Creative Zen V Plus 8GB MP3 Player
Creative - 70PF2073001E1Last Review: Jun 2006
The 8 GB Zen V Plus MP3 Player from Creative lets you carry songs, photos and watch videos on the go. Flaunt your independent sense of style with its tiny size and eye-catching design that will be the envy of your friends. Everything you need right at your fingertips - carry your treasured music col... Read Moreection, funny video clips, and family photo slideshows wherever you go. It is packed with all the great features you desire with a capacity of up to 4000 songs. Pull out your CD collection and rip your albums. Log on to the Internet and browse different music services for the songs you want. It features a 1.5" OLED display that lets you watch your favorite video clips of friends, vacations or cool skateboarding stunts. Minimize
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Summary of User Reviews
Number of Reviews: 5Positive Reviews: 80%
Negative Reviews: 20%
Negative Review
Reviewed by: savingeye on 30-May-08
Strengths: screen, size, volume
Weaknesses: Defective Hardware, Firmware sucks
Summary: Well hope you like to be spam... specially when you spend $100 on an item. This player comes with huge amounts of "required" but yet promotional software to be installed on your system. To make my life more interesting, I ended up with a defective player. Many hours of installations wasted away because an internal memory problem. Of course... the item was returned and I ended up buying a Sansa which happend to do wonders with my audible account!
Positive Review
Reviewed by: HPALS on 20-Feb-08
Strengths: Small form factor, easy to set up, Line-in recording capability, Large storage capacity
Weaknesses: Costlier accessories e.g. case, AC charger
Summary: This is my second Zen V plus, first one being 4GB. It is a wonderful MP3 player with so many other uses. Smaller size makes it very easy to transport. Very easy to set up. I have used it for converting some of my old audio cassettes to MP3 with its line-in recording capability. Relatively larger storage capacity can be made use of for many other purposes. I wish it came with an AC charger and a carrying case.
Positive Review
Reviewed by: kurlin1111 on 28-Nov-07
Strengths: small, powerful, holds more music than you can ever listen to at one sitting, works great with Windows Media Player
Weaknesses: a bit fragile
Summary: I had a 2gb Zen V Plus for over a year.Wanted to give a gift but with more GB. This little guy works with Windows Media Player and much more. One is not tied down to itunes. Small, easy to transport and easy to use. Price is perfect too. Who needs an iPod??
Positive Review
Reviewed by: afm79 on 01-Oct-07
Strengths: Small Design, nice color screen, plays videos and pictures too, good battery life, and no special software needed.
Weaknesses: Doesn't come with a good carrying case.
Summary: I really like this mp3 player. It is really small and light and the color screen is really good. It plays music, pictures, and videos. The thing I really like about this player is that you don?t need to install any special software for it even the software that comes with it. You just plug it in and the operating system picks it up automatically and you just start dragging and dropping your media to it. Battery life is pretty good and it costs a lot less than the comparable ipod.
Positive Review
Reviewed by: fates on 11-Sep-07
Strengths: small size, 8GB storage, FM tuner, video player (comes with conversion software), great sound quality, cool colors and intuitice design
Weaknesses: does not come with external charger (must charge via USB cable), video conversion file size way too big
Summary: I love the creative line of mp3 players. Well priced with tons of features. This little guy provides some great sound quality as well as a pretty cool video player. Only problem is the video conversion software creates file sizes way too big for a an hour show (converts 600mb into 1.2g). Controls are intuitive and responsive. Found using the click joystick very easy. Overall a great mp3 player with tons of features.