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