Product Description Beneath the ZEN Vision W player's classy magnesium surface is everything you've been looking for in a mobile entertainment device. Carry all your digital entertainment-15,000 songs, tens of thousands of photos and up to 120 hours of videos-wherever you roam. The patented ZEN interface couldn't be easier to use. This premier MP3 player with a large 4.3" color screen allows for excellent TV, movie and photo viewing in 16:9 format. ZEN Vision W features a Plug&View compact flash card slot that lets you quickly transfer photos from your digital camera. No PC needed! Free up precious memory space in your compact flash card during long photo shoots by archiving tens of thousands of photos on your ZEN Vision W player. Enjoy your favorite photos and videos with a few friends over lunch. Connect your player to a TV using the AV out and share with your entire family. Signal-to-Noise Ratio - Up to 90db / Frequency Response - 20Hz - 20kHz / Audio Output - 3.5mm stereo mini-jack / Audio/Video Output - Composite TV, stereo audio out Organizer - Syncs with and views Microsoft Outlook Contacts, Calendar & Tasks Features - Album Art / FM radio / Voice recorder / Repeat, resume, and random play / Sleep and wake timers / Customizable main menu / Functions as an external hard drive Minimum System Requirements - Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) / XP 64-bit / Intel Pentium II 350MHz or AMD K6-2 450MHz / 64MB RAM (128MB RAM recommended) / USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 recommended for faster transfer) / 170MB free hard drive space Unit Dimensions - WxHxD - 5.27 2.95 0 86 Weight - 9.73 oz
Amazon.com Product Description The Creative Zen Vision W Multimedia Player lets you take all your movies, music and photos in a light, pocket-sized device that is loaded with 30 or 60 GB of memory. At this capacity you can carry tens of thousands of photos, 240 hours of movies (500 Kbps MPEG4-SP), or up to 30,000 songs (WMA encoded at 64 Kbps), all in the palm of your hand. You can also tune in the radio (32 station presets), record your favorite talk show, or make personal voice memos with the built-in microphone. And the big news about the Vision W is that it displays your media in a widescreen, 16:9 format.
The Zen Vision W brings widescreen enjoyment to your pocket. View a product demo (flash).
Multimedia Powerhouse in Your Pocket Today's big screen blockbuster, yesterday's picnic home video, and even your favorite TV shows--they all now fit in your pocket and are ready to be shared. Zen Vision W supports many video formats, such as AVI, DivX 4 and 53, XviD4, MPEG-1, -2, -SP, WMV9, and Motion-JPEG, which simply means you have more choices and less restrictions. Instead of busting out your wallet to show snapshots of your kids, you can enlist the Zen Vision W to give viewers a glimpse of your precious memories--tens of thousands of them. Complete with a thumbnail gallery, the device makes it easy to scroll through your entire photo collection. Of course, music files are a big portion of anyone's digital canvas. Perfect for taking with you on the road or just around the house, this device makes all your music sound as good as the Zen Vision W looks. And with eight preset EQ settings and 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio, you can fine-tune your listening experience for any musical genre.
Great Connectivity You can also connect the Zen Vision W to a projector or TV with the included AV cable, and put on a big show from this little device. Synchronize music files with photo or video montages for a taste of spectacular, personalized big screen magic. You can also transfer pictures from your camera to the Zen Vision W in no time flat. Simply slip in your camera's Compact Flash (CF) memory card, and let Zen Vision W do the rest. The optional CF card adaptor also lets you use other popular memory card formats, such as SD, MMC, Memory Stick and more.
Widescreen Machine Viewing images and video on this device is a pleasant experience. The SharpPix 4.3-inch, high-resolution LCD screen features a 480x271 resolution, and hundreds of thousands of colors. What all this means is you see crisp, clear detail in every movie and photo, even under bright light. Creative didn't scrimp on design, either. The Zen Vision W features a lightweight magnesium casing that is both elegant and protective, and it sports a simple, intuitive keypad that makes navigation a breeze. And you'll get loads more playback time with the included removable, and rechargeable, battery. Enjoy up to 13 hours of music or 4.5 hours of movies on a single charge.
