Creative Technology ZEN (4 GB) Digital Media Player

Pros: Price, 2.5", CRISP display, FM Tuner, additional storage-SD Memory Card, GREAT sound/picture quality.
Cons: No AM Radio to listen to sports broadcasts. Battery not replaceable.

How I Got Permission to Purchase We recently spent an amazing TWO weeks in The Florida Keys, Knight’s Key in Marathon. If there were any “real” jobs, especially in the mid-Keys, in my field, I’d be typing this overlooking ...

Pros: Appearance, battery life, ease of use, price
Cons: Small buttons

This past week I had the opportunity to test out the new Creative Zen Mosaic. While it is similar to the Zen V on the inside, it screams different on the outside. Creative has taken a great MP3 player, juiced up the inside, jazzed up the outside, and ...

Pros: It's light and thin, has a built-in equalizer, and some other random features.
Cons: Unfortunately, most features that actually matter are glitchy and require the aid of a paperclip.

First off, let me make it clear that this review is about the product, not the company and it's employees. While my review might be negative in regards to this product, I have not tried enough of Creative gadgets to form an accurate opinion of the ...

Pros: Long battery life, super good video.
Cons: Menu system was poorly designed. Buttons are difficult to use.

Great video and sound. Long battery life. Plenty of space. Works as advertised.Menu ProblemBut it takes more than that to make a good mp3 player.  The screwy menu logic makes using the player more difficult than it should ...

Pros: Low price, great feature list, easy use, nice look
Cons: Need to upgrade the items that come with, no integration of SD Card storage

Many years ago I bought my first MP3 player. This was just after the 1st gen iPod had come out, and seriously, it was just way too expensive with not enough storage. So I bought a Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox instead (my review is still here, though ...

Pros: Fast, simple, affordable. Sleek and easy to use.
Cons: No fast-forward function that I can find. No way to set EQ levels.

Recently my wife purchased the Creative Labs Zen 4GB Digital Media Player. Having owned an iPOD in the past, I already knew what to expect in an MP3 player, and this one is not very different from others. Except for the price, which is ...

Pros: The price, obviously. User Interface-nice job on accessibility. Overall good product.
Cons: Look and feel of the body is a little cheap looking.

After extensive research on all the portable music players out there, and as you probably know there are more than a few, I ended up with the Creative Zen.
I guess price was the no. 1 factor in comparison to the ipod and zune. Though not at all sacrificing quality and sound. Actually in my opinion the sound on this thing is sharper than on the "ipod" though considerably cheaper.
2 The user interface is fantastic to say the least, easy navigation and nice graphics.
After 6 months of the Zen I can honestly say Im really enjoying it and never had any trouble with it since. So go ahead treat yourself to the "Ultimate MP3 player."

Pros: FM radio, expandable memory, plays video and movies, record mode and more.
Cons: Poor menu system thats too hard to navigate.

I walk in the Best Buy store and ready to buy the Ipod Nano when I spotted this amazing jewel. What caught me the most is the big screen and the upgradable memory slot so I am not limited to just the internal memory and I can always add on it.

It also got a FM radio, and it plays movie, mp3 music and a record feature. Thats a big plus compared with Ipod Nano.

Pros: Good sound. Good pics. SD slot very useful.
Cons:

Hangs and needs a reset now and then.

The SD slot allows you to expand the contents infinitely. Sound is great. Take along a paper clip though. I find if I press the wrong key on the wrong item, it goes into a hung state, and only a reset will do. Screen is really good with high res. Shows pictures nicely. Haven't quite figured out setting up the FM radio stations yet.