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Gadget Envy: Creative Zen 32-Gigabyte Media Player

1/24/08, 5:57 pm EST

What It Is: The world’s smallest 32-gigabyte media player (so far), which means this little credit-card-sized device can play up to 120 hours of video or about 8,000 songs (you can even add up to 8 gigabytes to that, thanks to an included SDHC memory-card-slot).

Who It’s For: Anyone who wants the kind of space offered by bigger hard-drive-based players like the iPod in a Nano-sized package.

Why It’s Worthy: Despite its small size, the Zen still manages to fit in a 2.5-inch LCD screen, making video viewing slightly more pleasurable than on the Nano’s 2-inch screen. Instead of a hard drive, the Zen uses Flash memory, which has no moving parts, uses less energy (translation: longer battery life) and is more durable and shock-proof. It’s ideal for anyone who isn’t part of the iTunes eco-system, since it works with all subscription music services (Napster, Rhapsody, etc.) and video services (Amazon Unbox, Tivo-to-Go).

Our Only Complaint: Sometimes the software is a little glitchy and slow to respond, and the overall aesthetic is a bit generic and cheap-looking.

Price/Where to Get It: $350 (new 32-gigabyte version); us.creative.com


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sikanrong | 1/24/2008, 7:28 pm EST

dude, STUMBLE THUMBS DOWN!! I can’t believe someone’s even writing about the new creative POS player. So, since he doesn’t go into it, let’s get into some typical creative device setbacks. Even though it’s been hacked to shit to work on every system, these devices use MTP (Microsoft Transfer Protocol) so you actually have to use the BULLSHIT creative software on your PC instead of drag+drop. Oh yeah, and you can’t use it on linux or mac (well, you CAN, but they don’t want you to.) – past that, the firmware on these things SUCK, and the video playback comes in a format that takes up too much space to be efficient, and looks like shit. DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT BUYING THIS SHIT!!

Dear ultra-Geek, | 1/24/2008, 9:19 pm EST

re: sikanrong | 1/24/2008, 7:28

Ummm, Okaaayyy . . . you should try getting out once in a while!!!!

Foxy Lady | 1/25/2008, 3:04 am EST

Oh, great another digiproduct that corporate America wants to shove down our throats. Just another variation on the same old tired thing!

Give me a call when you clueless assholes come to your senses and bring back vinyl and start making record players again.

Until then, fuck off.

daniel1 | 1/26/2008, 8:59 am EST

I’ve had two Creative players and enjoyed them both, I think they make a good product. This one looks great, hopefully they’ll come down in price.

uhm... | 5/13/2008, 7:14 am EST

1. You can drag-drop.
2. The video format makes the size very small, yet the quality is excellent.
3. You’re ignorant.

andrew | 10/19/2008, 7:41 pm EST

yeah i got one but your over raiting yourself and going to far its just a toy but it works fine for me in xp you have to install the drivers but not in vista it seem to work fine in vista but never tryd it on a mac or linux

andrew | 10/19/2008, 7:41 pm EST

yeah i got one but your over raiting yourself and going to far its just a toy but it works fine for me in xp you have to install the drivers but not in vista it seem to work fine in vista but never tryd it on a mac or linux

Abhinav | 3/15/2009, 3:42 pm EST

Hi I have lost the Pack CD which comes with the player.
Can Any one help me, as how I can get the installation exe file.
I am using 32bit XP os.

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