Other features include a personal organizer that you sync with Microsoft Outlook, and an integrated voice recorder that can store hundreds of hours worth of recordings. The Zen Vision W Multimedia Player uses PlaysForSure technology. Look for the PlaysForSure logo if you're shopping for a portable music or video device and you want to make sure the digital music and video you purchase will play back on it every time. Match the PlaysForSure logo on a large selection of leading devices and online music stores. If you see the logo, you'll know your digital music will play for sure. Choose from a large number of digital music and video stores, including MTV's Urge, Rhapsody, Yahoo!, MSN Music, MusicMatch, MusicNow, Napster, Wal-Mart Music Downloads, and many more.
What's in the Box Creative Zen Vision W, earphones, power adapter, USB cable, AV cable, pouch, installation CD, and quick start guide.
Excellent Creative does it againOctober 17, 2008 I have had this almost 2 years now and use it constantly, Between music and movies I couldn't ask for an easier to use mp3/ video player. Video is excellent and the sound is excellent. Don't bother with the earbuds that come with it, they are uncomfortable and the sound will not impress you. there are earbuds out there for 20 dollars that sound excellent compared to the originals. Battery life is imressive. Flying from Florida to Oregon, total of 9 hours with layover, watched 2 movies and listened to music in between, still had half the battery left when I got to the hotel. Some people complain about the size but I wouldn't want a smaller screen for watching videos and that was the main reason I got it. Software is easy to use, however there is a problem with the latest version of windows media player and the drivers. I had to go back to version 10 to get the computer to recognize the ZEN. even after running the software update on creative's site, it still does not work with the latest media player, so if you have problems, check that first.
I LOVE MINE!October 11, 2008 This is probably the most outstanding product I have ever purchased!
A great gizmo to have on long trips, watch your movies, listen to music, show people your pictures.
I can cut a dvd to a 1Gb file and play it at original quality on any tv with the a/v-out cables that I bought, also.
Smaller movie files are good if you just want to watch them on the player at about 250Mb each.
Only downside is that it does not support MP 4, only AVI, and WMV for movies.
Battery life is about 4 hours per charge so you may want to get the cigarette lighter charger for a car.
If only Apple's Marketing campaign wasn't so well-fundedSeptember 23, 2008 What to say about the single-best mp3 player out today...For those of you not just looking for a gym tool to shuffle through the same songs time and time again, take a look at the Creative Vision W. The screen is amazingly large and the images crisp. A nice feature of the Creative Player is its search options. You can search audio or video files by first letter of the name or by specific words, which cuts down on scroll-through time when you find the file.
You can also charge the device via DC wall charger, USB 2.0 when plugged into the computer, or via Dock connection (just like the iPod) allowing you a bit of versatility if you misplace one of your cords. The Creative wall charger has a built in adapter to allow you to adapt to international wall sockets as well.
One of the benefits of Creative's player over an iPod would be its incredible ability to accept virtually an file type you throw at it from AVI's, WMV's to MPEG-2's, and it NEVER changes your file extensions. Any video file you upload to the device has the option to be stretched to fit the screen in different ways so that the video dimensions fit the screen nicely instead of skewed.
The Creative Vision W also still has the ability for PodCasting (Or ZENCasting) but any audio (as opposed to video) casting has to be converted to video files before uploading. Fortunately, Creative's Media Software converts any file you send its way to a playable format if you want it to. Oh just wait, it gets better...
The player also has a compact flash reader on the side and allows you to import image files (sorry, none of the video) direct from your CF card. You can only import pictures by the LAST 10-100 pictures taken, as opposed to being able to browse the photos before importing, but for photographers, like myself, the device is still helpful as a PREVIEW tool for images that appear crisp in the viewfinder but were actually flawed and should be deleted. I often use the device as a preview for clients since the images fill the screen perfectly. And for those of you that do not use CF cards, there is a CF 5-in-1 adapter that you can plug into the slot and will accept multiple card types, including SD.
