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January 2008
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The editors liked
Sharp interface
Radio (with 32 presets and autoscan)
Voice recorder
Large display
Excellent audio and video quality.
Larger display than nano
Good audio quality
SD Card slot
Compatible with unprotected AAC files
Excellent picture and sound quality
Clear screen
Standard USB connection
$130 is a great price for what you get
SD Slot makes the storage expandable
Support for many
Many file formats
Great sound and video quality
Easy to use software
Capacity
Screen
Compact design
Comes in 16GB capacity
Large
Sharp screen
Lots of extra features
Including SD-card slot
Stellar audio
Video quality
Excellent battery life
The Creative Zen sounds fantastic and features a brilliant color screen capable of displaying photos and video. The player offers a smorgasbord of desirable extras such as an SD card expansion slot
An FM radio
A voice recorder
And a user-definable E...
Featureheavy
SD card slot for instant memory upgrades
The editors didn't like
Susceptible to fingerprints and blotches
Short USB cord.
Long startup time
Confusing navigation
Display is dimmer than new nano’s
Static-filled radio reception
Navigation buttons are fiddly
No track search capability
Slow start-up time
Unresponsive menus
Interface can be confusing
Hard to learn
No backlit buttons
The screen doesn’t handle deep blacks well in video
Have to reencode all of your video in 320x240 to watch it on the device
GUI lay out
SD card content not fully integrated
Replaces a higher-capacity Creative player
No line-in or FM recording
The Creative Zen only comes in black
And it doesnt come close to matching the max 60GB offered by the player its replacing.
Comparisons with Apples iPod Nano are inevitable - the Zen is a direct rival to the lesser pod. The Creative player has a larger screen - by half an inch - comes in a larger capacity and then theres that SD card slot. It has more features too. So, ...
A well-sized, good quality screen, A fast and visually appealing User Interface, Speedy data transfers, Extras like Voice Recorder, FM Radio and an SD Card slot, Good battery life, Good media management software.
Bundled ear-phones could have been better.
Battery Life I was pretty impressed with the battery life of this player as well. In my testing period, I watched almost 2 hours worth videos on it and listened to music for almost 4 hours, still the battery wasnt ready to give up! The Creative Zen is...
Good video and sound, Lightweight and slim, Plenty of features
Bundled earphones are bad, Most video files need to be converted, Conversion process is too slow
Like MP3 players, PMPs (that is, Portable Media Players) are getting smaller and smaller. Take the Creative Zen for instance. Yes, it’s simply called the Creative Zen and looks like a compressed and flattened version of the Vision:W. Considering...
Sounds fantastic; features a brilliant color screen capable of displaying photos and video; SD card expansion slot; FM radio; voice recorder; user-definable EQ; slim, pocket-friendly design; very user-friendly; supports subscription music; reasonable pric...
Only comes in black; doesnt come close to matching the max 60GB offered by the player its replacing.
Were hard-pressed to find anything not to like about the Creative Zen. Its a great option for anyone looking for a great-sounding, pocketable MP3 player with an excellent, video-capable screen and plenty of extra features.
The Zen would be a very nice addition to the Creative lineup of Mp3 players, with its excellent form factor, its SD-card (with SD-HC support) expandability, and great video playback capabilities (I just have to reiterate, fantastic screen for a PMP!!...
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Un claro ejemplo de "super - ventas" Creative ZEN, diseñado para triunfar. De filosofía Zen, lo que es yo, se más bien poco. La verdad, Creative con tanta coletilla ZEN terminará confundiéndonos a todos, y, de seguir así, al final utilizaremos el conce...
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