Creative Zen V 1 GB Portable Media Player (White/Orange) by Creative Labs
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Digital camera reviews of Creative Zen V 1 GB Portable Media Player (White/Orange)
Digital camera Review: Top MP3-Player
Summary: 5 Stars
I got the Zen V today and am positive surprised! It's small, easy to use, looks awesome, the display is clear and I have no problems with transfering files to the player (what is often a problem with MP3-Players).
But the best thing is the sound quality. All my songs are in 192 k/bts and I have never had such a good sound as with this player and its earphones. It's amazing. The bass in Hip Hop songs, the guitar in rock songs - just perfect.
Buy this, I dougt you'll find a player as good as this one for just $80.
Digital camera Review: smaller than I thought and easy to use
Summary: 5 Stars
I got my zen v and was surprised how tiny it is. It is much smaller than you might think. It's light and easy to use. I found the new joy stick to be a great idea. I didn't have any problems and I dont have tiny fingers. This is an easy player to use and is built beautifully. The quality is as good or better than iPod. I was going to get the zen v plus with video but I couldnt wait and am not that into video on a small player anyhow. The price is very low for these zen v players, especially considering that they are super high build quality. All you have to do is charge the player for a few hours before you mess around with it. So, I highly recommend this delightful player for ease of use and build quality. IMHO it's better than apple and much better than sandisk. You will be impressed. I also would like to stress that the joystick system on this player is easy to use and very simple to figure out. I have had nothing but a good experience using this. Read the manual on the cd if you can hold back from just trying to play with it to figure it out. Even though it doesnt have radio or a video function, the zen v has a lot of options in its menu to mess around with. I am very impressed with the high quality creative is giving out along with low prices. The mp3 market has a lot of options now but the zen v plus is the best for my money. I have a lot of experience with MP3 players and this is the most impressive one yet for its size. Go to a store and check out how small it really is and how nice the player is put together and how easy the navigation is with the new joystick system. You will probably end up getting one. To be honest though, if you do check it out, you won't freak out how small it is when you get it in the mail like I did before seeing it,so flip a coin on that deal.Have fun!
I want to add some things here. First of all, I am not a creative fanboy. Secondly, I own a lot of mp3 players. Now back to the zen V. I've read a lot of bashing on this and I think it's just spin against Creative. First of all, I've had zero problems with this player. I also wanted to say the pictures are better on the screen than you might think from reading some of the reviews on the internet. Although the zen v has mainly gotten very high marks from the pro reviewers, they sometimes mention the controls as hard to use or Ive even seen one review that you cant "scroll". Well, if you hold the joystick you can lol. THey also sometimes say the picture quality isn't so great. Well, I own a few others with picture capability and this is the best and clearest of them all!. I read about 15 reviews before I bought this little creampuff, and I have to laugh at how wrong even the few cons were. I am not praising the zen v as the best overall small but feature filled mp3 player for any other reason than that it is. If you want video and a radio, get the v plus but the zen v is pretty darn cool. I dont even really need the pictures. I just wanted something nice. I own apples irivers, cowens, sandisks and other no name mp3 players. I am dead serious when I say this little gem is hot for good reason. Even the battery life is a little BETTER than they say it is, but if there is a slight negative its the battery life, but it's really not so bad as they say. If a new iPod came out this good, I would praise that too. I have no love for any company that makes these little music players. This one really deserves the praise, and the bashers will lose out as more people talk about how reliable and what a solid and nice looking sounding gem this player really is. Besides that i found out it has the latest chip powering it from Sigmatel, which runs around 200mhz. That is a powerful and award winning relatively expensive chip folks! THis is no cheapo player. From the outside to the inside its all top notch.
Digital camera Review: Nice gadget But...
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this to listen to audio books downloaded from my public library. They use overdrive media console which is not compatible with an Ipod.
I already own an Ipod shuffle and find the Ipod software much easier to use.
The software packaged with the ZEN is confusing... It installed several programs and icons and took over some of my existing media players. After I sorted all the programs out, down loading an audio book worked... However You can't read the screen in bright sunlight!
Since I bought this gadget to listen to audio books while I baked in the sun it was useless!
Next I tried to listen to the books in bed... As I started to doze off, I thought I'd place a bookmark. The Zen software is tough to navigate... I had to get out of bed and get the manual to figure out the book marking feature... Aggravating! Several times when I tried to backup and listen to a passage again the ZEN Froze up necessitating a reset, there was no opportunity to place a bookmark. I was forced to listen to the same material over and over again... Quite maddening!
The music files sounded good... But, It won't read the music files that I already had on my computer for my shuffle, so if I want to add some music I need to duplicate my efforts. It's a cool gadget if you have nothing else, but after using the Ipod software it was a disappointment.
Digital camera Review: Buy this today!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Creative Zen V is just that, Zen. First off, it's the most adored electronic device I own; adored by all who see it. The picture on-line does nothing for how cute it really is, and how compact it is as well. It really can hold 500 songs and the quality is awesome. The interface is SO much better than any other mp3 player I own and it is simply zen to use. All in all, it's very worth the small amount of money it costs! Buy one today, you won't regret it!Digital camera Review: Doesn't work well with Audible
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this as an IPOD alternative for Audible books . It takes a long time to start and stop and does not return to where you left off in a book accurately. Maddening. I'd avoid this if you listen to audiobooks.