I was just talking to StuBeck about this a few minutes ago. I'm looking for an MP3 player, and I really like the Archos 504 and 604. One of the big things all these things claim is that they can display pictures... and the Archos dock apparently lets you hook a digital camera straight up to it with USB and dump pictures off.

But... can any of them read raw files? I shoot CRW for almost everything I do because storage is cheap, and I'd rather waste time sitting in a chair rather than have a screwed up shot because the exposure or white balance is totally screwed. I would love to have an MP3 player that can show me those CRW files while I'm out and about, but... does such a beast exist? If not.. why not? dcraw seems to be a free (public domain?) tool for manipulating various types of camera raw formats... why won't manufacturers use it?

Well my main purpose is still going to be MP3 and XviD playback... hence why I'm looking at things like the Archos 504 and Cowon A2. I was just wondering if there was anything else along those lines that could maybe do what I want it to

The only ones I'm familiar with are the Epson ones.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/c...s&oid=63061067

There is also one up from that one with an 80GB drive in it. I've heard great things about them.

Originally Posted by wingtipz

The only ones I'm familiar with are the Epson ones.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/c...s&oid=63061067

There is also one up from that one with an 80GB drive in it. I've heard great things about them.

OUCH! That thing looks nice, but $500 is double what I was looking to pay for something... and the $100 rebate ran out last week

Originally Posted by chkltcow

Originally Posted by wingtipz

The only ones I'm familiar with are the Epson ones.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/c...s&oid=63061067

There is also one up from that one with an 80GB drive in it. I've heard great things about them.

OUCH! That thing looks nice, but $500 is double what I was looking to pay for something... and the $100 rebate ran out last week

You could look for the P-2000 too, it's the original model that also got good reviews, they seem to be going for reasonable prices on ebay.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/c...p?oid=49164278