Great buy at the time, but its now outdated. (Creative Jukebox Zen Xtra 30 GB)

Member Name: ps_iloveu2

Product:	Creative Jukebox Zen Xtra 30 GB
Date:	05/08/07 (58 review reads)
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Advantages: cheap, high storage

Disadvantages: big, slow, outdated

The Creative Jukebox Zen Xtra, when it first came out, was a good machine. I bought it because of the cheaper price and higher storage capacity over the Ipod. However, since technology has moved on, the Zen has become clunky, conspicuous and slow. After you exceed about 2,000 songs (the limit is around 7000-10,000) it becomes difficult and I had to reset mine on a regular basis. That is until, after less than a year of ownership, it froze completely and I had to be sent a new one. Also, beware. It does NOT like any set of headphones not made by Creative. In it's 3 years, mine has gone through about 20 pairs (the left earphone always stops playing). Great buy at the time, but its now outdated.

Summary: It was a good buy at the time (3 years ago) but its now been surpassed by better machines.

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