Creative Zen V 1 GB Portable Media Player (White/Orange) | List Price: $119.99
Discount Price: $34.99
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Brand: Creative Labs
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Portable media player fits perfectly in your palm or pocket
- Big 1 GB memory holds up to 500 songs, photographs, and album art
- 1.5-inch OLED screen displays rich and vibrant photos, full-color menus, and more at any viewing angle
- Direct CD Recording allows you to record songs directly from an audio source without using a PC
- Player doubles as a voice recorder with the handy built-in microphone
Outstanding portable recorder... with one major flaw. [Posted on 2008-02-09]
If you have old tapes and records you would like to be able to archive, put into your computer or other MP3 player, and/or burn CD copies of, this is the the portable media player/ recorder for you...but it has one MAJOR flaw*
A line in jack (odd 2.5mm, but adaptable) is a very rare thing on a portable media player/ recorder, and this has one...add to that it's VU meters and it's close to perfect for making digital copies of any audio source including your old analog recordings. That's right it actually has a line in jack AND VU meters..how sweet is that? With an adapter ( Audio Adapter - Rca - Mini-phone Stereo 3.5 Mm (m) ) you can jack it right in to your stereo system..with the included 2.5mm to 3.5mm cable you can jack into anything with a standard stereo 3.5mm headphone/ output jack.
Recoding is encoded at 128 or 160Kbps WMA..ok so it.s not high end top notch audio, but it's just fine for cassettes,LPs, 45s, radio, and yes even your old 8-track cartridges. 320 Kbps would have been better, but 160 is adequate.
It also has a built in mono microphone that makes decent sounding recordings.
..and yes it'll play your audio files, and display pictures too... just like everything else, bla, bla ,bla. Nothing new there.
Audio output is not very loud, but it does have a real user adjustable five band equalizer.
Battery life is about 9-12 hrs...Uh... battery..battery...WHERE'S THE BATTERY?
* THE BATTERY IS NOT USER REPLACEABLE. IMHO that's inexcusable. When it goes dead on you and you're away from home you're sunk. Likewise when it'll no longer hold a charge. The only way to replace the battery is to literally pry the case apart or have it replaced by a technician!
As a recorder I'd give it an 8/10.
As a portable media player I'd give it 2/10 because of the battery issue alone...where it not for that I'd say 7/10.. sounds good for what it is, but I wish it had more output power.
Product failure [Posted on 2008-04-13]
I wanted to like this product based on cost vs Ipod. I did but experienced occasional lockups which were corrected by reseting the unit. After 14 months product failed - dead. Simply unacceptable for a mass produced consumer product. Don't waste your money as I believe I have. I will be contacting Creative to try and get a partial credit/refund.
simply awesome! [Posted on 2008-05-06]
Very happy with price, quality, function, and shipping arrival. This was a gift to my 17y old niece and she loves it.
Creative Zen [Posted on 2008-09-02]
This Creative Zen MP3 has being a great product, and its tiny size makes it convenient!!
Loved It! [Posted on 2008-12-11]
My Parents got me this for christmas 2 years ago.
I loved it.
Other than the many facts of it was small.
easy for me to use in classes at school. Lol
it was very simple to use. i was in love with this.
i used it 24/7. it held up to. i would put it on the charger for twenty min. and i found have one more bar. so it was easy for me.
i also liked the fact that it was small and easy to use while running.
i am a major athletic girl. i run every time i can. but with snow on the ground i cant.
i had this one working till this spring. ;last christmas my parents
got me the vision W,
i liked it but at the same time i didnt. it was huge.
i like the small-ness of my zen v. then my screen broke on my w. it would have cost more to get my w fixed then the amount i pain for.
over the summer i got the Stone plus. HATED IT compaired to the V.
but my friend threw my stone when he was using it and the screen is broken. Now im asking for another V-plus for christmas.
i know alot of ppl will love this as much as i do.
its a wonderful mp3 player. ill give it that
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