- 32GB storage capacity
- Support for iTunes plus and lossless music
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 2.4 inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Zen X-Fi Style 32 GB MP3 and Video Player (Black)
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Creative Zen X-Fi Style 8 GB MP3 and Video Player (Black)
- 8GB storage capacity
- Support for iTunes plus and lossless music
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 2.4 inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Zen X-Fi Style 16 GB MP3 and Video Player (Black)
- 16GB storage capacity
- Support for iTunes plus and lossless music
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 2.4 inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Zen Style 300 4 GB MP3 and Video Player (Black)
- 4GB storage capacity
- Support for WMA and MP3
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 1.8 inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Zen Style 300 16 GB MP3 and Video Player (Black)
- 16GB storage capacity
- Support for WMA and MP3
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 1.8 inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 32 GB MP3 and Video Player with Touchscreen and Built-In Speaker (Black)
- Incredible 32 GB storage capacity with microSD card slot for expansion
- Touchscreen interface and support for iTunes and lossless music
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 3-inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Zen Style 300 8 GB MP3 and Video Player (Black)
- 8GB storage capacity
- Support for WMA and MP3
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 1.8 inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 8 GB MP3 and Video Player with Touchscreen and Built-In Speaker (Black)
- Incredible 8 GB storage capacity with microSD card slot for expansion
- Touchscreen interface and support for iTunes and lossless music
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 3-inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 16 GB MP3 and Video Player with Touchscreen and Built-In Speaker (Black)
- Incredible 16 GB storage capacity with microSD card slot for expansion
- Touchscreen interface and support for iTunes and lossless music
- Built-in speaker for superior listening experience
- 3-inch viewing screen for superior movie and picture viewing
- Slim and sleek design
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Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 16 GB MP3 and Video Player with Touchscreen and Built-In Speaker (Black)
Not Ready For Prime Time
I've owned many MP3 players incl. Creative's Muvo Zev V and Zen. What drew me to the X-Fi2 was the larger screen the video out the RSS plus the touch interface and speaker somewhat.
Display: Very pretty 400 X 240. Good quality video and images look sharp and bright.
Audio Quality: I did A/B comparisons between the Zen and the X-Fi2 and the X-Fi2 wins. The top end is smoother and the bass is tighter and deeper and the overall sound is more open. They're similar in max volume but the X-Fi2 sounds better.
X-Fi: I don't use it.
Creative Centrale: Install it then forget it.
Audio Storage: Album art is a problem. The art has to be "embedded" in the ID3 tag for it to appear it's possible Windows Media Player automatically does this. This can also be done with an app like "Mp3tag". Which meant going back and doing that to all 350 albums I had on the old Zen. Note that I don't use any services like Rhapsody or files with DRM so for me playback itself was fine.
Viewing Photos: Some jpgs don't show up except as "?" marks. Not sure why.
Videos: Nightmare. With the avi or wmv that worked fine on the Zen the audio would break up or the vids wouldn't be recognized. Creative Central was unreliable and slow and coverts vids to wmv.
I tried about 6 other converters and either audio or video was messed up or just not recognized (XVid Divx or wmv). Finally tested Handbrake and the X-Fi2 was happy playing those XVid files with very specific settings about 90% of the time. And when it works it looks great.
Video Out: Works surprisingly well but no one will think it's a DVD.
RSS: Run a sync program from the X-Fi2 when it's connected to your PC. Kind of a pain but it works.
Battery: Seems like the charging time and life are on par with the Zen.
Interface: Not easy. A quick light touch mostly doesn't work. Pressing down a larger area takes longer to process so sometimes the fingernail trick is best. And sometimes it just takes a long to to respond in general. It also misinterprets gestures frequently. But with practice it's usable.
The volume control is not immediately accessible (3 steps) on most levels and not at all from the main menu. So trying to quickly turn it down on a sunny day (hard to see the display) is almost impossible.
Trying to do things one-handed is difficult (e.g. walking to the train X-Fi2 in one hand coffee in other).
Summary: It feels that the X-Fi2 was launched before development was complete. The touch interface is quirky the video support is very finicky and the menu design needs refinement. I'm hoping further firmware updates improve things. ITMT the average user will NOT be happy.
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Creative Zen Vision:M 30 GB MP3 and Video Player (Black)
Truly Amazing Gadget!
I've had my Zen M for about 2 months now so I think I have a good feel for what it's pros and cons are. Here you go:
Pros: Beautiful and Bright Screen (displays thousands of more colors than the Ipod video by the way). Even at 50% brightness (which is default setting out of the box) it looks bright!
Ability to Customize most of the features. This includes being able to set your own photos for the wallpaper custom equilizer custom brightnes setting custom shortcut button organization of folders(audio photo video folders)...etc.
