Creative Zen 16 GB Portable Media Player (Black) | 
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| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
List Price: $269.00
Buy New: $179.99
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Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 191
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 2.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 1.5 x 6.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 70PF216100111
Model: 70PF216100111
UPC: 054651143852
EAN: 0054651143852
ASIN: B000UVBDRS
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Enjoy all your media on a device that's about the width of a credit card | | • | Watch 64 hours of videos, enjoy up to 4,000 of your favorite songs or share hundreds of photos with your friends | | • | 2.5-inch TFT color display with 320 x 240-pixel resolution and support for up to 16.7 million colors | | • | Clock and alarm function, volume restriction, eight equalizer settings, and a USB hard drive mode, SDHC support | | • | Weighs 2.1 ounces and measures 3.26 x 2.16 x .44 inches (W x H x D) |
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Product Description
This credit card-sized ZEN has a stunning 2.5" color screen and is perfect for music, videos and photos. Enjoy up to 4,000 MP3, WMA or AAC songs, watch up to 60 hours of videos and share hundreds of photos with your friends. Even expand your portable music, video or photo collection by adding additional content through the convenient SD memory slot.
Amazon.com Product Description
Bring your media with you wherever you roam with the Creative Zen 16GB player. Watch 64 hours of videos, enjoy up to 4,000 of your favorite songs or share hundreds of photos with your friends. And do it all on a device that's about the width of a credit card. 
A razor sharp 2.5-inch display makes your photos and videos come to life. See the Zen in detail. | 
Small size. Big features. All in the palm of your hand. View larger. | 
Add even more storage capacity via the SD card slot. View larger. | Design
The Zen sports a 2.5-inch TFT color display with 320 x 240-pixel resolution and support for up to 16.7 million colors. This razor sharp display is packaged in a device that weighs just 2.1 ounces and measures 3.26 x 2.16 x .44 inches (W x H x D). The internal battery powers the Zen for up to 25 hours of continuous audio playback and up to five hours of continuous video playback. Use the Zen's SD slot to expand your portable media library with music, photos and videos stored on your SD card. There's also a handy built-in microphone for capturing notes on the go. Features
Load up up your favorite songs, as well as your album art, and get going with the Zen. The device supports iTunes Plus tracks from the iTunes store and MP3 and WMA tracks. Subscription and pay-per-download music services are supported, as well. Discover, save, and play millions of songs when subscribing to services such as Yahoo Music Unlimited and Napster To Go. You can even tune into your favorite stations with the Zen's FM radio. The radio allows you to save up to 34 presets. The Zen has you covered when it comes to video, too. The device supports MJPEG, WMV9 and--with transcoding--MPEG1 and 2, MPEG4-SP, DivX 4 and 5, and XviD. Enjoy purchased or rented movies and TV shows from online services such as Amazon Unbox and Walmart.com. Watch home videos. Even load your Tivo To Go movies and TV shows onto your Zen. Additional features include a clock and alarm function, volume restriction, eight equalizer settings, and a USB hard drive mode, which allows you to drag and drop files directly to and from your Zen. The Zen can also function as a handy organizer, allowing you to synchronize with Microsoft Outlook and display your contacts, calendar, and tasks. What's in the Box
Zen player, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, installation CD, and quick start guide.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 143 more reviews...
 Better than Ipods July 6, 2008
This player was amazingly simple to get started with. I was able to have all my music on it within a few hours of receiving it in the mail. If you're trying to decide between the Zen and an Ipod I would recommend the Zen. With plenty of memory and a decent sized screen, the Zen blows away the Ipod Nano in both value and ability. I recommend this product!
Best of the Creative Series July 5, 2008
Good navigation and screen. SD card is nice but it is good only for video as the playlists and music features don't work there.
no brainer July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It sounds good and the price is way superior to the ipod for better features. The ease of use with drag and drop editing using basic Windows interface is a big plus. Very little head scratching is needed.
Excellent music media player June 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this 16GB media player because it was big enough to hold all of my music, plus leave extra room for videos. It turns out that I don't really use the video playback all that much. If I was commuting on a train or bus, maybe, otherwise I keep a couple of TV shows on it for demo purposes.
Here, I'll list my answers or corrections to what I've read when researching this item.
Power Management is very well thought out. People have said that the backlight doesn't go out, which wastes power. Actually, when you turn the lock switch on, the screen does go completely off after a decent period of time. It will stay on in a very dim backlit mode long enough for you to completely read a scrolling title, but it is smart about conserving battery power.
Additionally, it has a smart power up routine. It seems that when you turn it off, it actually goes to a very low power, sleep mode for a while before going into a complete power off mode. At least this is my observation since you can turn it off in the car, walk into the gym, change and get to the machines before turning it on. When you do switch it on, it immediately starts playing from where you left off in the car. I think this is a very nice touch, especially if you've ever used a player that always takes 10-30 seconds to boot even if you turned it off 1 second ago.
I love the bookmark abilities. It will hold 10 bookmarks and since I play a lot of podcasts and netcasts on it, I love being able to bookmark my spot in a few podcasts and always go back to where I left off. Before this feature, I hated switching from a podcast to music because I'd never find the right spot in the podcast to resume from.
Fast forward and rewind is also very podcast friendly. If you hold the button long enough, it accelerates the fast forward speed so you start skipping minutes instead of seconds going through a long podcast.
Navigation is very easy. It even lets you search for songs by typing in a word in the title.
Sychronization with Windows Media Player is very simple. I even have search playlists in Media Player, and they transfer over well.
The overall design is wonderful to use. The horizontal, landscape type of use makes it easy to use and easy to hold. The screen fits better this way and the size of the unit is perfect. It gives you a huge screen on a device that still fits in an Altoids Tin, which is a great way to get laughs when using it.
IT HAS A STANDARD USB CONNECTOR!!! This one feature made the choice simple for me. I was just about to buy a Sansa since they're a great choice too, but the ability to plug in a standard USB cable at home, at work, and at other houses made the difference! I don't care what other features a company can build into their special connectors, every device should allow me to use any USB cable to charge and browse the device. I buy my cell phones and other devices based on the support of standard USB connectors.
Overall, I strongly reccomend this device.
Very impressed June 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love my zen. Its very easy to use, the sound and picture quality is brilliant and as is the brilliant thing with creative products I'm not tied to a single pc.
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