Creative Zen 8 GB Portable Media Player (Black)

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 8GB player. Watch 32 hours of videos, enjoy up to 2,000 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.

A slick user interface makes it a snap to enjoy your media.

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 2,000 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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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Great at first
I loved my Zen when I first purchased it, great sound, vivid video....but then after only four short months it took a big crap on me. The screen went black and it never powered on again. Thank god I backed up my music and videos on the computer or I would have just lost everything.
Rating: - Worst electronics ever
This piece of garbage is the worst electronics item I've ever owned.I had to replace it after three months, and then it broke down again at exactly one year of age... and all this after only light usage.

First: the software is gawd-awful. It wants to install itself at the "My Computer" level of the computer.I mean, what other application does that?Can you say "arrogance"?And when plugged into your computer, the unit wants to start one application or another every 30 seconds, ... Read More
Rating: - creative zen
I think its a great product, although I have not yet figured how to get my vidoes on my tv set, I still think it awesome.
Rating: - Don't expect support if it dies.
I really loved my 4gb player when it worked. One day it just died . . . wouldn't charge, sync with computer or turn on, nothing. Left there messages with customer support online and three weeks later I have received no reply. Even if you call within the standard one year warranty period there is customer support by within warrant period without having to pay a fee.

If this is fixed for me I will change this review . . . until then I will never buy a Creative product again.
Rating: - Teriffic Player - Really Hate the earbuds!
This is an awesome player - especially wonderful with Audible.com - the only flaw at all is that it comes with earbuds.I have purchased three Creative MP3 players and have been tremendously satisfied and impressed.

Earbuds, in any form, do not deserve to share the box with the player.Earbuds are the product of cheap and lazy engineering - and I have deep sixed each and every pair that I have ever received.

I recommend that you buy this player and a set of headphones ... Read More