Great Sound! This isn't a surprise because Creative develops sound hardware/software like soundcards.
Good User Interface: The thumb scroller interface takes a few days to get used to then it's pretty user friendly. You can customize the sensitivity of it too.
Ability to play lots of different video files like Divx and Mpg4.
This was a big selling point for me. The screen is perfect for watching cartoons and anime on.
Good Size. I'm refering to it's physical size. It's actually the perfect size and feels great in your hand. Still pocketable and still feels rock solid and not fragile.
Displays Album cover art! I had trouble with this function in the beginning only because in order to get it to display the album art correctly you need to rip the Cd album with a program that automatically downloads album info including art. One program that does this is Windows Media Player.
--For the techies that don't want to re-rip everything to get the album art to display just download a small jpeg image of the album cover that is about 150 by 150 pixels rename it folder.jpg make it a hidden file and place it in the folder of the correct album. When you move it to your player it will ask you whether you want to move it to the photo folder make sure you select "no" and leave it where it is.
Cons: There isn't a lot about this player that is negative. But one aspect which is really annoying is that to charge it or plug it to the computer you have to use this tiny seperate adapter that comes in the box. It's the white adapter/attachment that looks like a dock connector. What the heck were they thinking! I have to carry the separate item everywhere I go just in case I need to charge it or upload music. It sucks man! Why the heck didn't they just build all of the ports into the player itself!!
Also they should've included the video output cable instead of selling it separately! Or at least made it use a standard video cable! Also the battery is not removable... at least not meant to be.
These are the only reasons why I gave this player 4 out of 5 stars. Otherwise I would have given 5 out of 5! All in All this player really rocks and is worth every penny! ... and is a much better buy then the "other" competition out there.
Hope this is helpful to you guys. If it is please give me a vote. Thanks!
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Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 16 GB MP3 and Video Player with Touchscreen and Built-In Speaker (Black and Silver)
Not Ready For Prime Time
I've owned many MP3 players incl. Creative's Muvo Zev V and Zen. What drew me to the X-Fi2 was the larger screen the video out the RSS plus the touch interface and speaker somewhat.
Display: Very pretty 400 X 240. Good quality video and images look sharp and bright.
Audio Quality: I did A/B comparisons between the Zen and the X-Fi2 and the X-Fi2 wins. The top end is smoother and the bass is tighter and deeper and the overall sound is more open. They're similar in max volume but the X-Fi2 sounds better.
X-Fi: I don't use it.
Creative Centrale: Install it then forget it.
Audio Storage: Album art is a problem. The art has to be "embedded" in the ID3 tag for it to appear it's possible Windows Media Player automatically does this. This can also be done with an app like "Mp3tag". Which meant going back and doing that to all 350 albums I had on the old Zen. Note that I don't use any services like Rhapsody or files with DRM so for me playback itself was fine.
Viewing Photos: Some jpgs don't show up except as "?" marks. Not sure why.
Videos: Nightmare. With the avi or wmv that worked fine on the Zen the audio would break up or the vids wouldn't be recognized. Creative Central was unreliable and slow and coverts vids to wmv.
I tried about 6 other converters and either audio or video was messed up or just not recognized (XVid Divx or wmv). Finally tested Handbrake and the X-Fi2 was happy playing those XVid files with very specific settings about 90% of the time. And when it works it looks great.
Video Out: Works surprisingly well but no one will think it's a DVD.
RSS: Run a sync program from the X-Fi2 when it's connected to your PC. Kind of a pain but it works.
Battery: Seems like the charging time and life are on par with the Zen.
Interface: Not easy. A quick light touch mostly doesn't work. Pressing down a larger area takes longer to process so sometimes the fingernail trick is best. And sometimes it just takes a long to to respond in general. It also misinterprets gestures frequently. But with practice it's usable.
The volume control is not immediately accessible (3 steps) on most levels and not at all from the main menu. So trying to quickly turn it down on a sunny day (hard to see the display) is almost impossible.
Trying to do things one-handed is difficult (e.g. walking to the train X-Fi2 in one hand coffee in other).
Summary: It feels that the X-Fi2 was launched before development was complete. The touch interface is quirky the video support is very finicky and the menu design needs refinement. I'm hoping further firmware updates improve things. ITMT the average user will NOT be happy.
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Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 8 GB MP3 and Video Player with Touchscreen and Built-In Speaker (Black and Silver)
Not Ready For Prime Time
I've owned many MP3 players incl. Creative's Muvo Zev V and Zen. What drew me to the X-Fi2 was the larger screen the video out the RSS plus the touch interface and speaker somewhat.
