I have had my Creative Zen for many years now and still love it and wouldn't change it. During these years of use the playing has not had any problems and still looks as good as new despite being dropped the odd time. The mp3 player is quite large in today standards as it's not paper thin but this also helps with it being very sturdy. The appearance is nice with the blue lights around the edge and the backlights for the controls so you can see what you are doing in the dark. The power button, head phone jack is on top of the player as well as a lock function and the master reset button can be reached from here. The battery life is very good and I ...  Read the complete review

I bought this mp3 player a couple years back and I must say it has excellent. On the other hand, it lacks the multiple features of today's media players. When I bought it, it was a top model with all the features but in today's world it is just a larger music player and I now expect more from a product like this. The Creative Zen is very easy to use. The buttons are big and easy to press and navigating through the screen's menu is simple. The 1.65 inch blue backlit screen can be seen clearly and never freezes. The downfall of having big buttons means that the overall size of the mp3 player is bigger than actually required to be. The unit it self is ...  Read the complete review

I really adore my Zen; after three grueling years of solid use, a couple of scrapes, and a few drops onto concrete, it still works like new. The simplicity of the Zen is great, although the sensitivity of the scroll can occasionally catch you out; I remedied this by changing the sensitivity level, which seemed to sort this. Also, pictures can be uploaded onto the Zen and used wallpapers, though unfortunately you cannot view the pictures while watching your music. Battery life is good, I got consistently 10-11 hours out of it, and the battery life didn't decrease throughout the years and I found the sound quality to be great. Uploading songs ...  Read the complete review

My first real foray into the iPod like mp3 player market was the creative Zen 20gb and I was glad I had gone for the Creative over Apple's ever stylish offering. The ease of use was far better than having to sync to iTunes, however due to software at the time it wasn't quite as easy as it is now, with some synching required. Once my favourite tracks were loaded I fired up the player with ease thanks to its intuitive interface began enjoying music quickly. One problem I subsequently found was the poor quality of the ear buds, upgrading to some proper in-ear style ear phones really allowed this player to shine. The sound quality was excellent and a small bit of ...  Read the complete review

Personally, i think the Zen is a good buy and the best out there for those not considering an I-pod. The fact that it has a radio gives it one over on the I-pod (its main competitor) but the thing that i didn't enjoy about it was the sensitivity of the scroll button. For somebody like myself with not a lot of finese it was just too sensitive to scroll movements when selecting songs. You would find yourself down at Z when you were looking for P. apart from that, the storage facilities and connectability with the computer was top notch. overall i also found this product far more reliable than the I-pod. it lasted me a long time and was far less likely to break. So, put ...  Read the complete review