Creative Zen Portable Media Center 20 GB
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Creative Zen Portable Media Center 20 GB

70PF095000002 - Portable media centre - MP3, WMA - 340 g

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The Creative Zen Portable Media Center is the ultimate portable player for audio and visual entertainment. Watch up to 85 hours of video, listen to over 9,000 songs and view tens...
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Creative have done it again...
A review by astralseraph on Creative Zen Portable Media Center 20 GB
February 12th, 2005


Author's product rating:   

Video Quality  
Sound Quality Good 
Range of Features Excellent 
Ease of Use Very Easy 
Value for Money Good 

Advantages: Style, excellent screen, long battery life, big storage  -  ipod eat your heart out
Disadvantages: Bit bulky, small buttons

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review
What can I say about the Creative Zen Portable Media Center? How about, I almost wet myself when I got this little gadget for Christmas, I was so excited. But enough of my bodily functions, lets talk about this nifty thing and why everyone should own one.

Look

The first thing that anyone would notice is the look – a little cool black box, which comes with its own funky little black case. How could anyone want for anything more? I must admit, I’m completely shallow when it comes to cool looking gadgets.

Storage Capacity

Enough of the complete shallowness, what’s probably one of the more important features of the Portable Media Center (PMC) is the huge storage capacity, coming in at 20 GB. I must admit though, I would have preferred something close to 40 GB, but it seems that 20 GB is more than enough. I was surprised how much video could be stored on 20 GB.

Screen

The 3.8 inch TFT LCD screen is well cool. It is backlit for excellent picture quality for something so small. The resolution of the thing is 320 x 240, doesn’t sound impressive but I found it to be more than enough.

Onboard sound

This feature of the PMC I found to be a really nice touch. It has it own inbuilt speaker, which produces a really nice sound. I found it to be good for in-car entertainment. Of course you can use the headphones that comes with it – really good quality ones too.

Video

This is where I thought the Creative Zen PMC would fall short, but I was surprisingly wrong. The PMC compresses video files so small that up to 85 hours of movies or recorded TV programmes can be stored on the hard disk. The only issues I have with this, is that it can take ages to transfer these files onto the PMC. But a trade off I can live with.

Compatible video files:

• Windows Media and Photo Story files (.wmv, .asf) at a resolution higher than 320 x 240 pixels and/or at a bit rate higher than 800kbps
• Microsoft Recorded TV Show file (.dvr-ms)
• MPEG movie file (.mpeg, .mpg, mpe, .m1v, .mp2v, .mpeg2)(4)
• Windows Video file (.avi)(4)
• Windows Audio file (.wav)

Music

The PMC can store up to 9,000 songs in a variety of formats:
• Windows Media Audio files (.wma)
• MP3 audio files (.mp3)
• Windows Audio Files (.wav)

What’s even cooler is that capacity to download music licences, brilliant for playing downloaded ‘rented’ music from sites like Napster.

Battery

I was well impressed with the battery, it can be changed – yay! Fully rechargeable and can provide up to 22 hours audio playtime or up to 7 hours of continuous video playback. Extra batteries are also quite cheap, brilliant for when you’re on that long haul flight and the in-flight films are rubbish.

Operating System

Comes complete with the Windows Mobile operating system, which functions fantastically and looks a lot like the Windows Media Center. It makes the synchronisation with any windows pc totally painless.

Well, I think I’ve gushed enough about this wonderful gadget. Obviously there are a number of features that could be improved, most importantly of which are the small buttons, which can be a pain in the backside sometimes. If that’s the calibre of the bad points of the PMC, then what are you waiting for, go buy one…
 
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Review of Creative Zen Portable Media Center 20 GB by StupidMike

Advantages: Ability to play music, videos, pictures and recorded tv anywhere!
Disadvantages: Quite large, and not extremely easy to synchronise

I was bought one of these for Christmas 2004, and broke it, and was replaced for free around 2-3 months ago, so I have the most recent version: The Zen PMC wont come cheaply, but it's recommended for people who are looking to put a lot of money in to recieve a generally high quality video player as well as just music. One drawback I've noticed is that it isn't like Ipods or Micro Zens in size, it's a lot heavier, and the need for a video playback ...
...everyday use, if it be on the way to work, school or wherever. It's more for the longer car journeys or holidays, or simply to impress friends! However, it does have 20gb memory, so most people will find it hard to be at a loss for space. It uses the synchronise feature in Windows media player, selecting which artists you like from your library. However I never really used that feature of Windows Media player, so if you don't either, then you may ... Read review

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Creative Zen Portable Media Center 20 GB

General

MPN: 70PF095000002, 70PF095000003

Device Type: Portable media centre

Key Features: Digital audio player, digital photo viewer, digital video player

Compatibility: MS Windows XP Media Centre compatible

Width: 14.4 cm

Depth: 2.7 cm

Height: 8.1 cm

Weight: 340 g

PC Interfaces: USB 2.0

Features: Microsoft Windows Mobile based

Display

Display Type: LCD 3.8" - colour

Display Form Factor: Built-in

Display Format: 320 x 240

Memory / storage

HDD Capacity: 20 GB

HDD Form Factor: Built-in

Still images

Supported Still Images Formats: JPEG

Digital audio

Supported Audio Formats: WMA, MP3

Playback Modes: Playlist

Audio Output: Built-in speaker

Video

Video Playback Formats: WMV

Video Playback Modes: Play

Connectivity

Connections:

  • Hi-Speed USB
  • Composite video output
  • Audio line-out
  • Headphones

Power adapter

Type: Power adapter

Manufacturer's product description

The Creative Zen Portable Media Center is the ultimate portable player for audio and visual entertainment. Watch up to 85 hours of video, listen to over 9,000 songs and view tens of thousands of photos. Its intuitive Microsoft interface offers familiar, fast and easy access to all your favorite digital media and gives you the freedom to take it with you anywhere. Watch it, listen to it, share it or show it off - As the flag ship of the Zen family of portable media products, the Zen Portable Media Center truly delivers an unparalleled audiovisual experience for people on the go. Movies, TV, music and photos can be enjoyed on the Zen's bright 3.8-inch color screen, through high quality headphones or its built-in speaker. You can even connect your Zen to external entertainment systems to share digital media with friends and family. This powerhouse entertainment player is housed in a compact and sleek design that is truly mobile. The Creative Zen Portable Media Center's rechargeable Li-Ion battery is removable, which means you can carry a spare battery and have many more hours of digital entertainment at your fingertips. Plus, Zen connects to your computer with a USB 2.0 port, giving you high-speed transfer for all your media. Zen supports all popular audio, video and picture formats including MP3, WMA, WMV and JPG. And, because it supports Windows Media Audio with DRM, the Zen Portable Media Center works will all popular download music services. You now have all your home entertainment wherever you go - experience the new wave of digital entertainment with Zen.

Battery

Rechargeable Battery: Rechargeable

Battery Enclosure Type: Internal

Included Qty: 1

Technology: Lithium Ion

Battery Life Details:

  • MP3 playback - up to 22 hour(s)
  • Video playback - up to 7 hour(s)

Software

Software Included: Microsoft Windows Media Player 10

System requirements

Operating System: MS Windows XP

Peripheral(s): CD-ROM

System Requirements Details: Windows XP - Pentium II - 233 MHz - RAM 64 MB - HD 100 MB

Miscellaneous

Included Accessories: Stereo headphones, AV cable, USB cable, AC adapter, carrying case

Manufacturer warranty

Service & Support: 1 year warranty

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