Re: Archos media Player

Samantha Booth wrote:
> I appreciate this may be the wrong newsgroup to ask about these so if 
> someone could help me out i would appreciate it.
> 
> I have been looking at the Archos media player instead of a personal DVD

> player to take into hopsital with me  when I go. The model I think is
the 
> 605 at £249(unless anyone knows of any cheaper and better ones) from
Currys. 
> My question is I have boxed DVD collections of various programmes I like
to 
> watch and want to be able to watch them on the Archos. Is it possible to
rip 
> them off the dvd sets onto my laptop then transfer them onto the Archos 
> player so I can take them with me to hospital???
> 
> If it is how is this done. I am a real novice at this so it needs to be
very 
> easy for me to u nderstand so I would appreciate not a lot of jargon.
> 
> Thanks everyone
> 
> Sam 
> 
> 


I know its not what you wanted to do but why not a cheap ****table dvd 
player?  A cheap cd/dvd zip up storage folder thingy would be 5 to 10 
quid and hold 20 to 30 dvds.  Its cheaper and requires no fannying about 
with ripping discs and having to crack the security on the dvd.  Thing 
is of course that the dvd player will be a bit bigger to store - but it 
does have s decent size screen to watch, but it won't be half as ***y as 
an Archos.

One thing you might want to think about is how you propose to keep 
whichever solution you chose secure in hospital.  My dad is currently in 
hospital and someone stole his old walkman - worth all of 25p at a boot 
sale, wasn't even a good branded one just cheapo trash, in fact the 
batteries were worth more than the walkman :o(



regards



Dudley