Best device for video & wifi

[Guest petec500]

I'm thinking about getting a device that the kids can use to watch videos on, but with wifi too for casual internet browsing around the home or out and about. Thing is, which is best for these applications??

1. Ipod Touch - expensive, but versatile

2. Archos 405/605 wifi - cheap and useful add-ons e.g. PVR dock

3. Sony PSP - cheap again, but not so interested in games, tho kids might be!

Views/experiences/opinions please??

Any other suggestions?

A forthcoming trip to Canada makes all of the above a potential good buy (>$2CAD:£1!!)

[Guest WearTheFoxHat]

Ive got an iPod touch, and the internet experience on it is second to none for a device of its type. Video's are also good.

You will probably find that the archos is more flexible when it comes to videos and music. You can even use it as a PVR as you stated above.

PSP ... quite flexible too, games to keep them quiet, although you might have to get one per kid! Video usage, plus also now has a sat nav option too.

I'm not sure how old you kids are, but I certainly consider how breakable these devices are too.

[Guest petec500]

Thanks for the views.

Interesting point about these devices being breakable. My kids are 3, 5 & 7 (though probably only the elder two would use this), so i'm not sure i'd want to given them an expensive ipod Touch to play with! Then again, the wife is after a new ipod as her 2GB Nano is becoming too limited.

I do like the PVR potential of the Archos - great for recording loads of the kiddy's prog's off TV for them to watch on long journeys etc.

The PSP almost seems a bit long in the tooth now, though in some respects it still seems to be up there with the rest. How do they manage sat nav? I assume it has bluetooth then.

So, it's an ipod touch for the wife and me, an archos for the middle kid who is a telly addict, and a DS Lite for the eldest who has just got hooked by our Wii! That's quite a gadget budget! Perhaps we wont eat whilst on holiday!!

[Guest WearTheFoxHat]

PSP Sat nav, courtesy of our friends @ PocketGPSWorld: http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?...p=413346#413346

I think I'd probably agree with you on those hardware allocations! Meh food ... "Eating's cheating!"

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

I'd probably get an Archos from that lot...

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[Guest petec500]

PSP Sat nav, courtesy of our friends @ PocketGPSWorld: http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?...p=413346#413346

I think I'd probably agree with you on those hardware allocations! Meh food ... "Eating's cheating!"

Very interesting, though quite pricey as an all-in sat nav solution. For £99, you could buy a TomTom One, which would arguably be better.

Paul - have you had experience of web-browsing on an Archos? Or anyone else for that matter?