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Portable Multimedia Players Buying Guide: These days, portable media players are everywhere. Devices such Apple's iPhone manage to pack video and picture playback into common everyday devices, whereas units such as the Creative Zen Vision W offer a more dedicated media playback solution. Read more...

Portable Media Players

Creative Zen (2GB)

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Creative Zen (2GB) 4.25

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RRP

$149.00

Review Date

Wednesday, 12th of March, 2008

Features

Screen size : 2.5 in

What's Hot

2.5in screen, has FM and microphone functions, SD slot, silky video playback

What's Not

Our MP4 files couldn't be transcoded for use on the player, ships with a short USB cable, a little heavy on the bass frequencies

The Final Word

For videos, music, photos and more, you can't beat the Zen. It's one of the most versatile players on the market, it's well built and it'll give you many hours of enjoyment.

Display

Display Technology

TFT

Colour Support

16.7M Colours

Screen size

2.5 in

Screen Resolution

320x240

General

Length (mm)

Width (mm)

Height (mm)

Weight (g)

100

Media

Supported Memory Media

Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC), Secure Digital (SD)

Supported Audio File Formats

WAVE, AAC, MP3, WMA

Supported Video File Formats

WMV

Supported Picture File Formats

JPEG

Memory

Installed memory (RAM)

2 GB

Multimedia Features

MP3 Player

Yes

Voice Recorder

Yes

Picture Viewer

Yes

Video Player

Yes

Headphones

Yes

FM tuner

Yes

Portable Media Players

Equaliser

Yes

Playlist

Yes

Date / time

Yes

Alarm

Yes

Power Options

Power Supply

Battery

Battery Type

Rechargeable - (Li-Ion)

Wired Connections

Wired Terminals / Ports

USB 2.0

*Specifications are subject to change without notice. While every attempt has been made by GoodGearGuide in the production of these specifications, possible errors or omissions may still occur. GoodGearGuide neither assumes legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any product specifications supplied.

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