Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #615 in Consumer Electronics
• Model: 70PF216100115
• Released on: 2007-09-29
• Dimensions: 3.27" h x 2.13" w x .43" l, .14 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Bring your media with you wherever you roam with the Creative Zen 16GB player. Watch 64 hours of videos, enjoy up to 8,000 of your favorite songs (based on four-minute tracks in WMA at 64kbps) 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.

Design
The Zen sports a 2.5-inch TFT colour display with 320 x 240-pixel resolution and support for up to 16.7 million colours. 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. 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. 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.

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

Box Contents

Customer Reviews

Why would you want an Ipod?
Creative ZEN 16GB MP3 Player

I am a reformed Ipod user. After my latest Ipod died (they seem to have an inbuilt obsolescence of 2 or 3 years) I decided to try something new. I have owned several Ipods, from the Classic Ipod when it first came out, the Video version and most recently a 3rd Gen Nano. The Zen beats them all hands down, albeit with a few flaws.

Firstly sound quality; It is vastly superior to the Nano - all you have to do is turn on bass boost and you can hear the difference, the nano seems shallow and quiet in comparison.

Secondly the video; Amazing. The 2.5" screen puts my old Ipod Video to shame. The resolution is amazing, the only hitch as has been mentioned is the long video encoding time to get a video clip or film to work, which seems to go on, and on, and on....

Thirdly the memory; Genius, It is brilliant. The SD card slot is great, they are cheap and cheerful giving you the option of unlimited memory size. I now have a collection of SD cards inside my case (which is a must, the screen scratches far too easily) containing all my films and music, a couple of 8GB cards and you have hours of entertainment. The massive 16GB memory on my version holds all 2000 tracks in my library, and has room for over 5000 more!

The battery life is slightly better than my old Ipod, It advertises 25 hours, Ive gotten between 18 and 20 depending on what you use it for, just playing music it would probably keep going till the next Ice age...

The controls aren't as intuitive as the Ipod's click wheel, but they are easy to understand, however unlike the Ipod it takes a while to workout the menu layouts making changing songs a long and tedious process. Also the lack of a volume control wheel makes changing the volume tricky. The plastic backing on the Zen feels cheap - but how often do you stroke the back of it anyway?

The major downfall of the Zen is the synchronising process. Ouch. I had more locks and crashes in the first couple of days using this thing than I had in 4 years of Ipods. I was nearly at the point of sending it back in frustration. Then I discovered Windows media player. The software supplied with it is dreadful, its slow and buggy. The best way to avoid killing the Zen is to drag and drop tracks onto it, and use WMP to convert the film files for you.

I have my Zen for over a month now, and aside from the first few days I've has no problems what so ever. The Zen was probably the best buy of the last couple of years. Best of all I discovered I was able to burn all my encoded Itunes onto a CD making them MP3's, and hence able to use them on my Zen.

Despite the fact synchronising is a long and painful process compared to the Ipod, the Zen is far and away the better media device, plus it had an inbuilt FM radio tuner (which is surprisingly powerful). If I could go back in time I'd have bought on of these when they first came out instead of the Nano, despite its flaws it is a much better companion on long journeys, as long as you have a mini USB charger that isn't 8CM long to bring with you.

Loverly player, but so unreliable it's useless
I bought this about 6 months ago as an alternative to the ipod and I've regretted it ever since.

In most respects I love it, it's got a great interface (something which was somewhat lacking from my previous sony player), it's pretty, decent battery life and decent sound quality. The SD card expansion has proved pretty handy too.

However, it crashes. A lot. I found I had to carry a safety pin with me to reset it, and on occasion that didn't work and I've had to plug it into my computer and run some 'repair' thing for it to start up again.

Now it's stopped working completely for no apparent reason and I wish I'd listed to some of the advice on here about the problem before I bought it and can only reiterate the same - don't buy this player.

Very good player
Does exactly what it says on the tin, with great sound quality and good battery life. Highly recommended.