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Creative ZEN V Plus 8GB

(Portable MP3 players)

"The Zen V Plus is a great MP3 for the casual user, however, if you want something for Video playing, this is not the item. The only reason is because the videos are saved in Uncompressed .AVI, which means the smaller files can end up being 600mb (the size of a DiVX movie). The quality of the music is very nice, and the software thats included is decent. The only problem is that I haven't been able to put a ZenCast on my player (the software is included). The protective screen over the player is very nice for the first few months, but after awhile, the screen begins to get small "chips" in it which become a big pain to see. The screen is also hard to see in the light, you have to put your hands over the Zen. You have probably heard of the Zen V Plus locking up frequently, and let me say it does. You have to wait for the battery to drain dead, or void your warranty and take it apart, and take the battery out and then put it back in. Then you have to charge it, which sucks because sometimes you're in the car and you don't have a charger (even if you do you still have to wait for the battery to die down. You will notice a Line-In jack, which is still a little confusing to me. I haven't been able to figure it out. I believe it can record from a radio, via the cable that is provided. There is also something else, the battery. You will notice that one time the battery will appear to be low. Then when you look at it, it's back up so you really can't tell just by looking.

I would suggest this product to people who don't want to spend alot of money, but you get some bang for your buck compared to the other choices out there."
Rating: 3

Rated by: corn (2 Jul, 2008)

Microsoft Zune 30

(Portable MP3 players)

"I got A zune a while back because my first ipod went out after a month so i tried the zune because it played mp4 and wmv not just mp4 my first experiance with the zune software was INCOMPATABLE WITH VISTA! after that i used my old computer and to my supprize false advertising doesnt play mp4 it has to convert it witch can take about 2 hours for a 10 minute clip so after a month the zune wouldnt charge or sync so i exchanged it for another one and after another month the zune would turn on only when pluged into a power source so after that i went back to ipods lasted around 4 months then it got stolen so my friend had an old zune that because of its design the battery expands and causes the screen to crack microsoft said must have steped on it or something like that so he gave it to me since my ipod was stolen so i replaced the screen and it worked fine but it still doesnt support macs so i have to install it on windows downgraded from vista since then xp mce sp2 so an hour after installing the software syncing some i added more and clicked start sync and the bluescreen of death poped up so i had to reinstall windows after reinstalling windows and software i installed an applicaton from microsoft that allows games on the zune i tryed that and the program said no zune software installed please download from zune.net tryed that again still didnt work

all together its poorly designed software sucks and it has forced updating

good job microsoft i have lost confidence with you on all levels
vista zune office you have convinced me apple is better
in all ways"
Rating: 1

Rated by: MrPuffin (1 Jul, 2008)

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