Archos Gmini402 20 GB

Take your favorite music and video with you wherever you roam with the Archos Gmini 402 Pocket Camcorder and Multimedia Player, and capture personal videos and photos with the integrated video camcorder. It features an internal 20 GB hard drive which stores up to 80 hours of video, 200,000 still photos, and up to 10,000 song 2.2 inch TFT LCD screen, and a built in rechargeable lithium ion battery that provides up to 10 hours of battery life when listening to music, 4 hours when watching video, or 2 hours when recording video.

Ultra slim and sleekly designed, the Gmini 402 measures just 0.7 inches thick and 4.1 inches wide and it weighs just 6.65 ounces. It's compatible with a wide variety of digital audio, image, and video files, including protected Windows Media content downloaded from multiple PlaysForSure online music services and stores. Record your personal videos in MPEG 4 format directly to your Gmini 402 Camcorder.

Five different modes of resolution are available to suit your needs. In low mode, you may capture up to 50 hours of your personal videos and 13 hours of your personal videos and 13 hours in high resolution (VGA).

The Gmini 402 Camcorder also features a digital zoom 2x. With DSC function, your Gmini 402 Camcorder can be used as a still camera, allowing you to take photos with maximum resolution of 1.2 mega pixels.

The Gmini 402 offers audio compatibility with MP3, WMA, protected WMA, and WAV files and still image compatibility with JPEG and BMP files. For video files, the Gmini 402 can play MPEG-4 SP files with B-Frames (compatible with DivX and XviD 4.0 or higher) and stereo sound. You'll get near DVD quality, with up to 720 x 480 pixels at 30 fps (frames per second) in the NTSC format (U.S. video standard), or 720 x 576 pixels at 25 fps in the PAL format.

In addition to watching video from the player's LCD, you can also connect the Gmini 402 to a TV with standard RCA A/V output. It also has a standard mini headphone jack. Record from any standard audio source with high quality stereo sound via the stereo analog line in connection or record voice or live music with the built-in microphone. Files will be saved on the Gmini 402 in WAV format.

The Gmini 402 Camcorder has a USB Host Port that lets you to copy, share, connect and transfer files directly from other powered mass storage devices such as digital cameras, card readers, USB keys, and powered portable hard drives. Play back directly any compatible contents on the external hard drive connected to your Gmini 402 Camcorder (no data transfer needed).

The Gmini 402 Camcorder also features a high speed USB 2.0 interface to connect your device to your PC or Mac and easily transfer contents. Transfer photos directly from your digital camera or from another mass storage device using the built in USB host connection, or from a computer using the high speed USB 2.0 interface.

Store up to up to 200,000 photos. Organize photos in easy thumbnail or slideshow views, and view them on the Gmini 402 Camcorder screen or any external display. The 2.2 inch TFT LCD screen has a 220 x 176 pixel resolution with 262,000 colors. It connects to Windows based PCs and Macs via super fast USB 2.0 (which is also backwards compatible with USB 1.1).