Display: Very pretty 400 X 240. Good quality video and images look sharp and bright.
Audio Quality: I did A/B comparisons between the Zen and the X-Fi2 and the X-Fi2 wins. The top end is smoother and the bass is tighter and deeper and the overall sound is more open. They're similar in max volume but the X-Fi2 sounds better.
X-Fi: I don't use it.
Creative Centrale: Install it then forget it.
Audio Storage: Album art is a problem. The art has to be "embedded" in the ID3 tag for it to appear it's possible Windows Media Player automatically does this. This can also be done with an app like "Mp3tag". Which meant going back and doing that to all 350 albums I had on the old Zen. Note that I don't use any services like Rhapsody or files with DRM so for me playback itself was fine.
Viewing Photos: Some jpgs don't show up except as "?" marks. Not sure why.
Videos: Nightmare. With the avi or wmv that worked fine on the Zen the audio would break up or the vids wouldn't be recognized. Creative Central was unreliable and slow and coverts vids to wmv.
I tried about 6 other converters and either audio or video was messed up or just not recognized (XVid Divx or wmv). Finally tested Handbrake and the X-Fi2 was happy playing those XVid files with very specific settings about 90% of the time. And when it works it looks great.
Video Out: Works surprisingly well but no one will think it's a DVD.
RSS: Run a sync program from the X-Fi2 when it's connected to your PC. Kind of a pain but it works.
Battery: Seems like the charging time and life are on par with the Zen.
Interface: Not easy. A quick light touch mostly doesn't work. Pressing down a larger area takes longer to process so sometimes the fingernail trick is best. And sometimes it just takes a long to to respond in general. It also misinterprets gestures frequently. But with practice it's usable.
The volume control is not immediately accessible (3 steps) on most levels and not at all from the main menu. So trying to quickly turn it down on a sunny day (hard to see the display) is almost impossible.
Trying to do things one-handed is difficult (e.g. walking to the train X-Fi2 in one hand coffee in other).
Summary: It feels that the X-Fi2 was launched before development was complete. The touch interface is quirky the video support is very finicky and the menu design needs refinement. I'm hoping further firmware updates improve things. ITMT the average user will NOT be happy.
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Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 32 GB MP3 and Video Player with Touchscreen and Built-In Speaker (Black and Silver)
Not Ready For Prime Time
I've owned many MP3 players incl. Creative's Muvo Zev V and Zen. What drew me to the X-Fi2 was the larger screen the video out the RSS plus the touch interface and speaker somewhat.
Display: Very pretty 400 X 240. Good quality video and images look sharp and bright.
Audio Quality: I did A/B comparisons between the Zen and the X-Fi2 and the X-Fi2 wins. The top end is smoother and the bass is tighter and deeper and the overall sound is more open. They're similar in max volume but the X-Fi2 sounds better.
X-Fi: I don't use it.
Creative Centrale: Install it then forget it.
Audio Storage: Album art is a problem. The art has to be "embedded" in the ID3 tag for it to appear it's possible Windows Media Player automatically does this. This can also be done with an app like "Mp3tag". Which meant going back and doing that to all 350 albums I had on the old Zen. Note that I don't use any services like Rhapsody or files with DRM so for me playback itself was fine.
Viewing Photos: Some jpgs don't show up except as "?" marks. Not sure why.
Videos: Nightmare. With the avi or wmv that worked fine on the Zen the audio would break up or the vids wouldn't be recognized. Creative Central was unreliable and slow and coverts vids to wmv.
I tried about 6 other converters and either audio or video was messed up or just not recognized (XVid Divx or wmv). Finally tested Handbrake and the X-Fi2 was happy playing those XVid files with very specific settings about 90% of the time. And when it works it looks great.
Video Out: Works surprisingly well but no one will think it's a DVD.
RSS: Run a sync program from the X-Fi2 when it's connected to your PC. Kind of a pain but it works.
Battery: Seems like the charging time and life are on par with the Zen.
Interface: Not easy. A quick light touch mostly doesn't work. Pressing down a larger area takes longer to process so sometimes the fingernail trick is best. And sometimes it just takes a long to to respond in general. It also misinterprets gestures frequently. But with practice it's usable.
The volume control is not immediately accessible (3 steps) on most levels and not at all from the main menu. So trying to quickly turn it down on a sunny day (hard to see the display) is almost impossible.
Trying to do things one-handed is difficult (e.g. walking to the train X-Fi2 in one hand coffee in other).
Summary: It feels that the X-Fi2 was launched before development was complete. The touch interface is quirky the video support is very finicky and the menu design needs refinement. I'm hoping further firmware updates improve things. ITMT the average user will NOT be happy.
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