Archos Gmini XS 200 20GB MP3 Player

Tiny little MP3 Player

Strengths: small, HD size

Weaknesses: none

Summary: I got this to replace my old bigger archos MP3 player. it is small and has a fast USB connection. it also has a power adapter that works with 110-220 electricity so if you travel oversease this could be useful. the price is pretty good compared to the IPod and it is smaller! the display is grayscale (I wish it was colored) but is pretty good. sound quality is very good. navigation and rearranging songs is easy. I looked at other MP3 players with 20GB HD before buying this but for the size and price this was the best!

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I sold my creative zen touch and bought this becau ...

Strengths: no driver needed, small and light! user friendly, CHEAP CHEAP

Weaknesses: sound quality, LED light, display

Summary: I sold my creative zen touch and bought this because it did not need a driver...pretty user friendly so far, i can browse the music files in various ways. so far this is the best thing about the mp3 player. it seriously beats ipod in size and stuff. though the picture shown on pricegrabber isn't really attractive, but the product looks fine when you have it in hand.

there are two things i don't like about the player. 1) the sound quality is far worse than the previous creative zen touch...i listened to a few classical music songs, it isn't very good. at least for my bad ears, i can hear the difference between my previous mp3 and this archos. 2) the LED light for charging is WAY WAY too bright. it becomes annoying because it is so bright that it catches more attention than the main screen. haha when i put it into my pocket i can see the blue LED light. i think archos should switch the green main screen light with it.

but you gotta admit that this player is small. this 1.8" hitachi drive is seriously the best thing you want to carry around. it's a lil thicker than the 4th generation ipod, but the size is WAY smaller.

battery life is okay, it's of course worse than creative...but is far better than the ipods.

i strongly recommend this player to anyone...and remember, this player is cheap! =D have a nice day.

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This is definitely THE IPOD KILLER. It's got it ...

Strengths: CHEAP (I got mine for $212), Great Sound, VERY SMALL size, light weight, Everysong you will ever listen to in your LIFE, REALLY in your POCKET, and did I mention CHEAP!! VERY FAST USB 2.0 transfers.

Weaknesses: random accessing music can sometimes take as long as 4 seconds. Needs FM tunner and recording to be the ULTIMATE.

Summary: This is definitely THE IPOD KILLER.

It's got it ALL. CHEAP ( I got mine for $212 with tax & shipping), Great Sound, VERY SMALL size, light weight, SIMPLICITY (It only has 2 buttons and a joystick) Every song you will ever listen to in your LIFE, REALLY in your POCKET, and did I mention CHEAP!!

VERY FAST USB 2.0 transfer of music. My 2000 song mp3 collection took under 10 mins. to transfer into the unit !!! That's a song every 0.3 seconds.

It comes with a Universal Power adapter to connect to any AC outlet in the World ( VERY NICE !!). It also comes with an OK ear-bud headphones.

Unlike the IPOD you can't accidentally hit the buttons on it. It even has a LOCK mode to disable all of the buttons. Great playlist creation and editing tools. The ability to delete,rename, and move songs is great.

I really love the ARC Library browsing feature. Finding music based on Genre, Artist, Year, or Album is amazing. It has given me a new insight into my own mp3 collection.

My only complaint about the unit is random accessing music can sometimes take as long as 4 seconds. But there is NO delay when you DON'T random access music.

This is by FAR the BEST mp3 player I've ever owned. Archos was the FIRST, and they are gonna show APPLE no matter how much money APPLE throws at marketing the IPOD, ARCHOS is always gonna come up on the TOP.

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This Gmini XS200 is a great buy! It's smaller than ...

Strengths: Cheap hard drive mp3 player/storage. User friendly. Setup between computer and mp3 player is very simple.

Weaknesses: LED is really bright. Headphone style wraps behind neck.

Summary: This Gmini XS200 is a great buy! It's smaller than an apple ipod and compared to the 20GB ipod it is much cheaper. The setup to upload music from the computer to the mp3 player is very user friendly. Battery life is pretty good. I definitely recommend the Gmini XS200 over the Apple ipod!

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At first glance this thing is about the size of a ...

Strengths: 20gb! TINY! NO software required! VBR up to 320!

Weaknesses: ... I didnt get charged $100 more for an apple logo?

Summary: At first glance this thing is about the size of a pill box, its ridiculously small i was surprised. after booting it up i immediately plugged it into my linux box (which saw it right off the bat) and transferred 150mb of music within 11 seconds.. i was in awe. My mac and xp machine all had just as little trouble seeing it.

When you first look at the screen which lights in a green glow with black print you immediately think touch screen like it was an older palm. so naturally i'm having to clean the fingerprints off the screen everytime i show off my new xs200.. but everyone is astounded, superb sound quality.. and for those of you that b*tch about the earbuds sounding bad.. when have you bought a device soley for its earphones.. really.. you can even use this lil guy as a 20gb external harddrive to hold more than just mp3's on. AND you can browse the data.. so if you forgot what you threw on it.. just look.

as for the last amazement: vbr at 320, and meu playlist support. for those that dont wanna be locked into "itunes only" players this thing kicks butt.. I dont know how many times my iTerd friends come over and be like.. "hey can i grab these tunes.. oh wait can i install itunes on here?" i can plug mine in anywhere without needing admin rights on whereever i'm at.

ipod, meet your match easy.

I looked into nomads, rca lyra's, iTerds, rio players, and honestly i couldnt have been more happy with what i got. it blows all competition out of the water.

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I spent two days trying to transfer music to it th ...

Strengths: Good for data file transfer. Nice metal case. Small size for a 20gig player.

Weaknesses: It is not recognized by Napster or Windows Media Player. Archos support is not very good.

Summary: 2005-01-20 23:45:43 I spent two days trying to transfer music to it that I downloaded from my music service Napster while waiting on tech support to email me back about the compatiblity problem because I could not find a phone contact number on their site. I also could not find my player model listed on their site for self help support. Archos tech support finally wrote back days later but did address my issue of whether or not the player was compatible with Napster and WMP. So I finally ended up returning the player. Archos tech support finally called me by phone after I requested a RMA. They said it is not compatible with Napster, which I have already figured out by now and shipped it back. I bought an iriver and am very pleased with it and wish I had went that route to start with. Live and learn.

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