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Creative ZEN 2.5" Black 2GB MP3 / MP4 Player

Creative ZEN 2.5" Black 2GB MP3 / MP4 Player
Creative ZEN 2.5" Black 2GB MP3 / MP4 Player
alaScore 71

10 reviews

Jan, 2025

alaTest has collected and analyzed 10 reviews of Creative ZEN 2.5" Black 2GB MP3 / MP4 Player. The average rating for this product is 2.9/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the portability and size. The storage and design are also appreciated, but opinions about the price and sound are mixed. Some have doubts about the memory.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Creative ZEN 2.5" Black 2GB MP3 / MP4 Player is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 71/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Broke on me pretty quickly

 

The experience was so underwhelming I didn't even consider another MP3 player for years. I have one now (cheapest I could find with the largest capacity) the sound quality isn't great but it took all my music and plays it back without any problems -...

small reasonable price portable music

Stopped working within first year of purchase Didn't hold more than a few of my songs

Mar, 2016
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Garbage

 

Waaaaaay too much for this thing.

Looks cool, worked for a while, SD card support, intuitive menu.

Froze all the time after a while. Got to the point I just stopped using it.

Jan, 2013
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Creative ZEN 2.5" Black 2GB MP3 / MP4 Player

 

You can make your play lists in the MP3. Can play videos formats without too much trouble unlike Coby MP3 players. Sound quality is good in my opinion.

I've had two of these. The first one lasted about 3-5 months. The second died after just over a month.

Aug, 2012
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Player

 

I am thinking of buying another one for my wife. I might buy the 2 gig. With the SD card interface I wouldn't buy anything more than the 4 gig.

I have used nearly every day for more than 8 months. It works great. I love the SD card capability. The video is remarkable crisp and beautiful color.

Using the software interface to put video on the main memory is slow, but I understnd the need for the conversion and the video looks great on the player

May, 2009
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Junk if you use AAC/M4A!

 

Newegg comes through again delivering my order in 2 days! Other similar devices have true AAC support and a FM receiver. Should have purchased one of those.

Nice size. Nice screen. Very vivid. FM receiver, which my wife wanted. SD slot. USB connection versus some proprietary one. Great menu layout.

Despite what the specs state, the device can not play AAC/M4A files. It supposedly can play AAC music encoded by iTunes only, but that does not entitle it to claim full-out AAC compatibility. If only I had checked Wikipedia's entry on the device I...

May, 2009
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Warranty is useless

 

Creative Labs is useless. Website does not work, phone numbers put you in a endless loop where you can't talk to anyone. I'm not buying anymore creative products. Wasted over an hour trying to just talk to somebody with no success

Nice when it works

Broke after only having it for 5 months (actually a Christmas gift for my kids)

Apr, 2009
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

nice

 

i bought an 8 gig micro sd and have placed 10 movies on it..

its great easy to transfer music and vid..

then only reall thing that bugs me is that the sd card does not sycn with the unit when you tranfer music you have to select the card on the menu and then tranfer. but you can sync the card to the player.. but not the player to the card.

Apr, 2009
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Surviving teenager

 

Survivng a 14 year old for 3 months so far and doing fine - lol.

Works great, easy to use software and video conversion.

None - locked up and had to reset once.

Mar, 2009
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

What can I say but "AWESOME"

 

Has 2GB hard drive. Need to research how high you can go with SD slot.

I always liked Creative Products. I was originally thinking of getting an IPod Touch. But, I don't have use for all the applications with it. I just wanted something to either listen to music or watch a TV/Movie on the go.

Screen is small.

Mar, 2009
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great interface. Poor memory features!

 

The memory card issue is a deal killer if you care about adding memory. If not, it is a good player; no other complaints. But for the sheer fact that Creative's direct competitors do have memory integration, I would not buy this player or any other...

Creative has a great interface and menu system. Very intuitive and easy to use.

If you are looking to add memory to this player and use with Napster, DO NOT BUY THIS PLAYER. As many people have brought out, Creative still does not have functionality to inegrate the internal and external memory. It is VERY seperate. When syncing...

Mar, 2009
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