moving on, the Cowon iAudio X5 comes with 20GB. Everything about this player that I have researched is really good, except the screen size. The unit its self is beautiful.
Lastly, today I tried out the Archos AV420 and I enjoyed viewing the screen. The way the unit its self on how it looks, I was not attracted to. The good thing about this product is on how you can record off viewings off the t.v. I can get a discount worth 200 dollars off this product from my friend that works at best buy, which makes me kind of lean to this, but i'm still not sure. Any advice? Thanks

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(NT) (NT) Anyone There?
Jun 12, 2005 1:48PM PDT
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calm down
Jun 12, 2005 9:35PM PDT

first what is ur budget, it looks huge and tell us what you have in mind e.g. what size, capacity and what features u'd like and what you'd do with it.

That would a good starter. Hope you give us more details. Thnx, i'll b back to help if u want.

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SOME HELPFUL HINTS
Jun 12, 2005 10:04PM PDT

Well, I just sold my ipod off ebay to get the AV420. And I felt it was the best out of all the comp. you listed. I am getting it in the mail soon. I would suggest you do the same especially if you can get it for 200$ off. If you dont like it....sell it and you can still get a profit w/ the discount you got