Creative Zen Vision:M ipod killer??

[darkwing]

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From Cnet..my golly it plays Xvid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I saw first the Creative Zen Vision:M (30GB) online in December, I thought it was a pretty sweet-looking piece of equipment. It's even better in person. Sure, it's quite a bit heftier than the Apple iPod--0.7 inch is thick compared with the iPod's scant 0.4-inch waist--but this extra girth actually makes the Zen Vision:M feel solid and comfortable in the hand. And the 2.5-inch screen is absolutely gorgeous, brightly displaying 262,144 colors; the iPod is capable of displaying about 65,000. Plus, if you're looking for extra features such as a voice recorder, subscription music, video support, and an FM tuner and recorder, the Vision:M delivers. This media powerhouse also supports album art and simultaneous photo viewing and music playback--something we yearned for in the Creative Zen Micro Photo--as well as WMV 9, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and Motion-JPEG videos. We wish the rated battery life for video were more than four hours, but at least that's better than two (ahem, iPod). Like most Creative players, the Vision:M syncs with Microsoft Outlook contacts, calendar, and tasks.

[Ferl]

yahh i agree man.100% ipod killer.

[wiredjay]

hmm. i doubt it.. too big..

[darkwing]

i think its just thicker not better, 0.7 inch vs 0.4, but it displays 256k colors instead of 65k for the ipod and it plays Xvid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wiredjay]

i don't think the screen is big enough. might as well get a PVP with the likes of Archos. Or a Palm PDA with a landscape screen. That way you get, Mp3 + Video + many more..

[darkwing]

mahal lagi ang Archos compared ani, also wala tingali PDA nga mag 30gb...

[wiredjay]

mao lang pud. biggest storage i know of a Palm is around 4gb only. well, let's hope ipods and zens will have bigger screens or palms get bigger memory..

btw, a downsized full dvd movie is around 200-300mb only and conversion takes up to an hour. what's to do with 133full movies that take up to 5 days to convert? oh well, a wider selection is better..

[digitalsuperman]

i think time will come that ipod can play videos with divx and xvid format...its just a matter of codec...

[darkwing]

did i mention it lasts 4 hours on video playing instead of 2 hours for the ipod, so yummy

[darkwing]

and its got better looking screen

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