Creative Zen X-Fi Video
Creative Zen X-Fi Video Transcript
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>> Hi, I'm [Inaudible] France [Assumed spelling], senior editor for Cnet.com, and I'm here today with the creative Zen X-Fi. Now this is creative's follow up to the Zen, and it adds a couple of really cool features which I'll talk about. But first the design. It's a fairly sleek design. One thing that we don't like about it is its plastic rather than metal, but we'll kind of forgive that and I'll explain why later. It's just got a silver back and a black front. Now, first the controls might seem a little bit confusing because there's actually a nine digit control pad on the front here. Now you don't really use the four outer keys right away. What that allows Creative to do is have add-on apps that might need a nine digit key pad in the future. Really, you're just using the five main controls, the directional controls, which is pretty easy to get the hang of once you know what you're doing. You also have a play-pause button, a shortcut button, a back button, and a contextual button here. On the side there's a standard USB and a $3.5 millimeter head phone jack and if you flip it over onto the back it's actually where you'll find the power and hold switch. And finally, you have your pinhole mic and SD expansion slot. Another thing that adds value are these new in-ear Creative head phones that they're including with the 16-gigabyte and 32-gigabyte versions of the player. Now these would be a $50 value if sold separately, so we really like that. Finally, there's two new features on this player that we haven't seen in the line, and that is the integrated X-Fi sound expects, so you can use the X-Fi crystallizer and sound opener on this. And then of course it has built-in Wi-Fi for the 16-gigabyte and 32-gigabyte versions. Now the reason we're willing to forgive the kind of cheap feeling construction is because this player is an incredible value. The 16-gigabyte version runs for 199, and the 32-gigabyte version for 279. There's also an 8-gigabyte version without the Wi-Fi for 149, but you're getting a ton of features in a pretty compact package at a great price point, so we can kind of forgive the lack of metal. I'm [Inaudible] France and this has been the Creative Zen X-Fi. ^M00:01:48 [ Music ]
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Creative Zen X-Fi (8GB) Review
The good: The Creative Zen X-Fi is an incredible value given its low price and laundry list of features, which include photo, video, Audible, and subscription music support; an FM radio and voice recorder; an SD card expansion slot; WiFi capability; multiple EQ settings; X-Fi sound enhancement technology; and upgraded EP-830 earphones. Sound quality is top-notch, the screen is lovely, and the rated battery life for audio is impressive.
The bad: The Creative Zen X-Fi plastic construction does not feel high-quality, and the SD card content does not get integrated into the general libraries. Videos often need to be transcoded through the included software, and the button pad can be confusing at first. Audio battery life is dismal.
The bottom line: The Creative Zen X-Fi's plastic design leaves a little to be desired, but that doesn't detract from the fact that the player is an incredible value overall: for an extremely competitive price you get a boatload of features and great sound quality.
Creative Zen X-Fi (8GB) Specs
Manufacturer: Creative
Part number: 70PF2420001F1
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