Buying A Creative Zen W

[Truth Teller]

I've heard that the Vision:W is a pretty sweet little machine. It just didn't have the capacity that I was looking for in a portable video player. I decided to go with an 80GB Archos 504, and love it. I would HIGHLY recommend Archos - if you can hold out for a few more weeks, they're going to release their new 05 series.

The Archos 605 will sell for $399 (USD)...

- Widescreen
- 160GB!
- WiFi capable
- Touch screen

Unreal... Makes me want to trade in mine and upgrade!

[danfran17]

I have just the 30 gig version of the Creative Zen and it served me well for the past two years and still. I bought the I-pod first and was so disappointed by the limitations that I took it back and bought the Zen . The Zen had no limitations -played all types of files and what it couldn't play it came with software to convert it for free. I am sure there are lots of good products but my experience with the Zen has been all positive.( I use it for two hours atleast -daily on my commute to work)

[KtuluAlly]

Anything with the word "Zen" in it has to be good

[Fadingtoblack]

Hey I forgot to update!


I decided I'd love one of the new 16gb Creative Zen players. I figured though it's still a little expensive right now, so I thought I'd just get one of these 4Gb iRiver T60's for $170 Aussie just to use while I'm away and travelling etc, then get one of those big babies later on


Here's that T60:
http://www.minidisc.com.au/iriver-t60-c ... -1196.html

I've read a few reviews and apparently the sound quality is among the best, and it's nice and small.

[Fadingtoblack]

Although for the same price there is the Zen V Plus:
http://www.minidisc.com.au/creative-zen ... -1005.html

And it has line in so with a mic I could be a part time recorder!

[Speed Damage]

I've got a Sandisk Sansa e280 (8GB) and have never had problems with it. Its a little bigger than the nano (the "old" ones), has all the same features, and is a lot more free than an ipod (plug it in and drag and drop to add music. No syncing and messing around with gettings files off it later). Video playback isn't as great, as the media converter tool requires it to be .mov for some reason, but I don't use it for video anyways.

It cost me US$180 about a year ago, but they're down to around $150 right now.

[Fadingtoblack]

I ended up getting a zen V plus 8gb today. Dick Smith had one for $199 Aussie, last one though so I got 10bucks off as it was out of the box on display in the case!