Archos 101 Platinum review

Archos's latest full-sized tablet is cheap in every sense of the word

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By Jon Mundy
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Archos 101 Platinum review
Cheap, but not so cheerful

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Archos 101 Platinum

A good example of the camera's general failings - low detail, poor colour reproduction, and bleached out whites.

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Archos 101 Platinum

There's a distinct lack of depth to snaps, and once again note the bleached out skies.

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Archos 101 Platinum

Note the graininess even with fairly decent indoor lighting.

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Archos 101 Platinum

Here's a fence with the 'cloudy' setting on...

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Note the falling away of detail at the edges.

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Archos 101 Platinum

Here the camera struggles to render the deep red and subtle shadowing on the postbox, as well as the grey sky behind.

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Archos 101 Platinum

Note the extreme fuzziness at the image's lower corners

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Archos 101 Platinum

Detail appears to be fine, but look at those corners.

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Archos 101 Platinum

The camera's struggle with dynamic range is perfectly illustrated here.

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Jon Mundy