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