Picture Review: Creative Zen V




AV Watch has a nice photo spread of Creative's new Zen V, including some comparisons with the iPod nano. While the Zen V is certainly more compact, it's quite a bit thicker as well. If you can live with that then you'll get a couple of handy features which are missing from the iPod nano, like FM radio and audio recording (on the Plus version), along with
support the WMA codec - including music subscription services.

Check it out

We here at epiZENter should picking up a player to review in the near future so stay tuned for that.


comment: 14 | Friday, July 07 (2006) 12:25PM | Posted by: ssjmichael


Comments


mdscriber3
Jul 07 (2006) 01:19PM
Great pics! Unfortunately, though, these pics confirm what I was afraid of ... how awful the screen is. I sure wish Creative would have gone the extra mile and put a nicer screen on this baby ... a better one than the MicroPhoto (in fact, from the pics, the screen looks worse than the MicroPhoto). *sigh* Great pics, though! It is a hot-looking player, that's for sure ... Pam

aminesky
Jul 07 (2006) 02:52PM
I wonder about their impressions of the zen aurvanas

Bobbs
Jul 07 (2006) 02:57PM
My local Fry's just got the Zen V in and they had one on display. The screen is better than the above picture. It seems identical to the Micro Photo screen. I was expecting a small player, but I was still surprized at how small the player really was. I talked to one of the employees and they seem to have been getting a lot of positive buzz around it and one of the managers had even just bought one. Looks good so far.

mdscriber3
Jul 07 (2006) 03:27PM
Bobbs: What city/state do you live in? Perhaps I should go check out my Fry's this weekend (I'm in Southern California). Of course, I shouldn't expect much from my Fry's ... they are completely ninnies there Pam

[ edited Jul 07 (2006) 06:05PM ]

Bobbs
Jul 07 (2006) 06:55PM
I'm up in Portland, OR. I'd imagine that the West Coast should recieve the players around the same time. If you go on the weekends there usually is a Creative rep in Fry's which should know more than the Fry's employees. Good luck.

painkiller
Jul 07 (2006) 08:33PM
Hmmm, better check up at my Fry's.

mdscriber3
Jul 07 (2006) 09:28PM
Thanks Bobbs Pam

3284lmm
Jul 08 (2006) 11:16AM
Better check my Fry's too! Oh, wait...

zooomboxster
Jul 09 (2006) 11:49PM
i also saw it in my local fry's (fountain valley, ca). i really liked the size, but i couldn't play with it because it wasn't charged

mdscriber3
Jul 10 (2006) 01:57AM
Zooomboxster ... That always happens to me at my Best Buy (Murrieta, CA). I've been in that store several times the past few weeks to try out the iRiver Clix and the first few times it said it needed a charge ... the lsat time I went in it was completely dead. And asking anyone there to fix it, they look at me like I'm speaking Greek ... one guy did tell me he tried to get it to work that day but couldn't ... must be broken. I hate that ... Pam

the game
Jul 10 (2006) 05:57PM
i think its 3 times the nano...thats not really good.

the game
Jul 10 (2006) 06:00PM
i mean 2 and a half nano's.


ssjmichael
Jul 11 (2006) 04:49PM
The nano is super thin to begin with though. Saying something is 2-3 times thicker than the nano isn't saying too much in my opinion. I personally like more grip when using aplayer. The nano is way to thin for my hands.

Utew
Jul 12 (2006) 01:30AM
My niece has a Nano and I agree with ssjmichael.. it's way to thin to be comfortable.. When it first came out, I was quite impressed.. but playing with it now doesn't impress me at all..

Off-Topic and I realize it's a different beast entirely, but just as a comparison.. everytime I hold/watch/listen to my ZVM, I am amazed and thrilled.. the enjoyment has not yet worn off.. after 4+ months....




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