I'm guessing the previous model was flash-based. Is this a sign of unease in the technology, perhaps disquiet at costs not dropping as fast as might have been anticipated, thanks to exponentially-growing demand outstripping supply? In other words, Archos clearly reckon there's life in the old hard-disk dog yet.

I still have the older but much superior AV700, which has a bigger screen, better visual quality and ruggedness, and 100GB of memory, and of course the recorder is built in!

They never seem to mention battery life, most of the time no matter how much memory is included, the battery struggles to show a complete movie before collapsing for a recharge, and when that happens you are unable to get it connected to a power supply ie. aircraft, trains, buses need I go on? where are the belted battery packs like wot photographers have for the lights etc.

The Hilton angle is so she watch her own movies travelling between boyfriends, and thought she is not a good actress, she does try hard in the home movies.