| The Creative Zen Vision is Creative Labs' newest | | | | for group viewing, and also the screen as it is highly |
| addition to their successful line of portable media | | | | reflective, which is more of a problem when viewing |
| players. A 30GB video player it plays songs, displays | | | | photographs instead of videos as photos are brighter |
| photos, along with video collections. Creative Labs is | | | | than video.Something we haven't touched on yet |
| the well-known C.E.S. award-wining family who, in May | | | | was the screen size of the MP3 players. When |
| of 2006, won the "Red Dot Design Award" for Zen | | | | deciding between a Creative Zen Vision and the iPod |
| Vision's superior design quality, lightweight | | | | Video, the iPod didn't change screen size - reason? |
| pocket-size, and innovation from Essen Design | | | | The iPod is known as the leader in music, not in |
| Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, in Germany. Also, in | | | | videos. While the iPod screen is smaller, it seems to |
| November of 2005, it was the winner of the "100 | | | | be more visible in multiple angles, while Creative Zen |
| Best Gadgets of 2005" for the personal video player | | | | Vision is better straight on. All in all, it depends on the |
| from Gadget Magazine, Indonesia.The Zen Vision has | | | | overall purpose of why you are buying the MP3 |
| won awards for many reasons, with the main one its | | | | player.The battery and power life has been a real |
| ability to enjoy 120 hours of movie screenings, based | | | | problem with most of the MP3 players, and the Zen |
| on 500Kbps MPEG4-SP formats. It is available in a | | | | Vision seems to be at the peak of increased battery |
| 30GB model which allows its users over 15,000 songs | | | | evolution. It includes the extended life Li-ion battery |
| and thousands of photos. The recorder allows the | | | | pack, for double playback time, which is removable, |
| user to tape their favorite songs live with the FM | | | | rechargeable, and very lightweight. The users can |
| radio or their favorite talk show, plus being able to | | | | enjoy up to 26 hours of music, instead of eight or 13, |
| tape personal memos, lectures, or discussions.The | | | | or up to nine hours of video. We cannot look at any |
| Vision has the ability to support many video formats. | | | | MP3 video without comparing it to the iPod versions. |
| Some are the AVI, DivXTM 4 & 53, XviD4, MPEG-1, | | | | So therefore, we shall state the iPod offers 20 hours |
| MPEG-2, MPEG4-SP, WMV9 and Motion-JPEG. With | | | | of battery life to listen to music, and the Zen Vision |
| this many choices available for the consumer, its | | | | only offers 13 hours. And whenever one company |
| unsurpassed video performance and superb photo. | | | | has something "better to offer" there is always the |
| Many reviews find it the best-designed product in the | | | | other side of the coin for the brand X - so Creative |
| PMP category - one available color, in addition to | | | | Labs has made up for this lack of 7 hours by offering |
| magnesium black, is the white magnesium case with a | | | | the extended battery pack. Apple? The ball is in your |
| soft pearlescent finish, with a blue backlit controls. | | | | field now!Check out for more articles on Creative |
| The low point seems to be the fact it is not made | | | | MP3 Players and mp3players. |