Archos Uleashed TV+ WiFi-Enabled DVR

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.archos.com/products/gen_5/archos_tv/index.html?country=global&lang=en' target='_blank'>http://www.archos.com/products/gen_5/archos_tv/index.html?country=global&lang=en</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>&quot;The ARCHOS TV+ is the first WiFi Digital Video Recorder that provides the easiest access to content, and the most advanced features of any DVR today. ARCHOS TV+ combines a WiFi Media Player with a high-capacity DVR for enjoying movies, music, photos, podcasts, Web video, the full Internet and more right on your widescreen TV. With up to 250GB of capacity on a multimedia hard drive, you can record hundreds of hours of video and transfer content via high speed to your ARCHOS Portable Media Players. &quot;</em></p><p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/dht/auto/1199420216.usr1.jpg" /><br /><em><font size="1">Image courtesy of Engadget</font></em></p><p>This unassuming, little silver box packs a lot of punch! I'll try to check it out in person at CES...</p>

[onlydarksets]

From Archos's website (http://www.archos.com/products/gen_5/archos_tv/index.html?country=global&lang=en):
Sync your recorded TV shows to your ARCHOS portable media player at high speed, and take your home theatre wherever you go (a 2-hour movie syncs in only 10 minutes)

This got me thinking - I'd love to see hardware AVC or MP4 capture cards (both NTSC and ATSC), instead of archaic (in terms of compression ratios) MPEG 2. I'm tired of having to wait to convert shows before dropping them on the Zune (and I've only had that for a week!).