Zen V or Ipod Nano....NO MATCH---> Zen V (Creative Zen V 2 GB)

Member Name: fazza1

Product:	Creative Zen V 2 GB
Date:	24/05/07 (137 review reads)
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Advantages: Light, Stylish, Small, good range of features

Disadvantages: Software take quite long to install

I just brought this Mp3 player recently and i think its brilliant. Its one of the smallest I've seen and the range of features is great. Setting up the software took quite long, but quite a lot of programs are provided, the main one being the Creative Mediasource 5, which is creative's version of Itunes. It is a very easy to use software with quite a lot of features.

I was stuck at the beginning on whether to buy the Zen V plus or the Zen V. In the end i chose this one, as i feel the screen would be too small to watch movies or anything, but there was only a £10 difference and that was probably the only reason for thinking about it hard.

The product is easy to use and it just looks great. The menu is cleanly laid out and it is easy to modify. The player is very easy to use, with the joystick and i got used to it very quickly, as before i was using a Zen micro, with a touch sensitive scroll.

I like the capability of storing photos on the player. You can also zoom in on the photos, which i think is quite good. What i like best about the photos, is that it is so easy to choose the photos or images to have as the wallpaper for the player. Another thing that i love about this player, is that you can rotate the screen to whatever angle suits you. This is very good for peoplewho are left handed and for right handed people, as using the player would feel more comfortable. The screen can be rotated 180 degrees, yeh thats right upside down, but using the player like this might be just a bit tricky.

The sound quality is superb and the player is so light the finish on the player is very good, its not a shiny metal, but i can still see my face clearly off the surface (may be a good mirror for the ladies). If i had to choose between this and an Ipod mini, I would go for this, as it is better value for money and is much smaller. Creative all the way!!!

Summary: The Zen V is light , But definately a Heavyweight player

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