Creative Zen 2 GB Portable Media Player (Black)

This Electronics CE item from Creative Labs was reviewed on 7-Oct-2008.

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1) Electronics CE Creative Zen 2 GB Portable Media Player (Black) by Creative Labs. This is my second Creative purchase and I should have known better. Bought a Zen mp3 player. After one month it froze up in the middle of a book tape. Finally went dead before it unfroze. Won´t turn on again. Creative Zen´s website and customer support is difficult to navigate. It kept telling me to plug in my player to reset but since it´s dead, this did little good. I finally sent out an email, with fudged "required fields" because the info they need is only available on the unit which they assume is still turning on. This has been a very frustrating experience. The product and support is unreliable.¤

2) Electronics CE Creative Zen 2 GB Portable Media Player (Black) by Creative Labs. There are a few things I am not happy about.

- Radio has no record option (really? like I"m going to bootleg radio in this day & age?)
- No resume for media played from the SD card (I had a Creative nano and it had resume for files dragged to the device, don´t understand how they missed this)
- Screen can be hard to read in the sun, should have included a white theme

But don´t get me wrong, it´s a good device. I use it daily and it is solid. Works great in Ubuntu linux with gnomad2.¤

3) Electronics CE Creative Zen 2 GB Portable Media Player (Black) by Creative Labs. I already have an Ipod, but found that public libraries have free audio books available for online downloads, but only in microsoft format. So, I bought this little beauty and it is easy to work, has great storage, good sound, and turns out to be just what I needed. As a bonus, the car charger I bought for my cell phone works for this too.¤

4) Electronics CE Creative Zen 2 GB Portable Media Player (Black) by Creative Labs. I ordered my first Zen and was super excited to receive it only a couple of days later. I opened it up and loved that it was really lightweight and easy to use. Extremely user-friendly and nice to look at as well. A few hours later, a thin green stripe appeared vertically on the screen and never went away. Something wrong with the pixels or something, I´m not really sure. I sent that player back and got a new one. Again, added all of my music (about 1500 songs) and it worked great for a while. I then turned it off overnight and when I turned it back on it got stuck on the Zen screen for over two minutes. It worked fine after that as long as I didn´t turn it off for more than about 45 minutes. If it was off for that long, it would again take over two minutes to start back up again. The next day, I got the white screen of death. Oh joy. Sent that one back and received a third Zen. Again, loaded all of my music and it took over a minute and a half to turn on every time. I cannot wait that long (call me impatient but an MP3 player should not take that long to turn on) for my music to start playing. I sent that one back and will be purchasing an Apple iPod in the near future.¤

5) Electronics CE Creative Zen 2 GB Portable Media Player (Black) by Creative Labs. I´ve had for a couple of years a Creative Zen Vision M player, and the Zen is just as good, if not better, since you´re pretty much getting the same features but in a smaller size. The video images are great, and the audio is terrific for such a tiny player. The controls are very easy to use. The memory card, which is not in the Vison M, is a great feature, too.¤

6) Electronics CE Creative Zen 2 GB Portable Media Player (Black) by Creative Labs. ZEN puts a world of entertainment at your fingertips. This amazing, credit card-sized digital media player, with its incredible screen, is the ultimate choice when you want to enjoy your music, movies and photos, whether downloaded from your digital library or from web sites around the world. It also includes an SD card slot, so you can add extra memory or more entertainment whenever you want. If you´re ready for a world of enjoyment, then you´re ready for ZEN!¤

7) Electronics CE Creative Zen 2 GB Portable Media Player (Black) by Creative Labs. This credit card-sized Creative Zen has a stunning 2.5-inch color screen and is perfect for music, videos, and photos. Enjoy up to 500 MP3, WMA, or AAC songs; watch up to 70 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. The player also is available in 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB capacities.

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.

Add even more storage capacity via the SD card slot.

Credit Card-sized Player Supports 16.7 Million Colors View your album art, videos, and photos on this 2.5-inch razor sharp TFT display. Your favorite photos will burst into life with 16.7 million colors on the fresh new Zen patented user interface. The TFT display works under sunlight and allows everyone to watch your home videos and vacation slideshows from any angle.

Truly a Multimedia Player Zen is the first Creative player to support unprotected AAC format, so you can enjoy all of your favorite CD tracks that you´ve ripped through iTunes software. Zen also supports iTunes Plus tracks from the iTunes store, in addition to MP3 and WMA music tracks. It also is compatible with music subscription services, such as Napster To Go and Rhapsody.

Zen also supports audio books from Audible.com. Download your favorite books to keep everyone entertained on long road trips, or download daily news reports every morning and listen to the news during your morning commute.

Watch purchased or rented movies and TV shows from online services like Amazon Unbox. Share home videos. Or load your Tivo To Go recorded movies and TV shows.

Plus, share your collections of latest photos in 16.7 million colors. Instantly turn your slideshows into attention-grabbing multimedia extravaganzas by adding your favorite song to the slideshow.

Expandable Memory Need more space? Add additional storage capacity with the built-in SD slot and easily play new music, videos, or photos on your player. With SD cards to go, carry virtually unlimited amounts of your digital library anywhere you go.

FM Radio In between your tunes, use the built-in FM radio to keep yourself up to date with world events, sports scores, or traffic reports. Or tune in to the program airing on the gym´s TV while running on the treadmill.

Battery Life Enjoy up to 30 hours of your songs or 5 hours of video on a single charge--over a full day of music. Or 10 episodes of Scrubs!

What´s in the Box Creative Zen 2 GB player, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, installation CD, quick start guide

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

Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 4-Nov-2008, 054651151055, AWB-PAB-YMB-E6B-R4B-Z8B-FAB-U6B-T0B-QMB-IUB-QOB-FEB-6GB-QUB-AGB-8

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