Customer Reviews
Zero Complaints 
2007-12-15
It is always really nerve-racking for me to make these kind of purchases because half the reviews for most products say "greatest thing ever," and the other half "terrible!" But the reviews seemed pretty good for the Zen 60 gb, so I decided to order it about 8 months ago.
So far, so good. It has held up incredibly well. And the 60 gbs of space is hard to fill. I am up to 45 gb, and I have everything I could imagine wanting on it already!
The thing I like most about this player may simply be the fact that it supports so many formats. The major concern I had with getting an MP3 player (and the reason why I didn't get an Ipod) is whether or not my various video files and sound files would be difficult to get on here. And, it isn't hard at all. I have had zero problems now with the various formats of videos I download offline and whatnot, and it supports my music file of choice, WMA, perfectly. It would be cool if it supported WMA PRO, but apparently NOTHING does yet....or at least nothing I have seen.
I love the program it comes with. IT couldn't be easier. I select my music from my music folder, and load it right in. It could not be any simpler. I do not use it to compress music-- my Windows media player does a great job at that-- but I simply use the program to add files that have already been ripped onto my computer.
Battery space is very good-- I have yet to not have enough battery power for the various times I have used it. It was great when I flew to hawaii. I switched between listening to music and watching movies without running out of battery power. It seems to go about 3-4 hours on video depending on the loudness of volume. Obviously that exceeds the length of most movies.
But the other thing I would HIGHLY recommend is getting a wall plug in and car adapter. I cannot stress how nice it has been to be able to charge this in my car, from a wall, and from my computer. Basically, there is hardly ever a time when I have to worry about it running out of battery power, because I can always charge it, from anywhere. I plug it in my mp3 line on my car, and listen endlessly. When I took a major road trip with my girlfriend, I listened to (and she watched) through a couple different movies. It was awesome!
So far so good with battery power, memory, and functionability.
It looks like at 192 kbps, I can fit about 600 full length albums on here, along with about 70 vids. Hard to tell. Right now I have 440 albums at 192 kbps, and 70 vids, and I am I still have 15 gbs left.
Forget Apple! This is the MP3 player for you! 2007-11-30
I can't say enough about Creative's MP3 players! No, they don't pay me, but darn it, they should, as much as I tell people how great they are! The battery life dwarfs iPods and the software - way better for keep track of your music. Ever asked someone for a copy of a song they have, from iTunes? Ya, good luck with that.
I've given these as gifts because they're so easy to use and work so well! I don't travel anywhere without mine!
Its been great for me 2007-11-07
I love the gigantic harddrive and easy intereface. I use this a lot and have never had any trouble. I am in college and I like to download books for class and listen to them while I exercise or work, that way I can study and not be stuck in the house, I am able to find a lot of audio books online that are compatable with this MP3 player. It is also handy because I can store data files on it like a flash drive and bring them to school for presentations. As far as durability goes it gets scrached up really easy but other then that it seems industuctable. The battery is fairly good I have never run out of juce and I brought it with my on a 14 hour flight, my only problem with its battery life is that it does not have the ablity to attach to any external battery for long trips. The screen is great for movies I have several full length movies on mine as well as tv shows and the picture quality is great, though it does kill the battery to use it. All and all if you buy this you will like it, it is a wonderful economical alternative to a Ipod and in my opion is better then my brothers 30 gig Ipod both in quality and usuablitiy
If they had a 6 star rating, I'd give it a 7. 2007-11-03
I've toyed around with the Ipod video and this little gadget. The zen M is a little bulkier, but not by much. The resolutions is great, and the sound is even better. I primarily use it to store music videos and it works great with my mobile video. I even used it at a party with a big screen tv, and it turned out perfect. The one thing I wished was on here was a random switch/button/something for the videos. Like I said before, I use this for music videos, and to have to select a new video every song is a pain, but I haven't seen a portable media player with that feature to date. I'm not anti Ipod or pro Creative, but if you are, you should go with your choice respectively. This is a great little machine for the price. Just as a heads up, I've had this for about 6 months now, so I've had a chance to get used to it.
great while it works 
2007-10-05
I bought 2 of these less than a year ago, one for myself and one for my husband because it seemed like the best non-Ipod product available. Was very happy initially although both tended to freeze up at times and required resetting. First one and then the other have subsequently stopped being recognized by my computer, which on further searching seems to be a fairly common problem. So you can't upload anything else. Ever. Of course they are no longer warrantied and Creative support is poor. See other posts on amazon. Save your $ and buy something else.
Great Alternative 2008-05-24
I was perfectly happy with my Zen Xtra 30GB player but more happy when the Zen Vision:M 60GB became available. It has a color interface, plays videos, has an FM tuner, has a voice recorder, can display photos...all features my poor Zen Xtra lacked. Well, after using my Zen Vision:M for almost two years now, I've been happy with the upgrade. It's finicky with adding album art, needs a reset once in a while, and has shorter battery life (when playing videos) than my Xtra, but I'm certainly happy with the added features I didn't have before. I keep my old Zen Xtra around as a backup player.
Still Best MP3 HARD DRIVE BASED PLAYER ON MARKET 2008-04-26
I did a ton of research before buying this and I am sure that it is really the best on the market. It has a great screen, and even though it is small you can still watch movies on it with no problems. Having the large hard drive is great and the TV output is a really nice feature. Very well built and is pretty rugged for an mp3 player. Compactflash slot is great for use with my digital camera and the built in radio is really nice.
Our units arrived with dead batteries 
2008-03-09
Batteries dead on arrival. We suspect the units experienced extremely cold temperatures in transit, causing battery failure.
We were very impressed with Amazon's no hassle return policy.
iPod, Schm-iPod 2008-02-13
Forget iPods. This little beauty plays music, movies, podcasts, photos and syncs with MS Outlook for much less $$$.
Excelente reproductor de audio y video 2008-01-03
Compre el Creative Zen Vision M:60gb en agosto de 2007. A enero de 2008, sigue pareciendome una excelente compra. La capacidad es desbordnte. Tengo cerca de 40 cds en mp3 (musica comprimida!!) y todas han entrado en este reproductor de musica. No he tenido inconvenientes hasta el momento. Si bien la bateria no dura como lo ofrece Creative (en musica me da 13 a 14 horas, y no 16, pero es lo de menos!!) vale bien a pena para quienes hacen largos viajes, van en autobus, o simplemente desean toda su musica en un solo dispositivo. Debido a que tenia 30gb de espacio libre luego de poner toda la musica, empece a incluirle videos, y la calidad es magnifica. No uso mucho los videos pues prefiero la musica. La seleccion de canciones, y el facil manejo del menu, es fabuloso. Loas loas loas!
Lastima que no sigan vendiendo la version de 60gb. Fui afortunado de ser uno de los ultimos compradores del Creative Zen Vision M: 60gb.
Ah, y lo mejor del Ipod: Creative tiene radio. Si te gusta escuchar noticias (como a mi), bien valia su precio.
