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| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
List Price: $399.99
Buy Used: $289.99
You Save: $110.00 (28%)
Used (3) from $289.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  98 reviews
Sales Rank: 12837
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Intel VIIV Technology
Hard Drive Size: 60
Native Resolution: 4.3
Display Size: 4.3
Removable Memory: CompactFlash Type I
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: 70PF201100003
Model: 70PF201100003
UPC: 054651136533
EAN: 0054651136533
ASIN: B000IHBZHC
Release Date: September 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Picture Can't Handle Movement Like The Version: M April 11, 2008
I downloaded my movie to the Zen: W and when I played it the rendering of any fast movement was more annoying. Watching this felt like the effect of being in a haunted house with a stroblight wacking out your eyes ability to comprhend what's really going on. One of the earlier review shyly mentioned this, but to me was a big no no. To be fair I'm used to Zen's: M, though smaller doesn't have a big of an issue with movement and brighter, richer colors.
Rated 3.5 on 5 March 19, 2008
I bought the Creative ZEN 60GB two years ago. I did a lot of research before making my choice. Back then, it offered the most for the price compared to other similar players on the market. I bought it on Dell.ca for 350$ with free shipping.
I can only give it 3.5 now because there are other products out that offer a similar or better package for about the same price.
Pros:
- Wide glossy screen
- Various options such as address book, equalizer, random play, FM radio....
- Easy to set up and navigate through.
- The software is not necessary to transfer content.
- Software is easy to use and understand.
- Large storage space.
- Reads and plays different file types.
- Great for long car rides or waiting periods. Watching movies makes time go faster when waiting at the hospital.
- AC adapter as well as USB available to charge the player.
- Reads many types of memory cards. (this is great for example when you are on vacation and you want to dump all of your pictures from your card onto it).
- Fast file transfer (except for some exceptions when using the software)
Cons:
- Player freezes once in a while and have to reset it by removing the battery.Then have to wait for it to build the library again.
- Battery life could be better
- Battery symbol is always full until low battery message shows up and the player dies. Basically, you never know at what level the battery is.
- No Blue Tooth or other wireless option integrated.
- Accessories are hard to find and are expensive.
- The integrated speaker is useless for music and movies.
- No embedded games or options to download games.
- weight
- bulky (especially at the gym)
I am pretty much satisfied with my player in general. I would have probably been a bit more disappointed if I had bought it for more than 400$.
 Will never own an Apple product again, EVER! February 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Until you try a player like the Zen Vision W, you don't really realize how much of a garbage product the Ipod is. OMG! The only thing that the iPod has going for it is design and size, that's it!
About the Zen - I discovered on my own that you don't need Windows Media Player, Winamp or the included software to sort out your music. You open it as a hard drive, all your folders are listed in there, just drop your MP3s in there and start listening. There's no renaming like in the Ipod, no moving, scrambling, no third party software, nothing. It is a portable hard drive, so you use it as one. No, I tunes, no account set up, no restrictions on how many computers you can hook up your device to, full freedom to use it as you please. You take out and you ad music when you want and share it with whoever you want. As simple as it gets. Video? Awesome. Had some movies on my hard drive sitting around, just opened the movie folder in the Vision W and pasted them in there, all play perfect. Didn't have to resize, compress, nothing. Everything about this player is well though out. You can tell that they put some effort into it to make it easy to use. The battery? Detachable! When it wears out, you take it out and put a new one in. No need to send it in to Apple to have them open your device to change it for you and charge you an arm and a leg for it. Another thing about the battery is that it lasts. I charged it last night, started using it this morning at 7:30Am It is 2 pm right now and the battery is full!!! If this was an Ipod, it'd be at 50% if that. It has a speaker so you don't HAVE to have earphones to listen to it, it has radio as well. You have a Digital SLR camera with a CF card? Use it to back up your pictures with the CF slot built into the Vision W. What more can I say. It is large compared to the iPod, yes but so is the screen. I just can't believe I ever purchased an iPod when there are devices available out there that make so much more sense. Never an Apple product AGAIN!
THE BEST MULTIMEDIA PLAYER SO FAR! February 1, 2008
I've had this product for a year now and I have to say I am extremely satisfied. It performed all the features flawlessly and then some. I even dropped this player couple of time but had no malfunction or problem. This is even better than iPod when it comes to ease of use and features. I'm glad I chose this instead of iCrap. The best feature about this product is when I get tired of looking at small screen I could hook it up to TV & watch how cool is that. Hopefully creative will come up with thinner version of this in future. Creative Zen Vision W 60 GB Widescreen Multimedia Player (Black)
 A fantastic Player - 1 year ago December 5, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
When I purchased my zen over a year ago I thought it was the greatest thing out there. It had so much potential and the abilities is had were up there with the best.... and then Creative pretty much abandoned the product. There hasn't been a firmware upgrade in over a year, all the accessories that were supposed to come out never did. (No Docking station, no case, etc.) The problems with the interface that were promised to be fixed weren't and the product has just slowly become obsolete.
I would look at some of the other players out there before purchasing this player and at least look to a product that is being supported and not just being sold.
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