Is the Creative Zen Vision: M a good mp3 player?

Question

I've been wanting to get an mp3 player for a few months now, and i'm seriously considering the Creative Zen Vision: M because of its size and the fact that i want somethign other than an ipod. What do ya'll think of this mp3 player?

Answer 1

Here's a comparasin between the most popular mp3 player, the ipod & the vision m

Zen Vision M

Dealbreakers

. Cheaper than IPOD @ Circuit City (Zen Vision M: $229.99 vs Ipod: $259.99)
. Creative has had more experience in the mp3 player field than apple by a longshot (Creative's background is in music vs. Apple's experience in computers)
. Won more "best of show" awards than IPOD
. Apple's customer service is known to be horrible when dealing with ipod problems
. Creative is suing apple for copyright infringements
. The VISION M is SO good that creative hasn't needed to update it yet!
. Easier to use on a PC than a mac (uses windows media player)
. Uses playforsure technology (itunes is known to crash computer systems)
. More formats for music!
. Much easier to store your files from your computer to this device than Ipod
. Can store your contacts from ms outlook
. Compatible with more than 1 subscription service (Ipod is limited to ONLY itunes) (More 99 cent per song stores!)
. Compatible with just about any "to go" music service (Pay a set price per month and download and transfer as much music as you want!)
. More formats for photos
. Can zoom into your photos
. Can set your own photos as wallpaper for the player's screen (Ipod you have to have plain white background)
. Better sound quality (82 db for ipod vs. 97 db for creative zen vision m)
. 4x better screen ( go to: http://www.everythingusb.com/creative_zen_vision:m_30gb.html for comparasins!)
. More formats for videos (7 video formats vs. Ipod's 2)
. Better battery life for video (Even better life than 5th generation IPOD update!)
. Can transmit movies from vision m to the TV at TRUE resolutuion!
. More colors than IPOD (Zen's Black, White, Blue, green, and Pink VS> Ipod's Black or White)
. More durable, less fargile and easier to hold than Ipod
. Less scratch-prone than I-Pod
. Charges faster than Ipod!
. More durable battery (Ipod batteries fail after 18 months)
. Highly- Customizable Menu!
. Controls light up! (Easier to use when its dark)
. Shortcut button
. FM Radio w/ recorder (can also record anything you hear on the radio!)
. VERY good reception on radio!
. 32 radio presets
. Voice recorder
. Anything that the vision can do and the ipod cant will make you spend hundreds on accessories for the ipod (fm tuner, voice recorder, etc.)
. More bang for your buck!

Just for fun
. Perhaps less likely going to get stolen than an Ipod
. Bragging rights
. Dont have to follow what everyone else is doing

Both
. Same Capacities
. Same battery life for music
. CNET "Editor's choice" awards

Ipod

Dealbreakers

. Easier to use
. Easier to find
. Less Bulky
.Pplethora of accessories available (About 78% of the market is dominated by apple, so 3rd party companies want to make money off the most popular mp3 player today)
. Itunes has more music, movies, and TV shows than every other online store (3.5 million vs. other's 2 million)
. Better exercising compainion (Nano's IPOD + Nike)
. Easier to use if you have a mac
. Can play games

Just for fun
. Looks better

Answer 2

I think is a good mp3 player, a friend have one and there no have any problems. The mp3 player have a really good functions like manage only a percentage of the space ypu want to put in transfers. For example you can put only 128 mb for use like a usb memery sticks , the rest ypu can put protected. Other reallly good think is the firmaware is update constanlty and you don't have problems. look this reviews:
http://reviews.cnet.com/Creative_Zen_Micro_Photo_8GB_gray/4505-6490_7-31570067.html?tag=tpr
http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h1036.htm
I think of teh zen o good alternative for an ipod.

Answer 3

I own one, and I think it's awesome. Good thing that you don't want the iPod, that's a total waste of money in my opinion. The ZVM's color quality and sound quality are incredible. It's a little bulky, but if that doesn't matter, this is the player for you.

The reviews of it dominate iPods and other players. I don't regret ever buying it!

go to http://epizenter.net for help, information, tutorials, etc. about the ZVM.