Creative Zen Touch 40 GB

I bought this second hand from a reputable dealer when they started being replaced in the shops by newer models. The sound quality is brilliant, but could be better. It goes without saying that the capacity - 40GB - is great for a player of this price, or at least it was when I bought it. But after loading it with over 1280 tracks with little compression, some of which are half and hour long, and being left with 31GB still to be used, it begs the question is such a large capacity really necessary and is it worth the money? Surely even the most ardent of music listeners don't use half of that? Capacity issues aside, the interface is self-explanatory ...  Read the complete review

I've had mine a few years now without any major problems and its still going strong so top marks for reliability. The following are the strengths and weaknesses of this player: Good 1. Massive memory - should be more than enough to hold your music collection. 2. Competitive price - it has all the features you'd expect from a quality mp3 player and great value compared to similar units. 3. Sound quality is second to none, i have owned several players and this rates amongst the best. 4. If you use the Zen Touch Explorer software(available to download from their website) transferring files is easy and very fast. 5. Good build quality - ...  Read the complete review

I've owned Creative mp3 players for about 3 years, starting with the Zen Jukebox (still working well) and now the 40Gb version of the Zen Touch. Now, controversial though it may be, I'm going to state that the Creative way of doing things is better than the iPod way of doing things. Sure, iPod has the 'name' and the cool looks, but you have to use iTunes software with an iPod and, if you want to use WMAs (Windows Media audio files), iTunes won't allow it. Also, if you just want to copy some tracks from an iPod to another mp3 player, iTunes makes it very difficult. It's all down to Apple's use of the AAC format, which encodes audio in a totally different way to the ...  Read the complete review

The 40GB Creative Zen Touch has since been superceded by newer models, and subsequently it seems that Creative has stopped attempting to rival Apple for dominance over the mp3 player market. Nevertheless, the Zen Touch was and still is a high quality, reasonably priced mp3 player for someone who wishes to avoid the hype and commerciality of the iPod. The design is sleek in chrome and white, with a blue backlight. It operates through a combination of silver buttons on the front, and a touch operated up and down tracker panel in the middle of the player. This can sometimes be over sensitive, but is otherwise very easy to use. The combination of buttons and touch ...  Read the complete review