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Creative Zen VISION:M
alaSCORE 90

8628 reviews

November, 2009

81 / 100

91 Experts

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US

it's like, good, and stuff

By Austin Vaughan

Intro Well, I think we're about the last site on the net to offer a review of the Zen Vision: M. Sorry about that but the ZVM was released in the USA right as we hit CES 2006 and my order took several weeks to arrive. By the time I got it, we had ...

Available in 5 colors, although anything other than black is hard to get.

February, 2006

Rating

93

dapreview.net
US

Creative Zen Vision:M

By Michael Kobrin

Player Type: Hard Disk MP3 Player, Radio: Yes, Recording, Voice: Yes, Recording, Line In: No, Screen Size: 320 x 24...

Good design. Excellent screen. Very good audio and video quality. Broad feature set.

Short battery life. Requires a dongle to sync, charge, and output to TV.function Video(mypage, myname, w, h, scroll) {var winl = (screen.width - w) / 2;var wint = (screen.height - h) / 2;winprops = 'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+' ...

The Zen Vision:M is our new favorite iPod alternative and should appeal to lots of people, but we have a feeling it's still not going to sway the iPod-loving masses.

Creative is making some inroads on the software side as well, with its new ZenCast.com site and ZenCast Organizer, which make a wealth of podcasts (audio and video) available to Zen Vision and Zen Vision:M users. But Creative is definitely...

January, 2006

Rating

90

pcmag.com
US

Creative Zen Vision:M reviewed

By Marc Perton

It shouldn't be surprising that Anything But iPod likes the Creative Zen Vision:M (there does seem to be just a little bit of bias in the site's name), and ABi's review of the Vision:M certainly does highlight the PMP's strong points. Among the ...

Among the features the reviewer liked are the Vision:M's ability to play DivX and XviD, its"superb" video quality playback, and its "very intuitive" GUI. The fact that the Vision:M isn't mass-storage compliant, meaning you have to run software to...

January, 2006

No rating

engadget.com
US

Creative Zen Vision:M

By MP3.com Staff

The Creative Zen Vision:M has an incredible screen, a simple interface, excellent video battery life, an FM tuner and recorder, and a voice recorder.

Available in five colors, the Creative Zen Vision:M has an incredible screen, a simple interface, excellent video battery life, an FM tuner and recorder, and a voice recorder. It features a customizable Shortcut button, and it supports a wide range of ...

The Creative Zen Vision:M has no iTunes-like video content--yet--or support for Audible content--yet. Some will find the touch-pad controller frustrating. The black model scratches easily. The documentation is skimpy. You must use an adapter for ...

The dazzling, DRM-friendly Creative Zen Vision:M gives the iPod a run for the money as the current high-capacity WMA champ.

Design of Creative Zen Vision:MPhysically, the Creative Zen Vision:M can't escape comparison with the 5G iPod. Performance of Creative Zen Vision:MUsing the Creative Zen Vision:M is a treat. Anyone familiar with Creative's past players, such as...

December, 2005

Rating

79

mp3.com
US

Creative Zen Vision: M Review

Take your show on the road with Creative's ZEN Vision: M. This petite player offers full-size entertainment, including the ability to play music, video, slideshows, FM radio and more. It is compatible with scores of download services and works with ...

We find that Creative has consistently developed well-designed products loaded with useful features. However, with only 60 GB of storage we feel many people are willing to spend the extra 50 bucks and get the iPod Classic with 160 GB of memory. We ...

The ZEN Vision: M comes with earphones, a sync adapter, a USB Mini-B Cable, a protective pouch, installation CD and a Quick Start Guide Music Formats: The Vision: M is compatible with mp3, wma and wav formats. Video Formats: The Vision: M is...

Rating

60

toptenreviews.com
US

Creative Labs ZEN Vision:M (30 GB) (Black) Digital Media Player

By James Francis

The Creative Labs ZEN Vision:M (30 GB) (Black) Digital Media Player holds up to 15,000 songs. You can store your whole music collection on this player and enjoy up to 14 hours of music or up to 4 hours of video on a single charge. Some of the great ...

Good media compatibility, sound, user interface, battery life, features and more.

Headphones could be better.

Rating

100

newbie.org
US

Creative Zen Vision:M 30GB MP3 Player

Recommended Despite some minor glitches, the Creative Zen Vision:M is evidently the most entertaining portable video player with plentiful of features, long battery life, stellar video performance, and high level of personalization.

No rating

everythingusb.com
GB

Creative Zen Vision:M (30GB)

By Chris Stevens

A spectacular player. Video lovers finally have a truly portable and functional device for watching full-length movies on the move

Clear and bright screen ; extensive features ; reliable

Thumbpad navigation can be infuriating

It's impossible for a consumer to ignore the comparison, so we won't pretend the Creative Zen Vision:M exists in a vacuum. The iPod may be slightly cheaper at £219 (for the 30GB version) to the Zen Vision:M's £250, but Apple only dips its toes in...

January, 2006

Rating

83

Partner Source
cnet.co.uk
GB

Creative Zen Vision:M

By Stuart Miles

Creative's latest MP3 player offers music, images, video and more, but does the Vision:M have what it takes to be crowned king of the MP3 player pack?

Screen, ease of use, FM radio, voice recorder, charger included

Thicker than its competitor, not Apple Mac friendly

Dare we say it, this is the new iPod killer

Rather than being tied to a particular piece of software, the Vision:M gives users the choice of transferring files to and from the device either using Creative's own Media Source application, Window Media Player (WMP) 10 or Zen Vision:M Media......

December, 2005

Rating

90

Partner Source
pocket-lint.com
AU

Creative Zen Vision:M

By Staff writers

The Vision M is something of an iPod imitator, but it doesn't quite match its inspiration

However, picture quality is high, while the sound is full-blown and expansive, offering good detail and an attractively punchy bass

September, 2008

Rating

67

pcauthority.com.au

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