From your experience, which one should I get? The Zen Vision:M, Vision, or iPod Video? I'll mostly only be using the MP3 player for music, and some movies, and I'll only store a bit of photos. I'm in HS too. Which one will be more useful to me, money-wise? Also, why is Creative not selling well even though it has better features (or so I've heard) than Apple? Thanks for all your help!
2006-11-11 08:20:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
In what ways does the iPod empower a Zen Vision:M? Be specific
2006-11-11 08:24:52 · update #1
These players have been going head to head alot this year amd lot of people want to know which is the best for thier needs.I did my research and i found that the vision:m wins hands down.I am sure you will want a breakdown of my findings so here it goes.
1.the vision has a high definition 265,000 colour screen while the ipod has only a 65,000 colur screen, this is important when viewing videos and pictures
2. the vision has a built in fm radio and 10 hour voice recorder, which are optional extras on the ipod (50$ for fm and 70 $ for external mic for voice recording)
3.the sound quality is the most important factor in music players.this is measured in siginal to noise ratio, the higher the better, the vision has a rating of 97 decibels while the ipod has 82db
4. The vision supports music services such as yahoo, rhapsody,napster,musicmatch etc if you want purchase music online while ipods can only use itunes.
5.ipods are prone to battery failure in the first 18 months , do a google search and find the lawsuits apple are in for this.
6. vision supports 7 video formats such as divx and xivd, there are free conversion programs on the net which will allow you to convert your dvds to this format to transfer to your vision.while ipods use apple property quicktime video format , you have to buy the video conversion program from them.
7. ipods can only use itunes to import music from your computer but it is a very unstable program with frequent crashs and and was voted by cnet as one of the worst programs this year becuase it was built for macs and not pc's.install itunes at your own risk.the vision can sync with various programs suchas windows media player,music match,media monkey and thier own creative media explorer
8. yes apple sell allot more ipods than the vision but you have to consider this , the ipod is in its 5th year.when ipods first came out the first year they did not sell that many.give creative a chance.
9.creative has a backgournd is digital music, they make digital sound recording equipment and hifi systems under the cambridge soundworks name which they own.They are so good they are comapred to bose and harmon kardon.While ipods are made by apple and thier background is making computers.
good luck in your quest for a good mp3 player
2006-11-11 09:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by ricky 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Apple is a fad. Everyone thinks its cool to have an Ipod, but not a superior Zen. I'd go with the Creative, but make sure you're getting a good deal, because I've seen the Zen for rip off prices (that would make the Ipod a better value).
2006-11-11 08:22:40 · answer #2 · answered by McNabb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had experience with the both of them. I used my friends Ipod and I have a zen. I have found the player itself and accompanying programs for the Creative Zen to be the better of the 2 players. With the Ipod you can only use Itunes for downloading music, and getting the muic to your player. Any music you get from other sources that aren't the Ipod format you have to convert. With the Zen you can get music from anywhere and put it onto the player. The software is very user friendly as well. I have never had a problem wit hthe zen freezing or acting weird either.
2016-05-22 05:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ZVM is a better player hands down. They are less expensive and as far as being "buggy" as one person suggested I've had mine for 3 months or so now with 0 problems, I haven't even had to do a reset on it. It's been a great player. As for not selling as well it's because ipos is the fad and there are too many sheep out there who follow the crowd and can't think for themselves.
2006-11-11 09:38:00 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zen
2006-11-11 08:22:37 · answer #5 · answered by Wahooo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say Apple iPod because it has more features. If you are looking for price, I would say Zen Vision, it is deffinatly cheaper than iPod.
2006-11-11 08:23:18 · answer #6 · answered by HavenBurtonPownsYou 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
IPod Video. Hands Down! Way more stable and less buggy, even if it costs more, it's totally worth it.
2006-11-11 08:22:15 · answer #7 · answered by Minuet 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i would go with the apple 30 gb video ipod i think they are 249$ now i have one and its great it will hold 7,000 songs 75 hrs of video and idk how many pics but alot
2006-11-11 08:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by fenderstrat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black reestyled i-pod nano
2006-11-11 08:22:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