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Creative Labs MP3 Players Tips
Mobile Widescreen Entertainment with the Creative Zen Vision W
The Zen Vision W features a 16:9 wide screen for the best in MP3 video watching on the move. It is available in both 30G and 60G versions, and the screen has a resolution of 480 x 272.
It comes with an AV cable, so you can connect it directly to your TV to watch a downloaded movie or TV show. A Compact Flash card slot also allows you to view or download pictures from your camera on your Zen.
Like other Zen MP3 players, it comes with a built-in FM tuner and voice recorder. It also includes a built-in personal organizer to keep you efficient.
It supports both WMA and MP3 music formats, but does not support GIF format photos.
It runs for roughly $400.
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The Creative Labs Zen MicroPhoto MP3 Player
Shopping.com Tip: The Creative Labs Zen Micro MP3 player won the Best of CES 2005 award and comes in a wide array of colors. Choose purple, orange, light blue and even lime green to make a fashion statement!
The most striking feature of the 8GB Creative Labs Zen Micro MP3 player is its 262,144 color OLED display. The menus for navigation take full advantage of the sharpness and color resolution of the display, for increased ease of use.
It is ergonomically curved to fit your hand, and comes with an integrated voice recorder, an integrated FM tuner, and a removable, rechargeable 15-hour battery. It doesn't, however, allow you to browse photos while listening to music.
It retails for roughly $180 to $200 and is widely available.
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The Creative Labs MuVo Slim MP3 Player
The Creative Labs MuVo Slim MP3 player is truly portable, and fits easily in your shirt pocket. It comes with a USB cable, and charges directly via USB. At only 7mm thick, it is one of the slimmest models on the market today.
It has a built in FM tuner with 32 presets, a shuffle mode, rocker button navigation and a 5-band custom equalizer with 4 presets.
It comes with a protective carrying case, and high quality neodymium earphones. It also features a personal voice recorder with built-in microphone.
This 256MB player runs between $80 and $85.
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For Audiophiles: The Creative Zen Neeon MP3 Player
Shopping.com Tip: Looking for a Creative mp3 player? The Creative Zen Neeon comes in a range of memory sizes, from 512MB to 6GB and in 10 brushed metallic colors, including hot pink. Its greatest feature is that it allows you to record directly from your stereo through a direct in-line encoding feature.
It comes with a built-in voice recorder, a built-in FM tuner and a screen saver mode to save battery life.
You can choose your LED backlight color, and a wide array of stick-on skins are available to allow you to customize it to your personality. A built-in Li-ion battery allows up to 16 hours continuous music play.
It's priced at approximately $170 for the 5GB version.
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Stik-Ons for the Creative Labs Zen Neeon
If you own a Creative Labs Zen Neeon, you can change the entire look of your MP3 player quickly and inexpensively using one of the Stik-Ons found at the Creative Labs website. Stik-Ons are stickers that transform your case into a personal statement, and come in these categories:
Faces
Bold
Chic
Classic
Gutsy
Eden
Funky
Kawaii (these match your Hawaiian shirts)
Safari (animal prints)
These are just peel off stickers, and can be easily changed with your mood.
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The Creative Labs Zen Nano Plus MP3 Player
Shopping.com Tip: This Creative MP3 player features an ultra slim design and up to 18 hours of music listening. It weighs only 0.8 oz without the battery.
Like other Creative Zen MP3 players, it comes with a built-in FM tuner and voice recorder. It also has a reversible LCD display so lefties can use it easily, too.
It is flash-based, and both 512MB and 1GB versions are available. It comes in 10 colors, and has a 90dB signal-to-noise ratio and 4-band EQ for great sound quality.
In-line audio encoding, such as that offered by the Neeon, allows you to record directly from your stereo, which is a useful feature.
It connects to your PC via USB 2.0, and allows you to drag and drop music to upload it - making it simple to use.
It runs for roughly $60 to $70 for the 1GB version, making it one of the more affordable players of its class.
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The Creative Labs Zen V and Zen V Plus MP3 Players
The Zen V and Zen V Plus are full-featured MP3 players with a scratch-proof full color 1.5" display, a one-touch navigation joy stick, an integrated organizer/calendar function and one-touch voice recording. The V model allows photo and music viewing/play only and the V Plus adds video and podcasting capability, as well.
Both have in-line encoding for recording directly from your stereo and the V Plus has drag and drop data file transfer capability, and eight presets plus custom EQ settings for optimum listening.
Both come with an integrated FM radio, and a rechargeable Li-ion battery. Versions are available with memory from 1GB to 8GB, with the 4GB version running around $180. Pricing was recently dropped in response to competition.
