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Vision Zen Vision W 30GB Personal Media Player - Black

Zen Vision W 30GB Personal Media Player - Black

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Vision Zen Vision W 30GB Personal Media Player - Black

  • Reviewed by: andergraph

    07-31-07

    Duration of ownership: 3 Months

    Strengths: Beautiful screen, watch ripped dvd's, listen to mp3's or audio books with or with out headphones transfer pictures long lasting battery. You can copy any folder by right clicking.

    Weaknesses:Size though not to bad, no stand, casing for the unit is not ready availble and very limited.

    Overall Evaluation: This is hands down the best of the best out there. The size which is a draw back to some is the right size for small hands. It is an entertainment center on the go. Perfect for kids to watch movies. Me to listen to mp3's and watch video's that my family does not like (Horror in my case). For conversion of movies DVDFab Platium fits the ticket and the Zen W is an option in the PVP ripping screen. Yes it still is a 1 to 1 conversion. However I have downloaded many divx files that copy and play automaticly. Stage 6 is a great place for just about anything and there are a large source of files ready for download. Back up of photo cards are a snap with the copy feature. and viewing them.All in all this is a great product. Worth every penny.

  • Reviewed by: jnks2005

    01-08-07

    Duration of ownership: 7 Days

    Strengths: sharp & clear video, audio quality

    Weaknesses:None I know

    Overall Evaluation: This is very good media player compare to iPod and Zune. It has got big wide screen with crisp clear video quality. It supports wide range of video and audio formats compare to past carnation of creative media players. 30 GB capacity is enough for me to put lots of stuff from my collection. It is little bulky due to 30GB HD but I did not notice any grunting or click noise while playing movie and neither at start-up. Lion battery is standard. FM radio feature allows one to listen to local radio. Personal organizer is extra goodies and allows to save contacts, notes, task etc and you can synchronize with outlook easily. It can be used as a portable hard drive so I can transfer bulk of files which was not possible with small size USB flash drives. I did not understand why Creative provided CF Card slot while SD card is moving towards industry standard in industry. Black pouch provided does not protect unit much, it would be better if creative has included hard cover. It is good value for money and you do not have to buy separate USB flash driver, MP3 player with FM radio, PDA, portable video player. It is cool gadget.

  • Reviewed by: khanzha

    01-04-07

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: big screen, load photo directly from CF; supports lots of video formats; plenty of features to keep you busy

    Weaknesses:buttons are too small, manual is too simple, but all better than ipod. cannot be accessed as a drive on PC.

    Overall Evaluation: I've own 3 media players so far. First was old Archos recorder V2, crapy but get the job done, and it's inexpensive. I got myself an Ipod G5 last year because of all those market hypes. disappointed. It plays few video format, battery life sucks; It shows photos all right while transferring photo will take years; It's not only expensive, but keep you buying accessories. So, all that said, Creative zen vision W is totally just the opposite of an ipod. More features, more standard accessories, longer battery life. The main reason I bought it is to store photos on the go. Photo transfer rate is about 10min/1GB, faster enough for using it as a field backup solution. would be even nicer if it supports RAW photos though. You have several options to copy from the CF card such as all, the last 10, 20 or 50 files, or you can even "append" from the CF card so it selectively only copies what is new. Photos on the Zen look amazing. When viewed "full screen" there is a touch of grainess from the compression, but can show very detail when you zoom to the native resolution. Not like dedicated photo bank, there is no histogram The FM radio works well, but the headphones also function as the antenna so they have to be plugged in before you get FM reception. The TV out looks good at the native resolution of 480 x 272. The audio quality is really up to the quality of your headphone. The one comes with package is fair. Overall, I think it is much better investment compared to Ipod, both quality and value wise.

  • Reviewed by: edrlee

    12-25-06

    Duration of ownership: 1 Months

    Strengths: plays multiple formats, relatively large screen for this type of player, enough disk space to hold lots of media files, compact flash reader

    Weaknesses:a little bulky and heavy to make it super portable (like in the front of a shirt pocket), clicky buttons

    Overall Evaluation: This thing plays all sorts of files including compressed format xvid/divx files. The wide screen is perfect for this type of viewing as many of my movie files are already wide-screen formatted. With the add-on compact flash adapter, I've used this to store my pictures from my Sony camera onto the hard drive. A minor complaint, and it's more of an observation is that the buttons click. I like the smoother type of buttons. The other thing is it is kind of bulky and heavy, but that's not unexpected considering the size of the screen. All in all, a great product.

  • Reviewed by: shouyi

    12-21-06

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: nice, large screen with good speaker volume. Played most formats.

    Weaknesses:software freeze up windows explorer. Have to use their software to copy files. Can't just use Explorer to drag and drop.Fast Forward or Fast rewind slow and no preview

    Overall Evaluation: this unit is kind of big. For now, it fit in all my winter coats' pockets nicely. I wish it come with a kick stand though. I did found a nice leather case with kick stand for under $50. I used it most to catch up on TV show. I had couple files with GMC won't play. But most will. It will save one bookmark for the last video file played. I wish it can store a couple more. Then again, that could annoy people if you have a bunch of movies that start from the middle instead of the beginning due to old bookmarks. I made a mistake letting it install all the programs came with the disk. I forgot how buggy creative products could be, and still are. My windows explorer now will freeze up sometimes after 3-5 minutes opened in the background. Creative tech support is no help. I check their on-line forum, apparently I'm not the only one with this problem. If I can get this fixed, I can raise the rating by another star.

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