Product Description Experience 16:9 widescreen entertainment on the move. Enjoy your favorite blockbuster movies in superior spectrum of sight and sound. The ZEN Vision W is in a league of its own with powerful multimedia features to support popular formats of movies, music, photos and includes FM radio.
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.
Way Better Than iPod TouchMay 15, 2010 M. Proudlove(Cornell University) I can't say enough good things about this. Everybody considers the iPod touch to be the best mp3 player or pmp around, but this trumps it in every way. The screen is amazingly bright, clear, and vibrant. The speaker was surprisingly not gimmicky but rather very high quality. It is impressively durable. The UI is intuitive, cool looking and way more customizable than the iPod Touch. Plus it has more little features than the iPod Touch and better battery life, despite manufacturers' stated claims.
AwesomeNovember 16, 2009 Tyler Valitalo 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Looks great, battery lasts basically a full day, extremely easy to use, great features, very portable (I skateboard and play other sports with it in my pocket), and I find the sound quality to be better than that of other top MP3 player brands, good sized screen, decent speakers, picks up radio, has a built in clock, recorder, alarm, and even a sound equalizer setting (so that you don't go deaf) etc, plays good quality music and movies... and for those of you who like blowing out your ears, this thing is perfectly capable of doing so with the proper headphones(with the sound equalizer setting off)! ;D
Most importantly, this thing doesn't have the hassles of brands such as the iPood (my pants) when adding media to it.
Need I say more?
The best player for videos.July 13, 2009 Lisa Shipman(Kings Mountain, NC) This is the best video player that I have ever owned. I absolutely love it. The screen display is terrific. The colors are bright and the size of the screen is the best. The player is kinda big, but I can still drop it in my purse for on the go video watching.
hated it.May 23, 2009 Topher(Lafayette, IN) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i had it for a day.
cons:::
* Took a whole day to charge on the first day.
* customer support by phone is the worst!
* they told me i couldn't return it because i opened it. finally threatened them with a lawsuit (for other reasons) and then they took it back.
I would highly advise you not to buy it.
I Wish I Could Give This 6 Stars. If I Could, Believe Me, I SOO WouldDecember 20, 2008 Mind over Matter(In the Mind) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a pity that creative visions discontinued this product. The main reason why is because of the size of the screen. If people watched movies on it, it would suck the battery dry before the movie would end.
I never watched movies on it..just various videos. It's also a great place to keep pics. Creative Visions DEFINITELY needs to make something in between this and their Xfi. The x-fi is kind of complicated and the screen is considerably smaller..and the volume is a lot lower :(
I purchased one of these a while back, and it got messed up because someone soaked it, I HAD to get a replacement..and luckily I did, before they were all gone.
Its such a pity that Creative Visions would go from this to the x-fi..that's like 5 steps down :(. If Creative Visions doesnt find a happy medium somewhere in between these two models, I will have to switch to Wolverine for future ipods
