{"id":8247,"date":"2004-03-09T13:37:29","date_gmt":"2004-03-09T13:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8247"},"modified":"2004-03-09T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2004-03-09T13:37:29","slug":"super-cheap-20gb-mp3-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8247","title":{"rendered":"Super Cheap 20Gb MP3 Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/archos20.jpg\" align=\"left\">Deal of the week &#8211; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archos.com\">Archos<\/a> 20 Gb MP3 Recorder, available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/B0000T1R4O\/qid=1078852642\/\/ref=pd_ka_1\/002-1031896-1210426?v=glance&#038;s=electronics&#038;n=507846\">Amazon for a scant $130<\/a> after mail-in rebate. This player is fully loaded; it records from any source, has USB 2.0 transfer, works as an external hard-drive, supports on-the-fly playlists, and if you&#8217;re not happy with the already rich feature set of the Archos, you can upgrade with a <a href=\"http:\/\/rockbox.haxx.se\/\">freeware ROM replacement<\/a> that allows you to read text files, supports mid-track resume (important for audio books), extends battery life, plays 8 games and supports 23 languages. <\/p>\n<p> Note: this Archos player is not one that I&#8217;ve used myself, but it&#8217;s very similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/modules.php?op=modload&#038;name=Reviews&#038;file=index&#038;req=showcontent&#038;id=14\">Archos Jukebox Multimedia<\/a> I reviewed favorably a little more than a year ago. My only problem with that unit has been that the battery no longer holds a charge, which seems to be the norm with these sorts of electronics. Luckily, unlike an iPod, the battery is user-replaceable for $50 if it goes out after warranty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deal of the week &#8211; the Archos 20 Gb MP3 Recorder, available from Amazon for a scant $130 after mail-in rebate. This player is fully loaded; it records from any source, has USB 2.0 transfer, works as an external hard-drive, supports on-the-fly playlists, and if you&#8217;re not happy with the already rich feature set of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8247\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Super Cheap 20Gb MP3 Player&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}