Advantages: A PMP that will allow for great updates Disadvantages: Missed the boat on product seduction
...you know who you are. Creative have now also been exploring the many apps that seemingly dream of world domination and winning. The Creative X-Fi that was released mid June last year (2008) was one of the first Portable Media Players to realise the ultimate pros of what the ‘app’ can provide, through its own Creative apps and of course the downloadable worthy ones. Whether they help in the sound quality generally, the jury is out; then again the ... ...– Branded like no other Creative product the X-Fi is exactly more marketable and is understandable across the globe. What I’ve found with Creative brands is their notable use of letters rather than words when it comes to printing it on the product. – Luckily by having creative Labs in all four continents, it certainly stops any misgivings when it comes to language. Creative ultimately does bring a favour of bland cabbage to the dinner table as a ...
1st2thebar 11.08.2009 (25.08.2009)
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Advantages: Superior sound quality that makes non-stop rocking possible! Disadvantages: An awkward control pad and menu screen takes some getting used to.
...those not in the know, Creative are another corporate brand of litigious so-and-so's that have been fiddling around with soundcard technology since the early 1980s and have since cornered the PC soundcard market. It's not always a given that longevity in a specialist area determines expertise (see Microsoft Windows), but Creative have been producing solid sound hardware for what seems like eons now. The Zen X-Fi, released in June 2008, is the latest ... ...by the excellent software package Creative has included with the Zen X-Fi. It incorporates a brilliant music library utility (far superior to I-Tunes in that it retains the links between the file location on your PC and how it is represented within the library) and a high level CD ripper that allows you to transfer music from your CD collection to a 320mhz MP3. Music is transferred from the PC using the USB 2.0 connecter included in the bundle (it's ...
clownfoot 26.03.2009
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Advantages: Top notch sound, rich bass and full med/high end. Feature packed. Disadvantages: Buttons are fiddley and not very logical. Pain to use really.
Creative were making players before Apple and have come up with some brilliant deisgns over the years. The Zen X-fi has loads of features from Wifi to stream music and message friends using popular messengers like MSN, to photo and video playback, a calendar, organiser and a host of audio tweaking settings. The best of these has to be the Crystalizer. It remasters the full range of audio so treble sounds clear and crisp while bass is far richer than ... ...a pretty bad sign. Previous Creative players and most Apple players are just so easy to use straight away.
Another feature I don't like is the internal speaker. It's too weak for any real purpose and activates annoyingly when you remove the headhones. I found myself constantly checking it wasn't on when I was in the train as it seemed to randomly turn on!
The price isn't bad - £150 at time of writing for the 16GB model and 16GB is a fair amount ...
piloteer81 25.08.2008
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Advantages: Quality MP3 player, easy to use Disadvantages: no Bluetooth, radio not DAB
...model being reviewed is a Creative Zen X-Fi 8Gb (not 8GO)
I chose Creative because they have been in the PC soundcard business for over 15 years and have a very good reputation with soundcard technology.
The Zen X-Fi is a fantastic little MP3 player, which incorporates a video player, a picture viewer and a radio.
Price paid was £87 at Amazon.co.uk with free delivery.
Standard memory capacity for this model is 8Gb (about 2000 x 4mb songs), but ... ...is a hassle - the Creative software does however make this task easy.
The software needs improving as it regularly freezes up when ripping CD's. But it does interact well with the player so I don't really mind restarting the software from time to time.
You aren't limited by iTunes type libraries and can rip anything onto the player without limitation.
Overall, this is a smart little player but I would recommend it without reservation. ...
Skerp 29.10.2008 (30.10.2008)
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Advantages: fantastic sound, expandable memoery Disadvantages: Not very intuitive, USB cable provided far too short
This is a wonderful little player, miles better than the ipod as it has a built in FM radio plus you can expand its memory till your heart's contect via any SD card.
It plays most file types and the sound quality as well as FM reception even on a moving train is outstanding.
Videos have superb quality and the screen is reasonable in size. The phone cord acts a a very sensitive aerial and is long enough to improve recption even in the heart of the ... ...screen capability but for me the ability to expand memory via an SD card and to be able to listen to FM radio more than compensates for this.
A clever accesory is a charger (supplied separately) that enables you to switch from one plug to another as you travel from country to country. ...
RALPHIE41 23.10.2009
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(+) Great screen quality and size, built in speaker and stand. (-) The only downside is that it is fragile, and can be hard to get used to the on screen keyboard.
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