Single-handedly, I would say the device has severely brought down my electric bill due its versatility. I can use it to play any video OR audio file onto my TV via its digital a/v out option (which is also helpful to use as a stereo in the house)...Speaking of stereos, did I mention the device also has an FM tuner?? Ha. Now, it is unfortunate that the tuner is only engaged and able to search for stations when you have something plugged into the headphone jack, but if you ever plug an FM tuner from your car's cigarette lighter (yes! they are available, you just have to search around, as I found mine on eBay) into the headphone port, you're fine to broadcast your music over the car's radio. I can even broadcast the audio from the video files on the car's radio, almost getting that drive-in movie feel when I watch videos (especially nice on road trips). When headphones aren't plugged in, the player allows you to hear the audio directly from its speaker, and you can adjust the volume accordingly with buttons on the top. As far as the quality of this audio goes, I would suggest you to put the same faith in it as you place in ANY Creative Soundblaster sound card. Heh. Wonderful, isn't it?
Some would complain about the device not having a click wheel but I tend to think of it as my portable all-purpose media device, something that a click-wheel would actually prove to be incredibly cumbersome for. Being a PC nerd, sorry Mac users, this is the ultimate device for you. The device is a little heavier than you may be used to, but when you think about all that it can do, you stop thinking about it. My only advice to people researching MP3 players to buy is to weigh what it is that you want out of a player. Do you want to just play music at the gym or do you want the best-possible player invented? Heh. And for you iTouch users, Creative's X-Fi player has Wi-Fi on it, so you won't even miss that. The Zen Vision W is well worth the money I paid for it. My only regret is that I bought the 30GB instead of the 60GB heh. For what Apple charges to upload files to its devices (as you often have to purchase them) you get the money that you invest in a creative player by uploading your free media ALONE.
My recommendations: ------------------ 1 - Buy the player 2 - Buy a screen protector (the Sony PSP protectors fit this screen) 3 - Buy a protective case (to secure your investment) 4 - Enjoy!
Great Device !September 22, 2008 That's the best Pmp on market , i'm sure of what i'm saying. i could simply have an I pod.but come on, everybody has it!and it force you to input a spacific files format that only mac i pod can read! creative enables many files format audio, video and pix.(you will need to convert videos sometimes too)
Great Battery duration. 4 hours of video and much much more for mp3s it doesnt have a tuch screen like Archos but the batterie is much better "Archos got so many functions while the battery can't take it ! in the end i havent seen other device shows every thing on tv .Creative does it in a grat resolutin.So no need for your old DVD :) If anybody want to ask any question about this product.. contact me
Perfect!July 28, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had my Zen Vision W for a almost 8 months now and I love it.
Pros: 1.The Screen is beautiful. 2.The interface is logical and makes sense. (My previous mp3 player was a Zen V Plus and they were almost exactly the same.) 3.CF card reader is cool, but I never have had a change to use it with a camera because most Digital cameras now use SD cards. 4.Removable/replaceable battery. One of the biggest advantages of a device with a removable battery is that when the Battery goes bad you can replace the battery rather than buying a new mp3 player. (ALL batteries eventually go bad, that includes rechargeable ones) Also, you can buy another battery and then be able to use your player for twice as long as you would be able to with only one battery. 5.A few weeks ago I ran my Zen for about 12 hours without recharging, but I almost never used the screen during that period. 6.It comes with a cable to connect Audio and Video to a TV, very nice feature. 7.Comes with a wall charger, unlike most mp3 players (that includes ipods). 8.For all you "green" people out there, the packing it comes in is the most efficient packaging I have ever seen.
Cons: 1.Its big. If I didn't where Cargo shorts it would be a problem for caring, but its worth it for the screen size and replaceable battery. 2.No one knows what it is, so I am constantly explaining what it is to people.
