Product Description This credit card-sized ZEN has a stunning 2.5" color screen and is perfect for music, videos and photos. Enjoy up to 4,000 MP3, WMA or AAC songs, watch up to 60 hours of videos and share hundreds of photos with your friends. Even expand your portable music, video or photo collection by adding additional content through the convenient SD memory slot.
Amazon.com Product Description Bring your media with you wherever you roam with the Creative Zen 8GB player. Watch 32 hours of videos, enjoy up to 2,000 of your favorite songs or share hundreds of photos with your friends. And do it all on a device that's about the width of a credit card.
A razor sharp 2.5-inch display makes your photos and videos come to life. See the Zen in detail.
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Design The Zen sports a 2.5-inch TFT color display with 320 x 240-pixel resolution and support for up to 16.7 million colors. This razor sharp display is packaged in a device that weighs just 2.1 ounces and measures 3.26 x 2.16 x .44 inches (W x H x D). The internal battery powers the Zen for up to 25 hours of continuous audio playback and up to five hours of continuous video playback. Use the Zen's SD slot to expand your portable media library with music, photos and videos stored on your SD card. There's also a handy built-in microphone for capturing notes on the go.
Features Load up up your favorite songs, as well as your album art, and get going with the Zen. The device supports iTunes Plus tracks from the iTunes store and MP3 and WMA tracks. Subscription and pay-per-download music services are supported, as well. Discover, save, and play millions of songs when subscribing to services such as Yahoo Music Unlimited and Napster To Go. You can even tune into your favorite stations with the Zen's FM radio. The radio allows you to save up to 34 presets.
The Zen has you covered when it comes to video, too. The device supports MJPEG, WMV9 and--with transcoding--MPEG1 and 2, MPEG4-SP, DivX 4 and 5, and XviD. Enjoy purchased or rented movies and TV shows from online services such as Amazon Unbox and Walmart.com. Watch home videos. Even load your Tivo To Go movies and TV shows onto your Zen.
Additional features include a clock and alarm function, volume restriction, eight equalizer settings, and a USB hard drive mode, which allows you to drag and drop files directly to and from your Zen. The Zen can also function as a handy organizer, allowing you to synchronize with Microsoft Outlook and display your contacts, calendar, and tasks.
What's in the Box Zen player, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, installation CD, and quick start guide.
A slick user interface makes it a snap to enjoy your media.
Not a true heir to the Creative Zen Vision: MDecember 2, 2008 Having had and loved a Creative Zen Vision: M for years, when I decided it was time for a replacement I looked to Creative again. In that respect, this new Zen improves in some areas and disappoints in others.
Improvements (over Zen Vision: M): + Form factor: this player is sleek and thin + Flash memory: I can already tell it is less fragile with no moving parts + Expandable memory
Now, some cons: -If you choose to use the SD card, keep in mind that your Music library will be divided into two parts: The Zen core memory and the SD card memory. There are no plans from Creative to consolidate this memory, so you'll have to remember which songs are saved in which location. -No Video Out. If you are hoping to play the videos on your Zen through a TV, you may be out of luck with this iteration of the Zen. Unlike its predecessor, all those videos may be confined to the tiny screen of the player.
To some those two cons may be no big deal. For me, it is just enough to cause more than a little buyer's remorse. Still, it's a decent player at a great price. It may be basic compared to an iPod Touch, but aside from its few flaws, it gets the job done.
better than an iPod, hands downNovember 24, 2008 I bought this product a few weeks ago and so far I love it! It has a very easy interface, much more intuitive than the single round button interface of other mp3 players. The FM radio comes in very clearly, even with only one bar of reception. The sound quality is also excellent.
Better deal than an iPod, for my planned useNovember 22, 2008 HOW I CHOSE THIS PLAYER: I wanted a small MP3 player to be able to listen to FM radio, saved podcasts, & occasionally music at work on weekends and at night. I've always had a small stereo that I've taken to work but in my present position I am in a large room with many desks (sort of a trading floor setup.) I like to listen to NPR and will likely download some podcasts from NPR's website. I will occasionally listen to music, but mostly from my CD collection rather than songs purchased online. Given my needs it didn't make sense to spend more money to get an iPod and not have the FM radio feature.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE DECIDING: I agree with some reviewers that the buttons feel cheap. Also, this unit does NOT come with an A/C charger - you have to use the short USB cable provided to charge it. I ordered an accessories kit that comes with a skin & also with car and A/C chargers. You'll definitely want those accessories. Right now the player is charging from my computer and I hope it will charge faster from those chargers in the accessory kit (it hasn't arrived yet.)
FM RADIO: You can't set a station by picking its station number - you have to use the "auto preset" feature and it will pick up stations it can find. You might want to do this outdoors where you get the strongest signal because if a station you want does not have a strong signal in the building where you are setting the stations, your player won't pick it up. I set my local NPR station while sitting outdoors & when indoors I manipulate the earphone cord (which acts as an antenna) until I get it clearly.
Creative ZenNovember 17, 2008 this mp3 is one of the best i've had...and i've had a few. it;s navigation is simple..easy to learn. the sound is wonderful.themes beautiful..the only downside is that it should have downloadable themes. but other that that..this is a must have. will make an excellent Christmas gift
I love my Creative ZenNovember 16, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yeah, I like mine a lot. This thing is great. It's easy to put files in it and the sound is wonderful. I also bought some good computer speakers and when I'm at home I use it as my stereo. Works well if you do not need a lot from your stereo. I also take it to work everyday, where I can use the ear buds and listen to music and podcasts. I've also loaded it with lectures that I listen to. I have the 8g model and have a 8g HCSD card in it. I don't think the 16 g model had come out when I bought it.
I'm very happy with it and can recommend it to anyone. There are a few things that I wish were better. 1) The Zen has a calendar, but there is no way to import date to it. I can't understand why they don't allow importing a CSV file with all the holidays and birthdays. 2)The memory card works well, you can play musics or videos from it. It would be a great benefit if you could delete or move files without having to plug it up to computer. Sometimes I download a bunch of songs to the card. If you play a song that you don't like, you can't delete it then and there. You have to remember the song, get to a computer, plug it in, and then delete it. 3) You can't create play lists from files on the memory card. It would be great if you could do play lists on the memory card.(Of course you can create play lists with songs that are on the main flash memory.)
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