Creative Zen 16 GB Portable Media Player (Black)
from: Creative Labs
List Price: $269.00
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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.
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.
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. |
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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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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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Nice Product but Service is Terrible!
Creative Zen 4 GB Portable Media Player (Black)
We own a 32gb and a 4 gb. The battery in each of them only lasts for an honest 8-10 hours even at low volume and with the backlight set as low as it will go. Their claim of 25 hours is completely false!
We purchased the 4gb Zen 2 mo ago. The SD card slot doesn't recognize any card although the cards work in the 32 gb Zen w/same version software. E-mails to Creative customer service have been exasperating. They completely miss the ... Read More
Rating: 
- Need a player for audio books?This is the one!!
I had originally purchased a Microsoft Zune because I thought it would be user-friendly like its other products/programs...WRONG!So, back it went and I did some more research and chose this Creative Zen and I am so very pleased with it!!
PROS:
1.Great price for 16gb
2.Very user-friendly.I was able to add music, videos and pictures without a problem.In fact, when I tried to add a picture to the Zen that was not compatible, the Zen program asked if I wanted it to ... Read More
Rating: - Zen 16 GIG - Linux User
I had a NANO with 2G and that just wasnt' doing it for me, not enough space, but i loved the size of the device.I travel a bunch for work (Planes) and weight is an issue, so I need a device that is small.
Well the ZEN is all that and more, I paid 139 for the 16G version and I love it.I use it with Linux with ZERO issues.If you are thinking about using with Linux you will need Gnomad 2, at least to sync the device.Works great, I am sure there is other SW for linux but this works ... Read More
Rating: 
- White Screen of Death- No firmware fix forthcoming
I wanted to like the Zen.In fact, I did like the bright screen, ability to use an sd card, etc.However, in the last year, it has slowly developed the dreaded "White Screen of Death".At first, I was able to get my screen back by getting a song to play and then putting the unit into hold.Taking it out of hold would restore the screen. Lately, nothing works,I have tried everything- downgrading the firmware, upgrading the firmware, rebooting, resetting- nothing works.It's basically a brick, ... Read More
Rating: - So far, so good.
I had previously owned the 8 GB version of this player and it was a total disaster.It seems that this 16 GB version is working well **so far**.Plays back movies perfectly well from Amazon's Unboxed as well as all the music I can load into it.The earphones are a bit cheesy, you might want to spring for a few extra dollars and buy something a bit better, depending upon your own hearing and tastes.The software that comes with the player is a bit clunky, you can use Windows Media Player to transfer ... Read More
- Nice Product but Service is Terrible!Creative Zen 4 GB Portable Media Player (Black)
We own a 32gb and a 4 gb. The battery in each of them only lasts for an honest 8-10 hours even at low volume and with the backlight set as low as it will go. Their claim of 25 hours is completely false!
We purchased the 4gb Zen 2 mo ago. The SD card slot doesn't recognize any card although the cards work in the 32 gb Zen w/same version software. E-mails to Creative customer service have been exasperating. They completely miss the ... Read More
- Need a player for audio books?This is the one!!I had originally purchased a Microsoft Zune because I thought it would be user-friendly like its other products/programs...WRONG!So, back it went and I did some more research and chose this Creative Zen and I am so very pleased with it!!
PROS:
1.Great price for 16gb
2.Very user-friendly.I was able to add music, videos and pictures without a problem.In fact, when I tried to add a picture to the Zen that was not compatible, the Zen program asked if I wanted it to ... Read More
- Zen 16 GIG - Linux UserI had a NANO with 2G and that just wasnt' doing it for me, not enough space, but i loved the size of the device.I travel a bunch for work (Planes) and weight is an issue, so I need a device that is small.
Well the ZEN is all that and more, I paid 139 for the 16G version and I love it.I use it with Linux with ZERO issues.If you are thinking about using with Linux you will need Gnomad 2, at least to sync the device.Works great, I am sure there is other SW for linux but this works ... Read More
- White Screen of Death- No firmware fix forthcomingI wanted to like the Zen.In fact, I did like the bright screen, ability to use an sd card, etc.However, in the last year, it has slowly developed the dreaded "White Screen of Death".At first, I was able to get my screen back by getting a song to play and then putting the unit into hold.Taking it out of hold would restore the screen. Lately, nothing works,I have tried everything- downgrading the firmware, upgrading the firmware, rebooting, resetting- nothing works.It's basically a brick, ... Read More
- So far, so good.I had previously owned the 8 GB version of this player and it was a total disaster.It seems that this 16 GB version is working well **so far**.Plays back movies perfectly well from Amazon's Unboxed as well as all the music I can load into it.The earphones are a bit cheesy, you might want to spring for a few extra dollars and buy something a bit better, depending upon your own hearing and tastes.The software that comes with the player is a bit clunky, you can use Windows Media Player to transfer ... Read More
