The True PMP : Creative ZEN

[gxsaurav]

I wonder why this was not posted.

Well, there are 3 PMP's out there which I like due to there support for format, looks & style. Cowen D2, iRiver Clix 2 & Now Creative ZEN.

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This is a new device from Creative with no additional naming attached. Its just ZEN nothing else. Personally I would prefer W960i over this, but still..due to its sheer small size & high storage space, this isn't a device to be missed.

Its very small...yet functional & doesn't cost an arm & a leg either.

There it is again, the Creative Zen. Yeah, not Zen something, just Zen. Yep, it's the same device with a 2.5-inch flash player with up to 16GB memory and an SD slot (as well as sick codec support, including MP3, WMA, PlaysForSure, AAC, Audible, WMV, DivX, Xvid, etc.), 5 hours of movie playback, FM radio, and PIM features. You saw it all earlier today, but now it's official, so move on with yourself.

Now thats a devce to looks for. Here is the official Specification pages....& guess what, for those who care this works with any OS out there as a Plug & Play mass storage device. No software required to sync....on Vista even WMP 11 will sync to it fine.

The hardware is sweet & sleek, I ike the format support that I can simply drag my Collection of Heroes Episode to it & watch them, the device is small...hmm,,....what else do I need? Nothing....this is the perfect PMP everyone has been waiting for....


P.S - Perfect PMP COS Cowen D2 isn't available properly here.

 

[dd_wingrider]

looks sleek n cool, thx for the info

 

[azzu]

love the design

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

cool...what's the expected price ??

 

[napster007]

ya whats the price. but i still like the zen vision w. its better and cheap except for the storage

 

[Pathik]

^^ zen vision w is too costly man.. and the zen is much sleeker than it..

 

[kumarmohit]

16 GB and 60GB well big things come @ a price

 

[gxsaurav]

4GB, 8GB, and 16GB players to set you back $149, $199, and $299,

 

[summit.nayak]

4GB, 8GB, and 16GB players to set you back $149, $199, and $299,

Thats cheap for the given specification making it a must buy for any music lovers/enthusiasts.

 

[Gigacore]

its design is cool

 

[gxsaurav]

I found a bit more about it. Suppose U copy a HD Rip or some TV serial to it, it won't play it. It needs to transcode video to DivX SP or DivX Portable Profile. AFAIK, xVid has no such "profile" management support.

Best is to simply convert to 320X240 pixel WMV with 512 kbps bitrate for video & 128 Kbps WMA 9.2 Audio.

Hands-on with Creative's Zen

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While the new Creative Zen might not be much of a stand-out on looks or feature set, we're pretty hard pressed to find anything wrong with the player. All the functions are quite straightforward and responsive, and the interface is certainly pas

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