CREATIVE LABS Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 40GB Digital Audio Player by Creative Labs
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Digital camera reviews of CREATIVE LABS Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 40GB Digital Audio Player
Digital camera Review: Cool Player but softwear was hard to use
Summary: 4 Stars
If you want to get yourself a Hard Drive MP3 Player, you need to go out and get this one. Couple reasons why: 1. price is the same as IPOD-20GB 2. Has lots of great features that comes with player.The bad parts of the player is the softwear. I had a hard time getting my computer to recgonize the hardwear. I suggest you read the mannual that is on the CD real carefully. If you do not follow the installation process correctly the player will not work on ur computer(I have windows XP home edition).One thing i think that it lacks is a FM tuner but with 40GB i guess no need for it.
Digital camera Review: Creative Nomad Zen Xtra 40 GB
Summary: 3 Stars
Overall, a good buy for the price. Easy enough to navigate through, although I'd prefer a sturdier button besides the thumbwheel scroll/pushbutton. My biggest complaint is the battery life or lack there of. There is no way the battery supplied lasts 14 hours! At best, I've gotten 3 hours+. I've tried draining it until it won't turn on & recharging it overnight. No difference. If you're intrested in buying a spare battery It'll run you another $50, a little steep I thought. I've also had the Nomad Zen lock-up several times. The good news is if you can't get it to reset/reboot you can still pull the battery and reinstall it. That's a huge plus by itself compared to the infamous IPod and similar MP3 players where the battery is permanently installed & removing it voids the warranty. The Nomad Zen could use a little sturdier construction like the Archos Jukeboxes or some kind of shock resistant case. At the very least, a sturdier more protective carrying case would be nice. Pros: huge storage capacity for the price, easy to navigate, can modify existing playlists on the fly, has a removable battery
Cons: Battery life is about 1/4 of that advertised, no operators manual available for any of the Nomad Zen players (on or off-line), occasional software lockups, replacement battery is expensive
Note: about 2GB (5%) of the advertised 40GB of storage capacity is used for the operating software (Firmware). This is nothing new, every MP3 player, memory card, etc., used for digital media today has some kind of preloaded operating software on it.
Digital camera Review: Creative Thinking
Summary: 5 Stars
I just purchased this player and I have to say that I love it. The sound is excellent, the battery life is excellent, the fact that the battery is replacable is excellent, and finally the price, $200 cheaper than the 40gb Ipod, is excellent. The only thing the Ipod has over the Nomad is the style, size, and ease of use. The Nomad is not ugly, it is not that big, it comfortably fits in my pocet, or heavy, and the controls are not hard to get used to. So far I have no complaints and I recommend this to anyone who wants quality over appearance, also anyone who wants a harddrive based mp3 player and wants to pay next to nothing. I only have one question, when I add tracks to my Nomad, via Nomad Explorer, they are automatically put in alphebetical order, rather than album order. Is this possible to fix, if so how, if not does Notmad Explorer from Red Chair Software do this? I would like album order for my live albums and was just wondering. Thank you very much, and go out and get yourself a Nomad!Digital camera Review: Creative Zen XTRA Digital Player HD 40 GB WMA MP3
Summary: 5 Stars
The Creative Zen XTRA Digital Player is an excellent protable player for anyone who loves music and Audible books. I love this product so mush that I have purchase two. I use one for all of my music and the other for all of my Audible books. It is very protable and very easy to use. I have had one for three years and the other one I just purchased with no regrets.
If you are looking to a Digital MP3 player that has clear sound and easy to use I would suggest getting this one. Creative Nomad Jukebox ZEN XTRA - Digital player - HD 40 GB - WMA, MP3 - silver I purchase this at Amazon.com
Digital camera Review: Decent player... while it lasts
Summary: 1 Stars
After a little over a year my Zen Xtra has stopped playing sound. Everything else works it just appears to be a faulty headphone jack which is a common problem on Creative's players. On a dinky $30 portable I wouldn't expect much but on a $300 device this is just unacceptable.
Their warranty period and customer service is a joke. Go have a look at their forums. Stay away from Creative products. There are other alternatives out there.