Creative Zen Plus MP3 Player Review

The Zen V Plus is a great choice for anyone looking for a compact, feature-filled flash MP3 player with great sound quality.

PC Magazine reviewer Mike Kobrin gives the Zen V Plus 4 out of 5 stars.

Its major downside is video and photo playback, but if its audio quality that makes your day, the Zen V Plus is cheaper than a same-size iPod nano.

Available in 2GB [*est. $90] , 4GB [*est. $170] and 8GB [ *est. $190] versions.

The Creative Zen V Plus has an FM tuner and s in addition to music and photos

Available in 2GB [*est. $80] and 4GB [*est. $130] , all of Creative's current MP3 players are compatible with Windows Media Player 11, hence, unlike the iPod, they should have no trouble running on Vista.

Form & Function

• Screen - 1.5-inch OLED screen. Can be hard to read in bright sunlight.
• Compatability - The Creative MP3 player is PC only.
• Sound - great sound quality
• Navigation wheel - for navigating through tracks, is just a bit too small for some.

Features

• Compatible with Windows Media Player 11 and Vista

• Alarm clock

• Calendar and organizer - can sync with Outlook.

• Battery Life - good at 15+ hours

Media

• Photo viewer

• Video player - plays short video clips

• FM radio tuner

Accessories

The main disadvantage of the Zen V Plus is that whilst it is compatible with most music formats and music-subscription services, it is not compatible with Apple's AAC format, making it an unsuitable upgrade to load your ipod tunes.

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