Technika MP-308 4GB MP3 player with FM tuner

Advantages: Wide range of features
Disadvantages: Difficult to navagate menus

...The MP-308 is Tesco?s current top of the range mini MP3 player with FM radio, and at 3p shy of £30 places it firmly in the budget end of the market. Having very recently ?goosed? my previous player doing a firmware upgrade, I got mine as an impulse purchase. It?s small ? about the same size as a lighter, and has a rechargeable battery, so running costs are minimal. You get everything you need; the player, a USB lead, a pair of cheap headphones, and a set of paper instructions and a mini-CD. In fact if you?ve previously owned an MP3 player, you can probably dispense with the last two items, the player supports traditional ?drag?n?drop? from your ?my music? folder. The instructions suggest that it?s far better to use the application which comes with the machine, that way you can make playlists, catalogue your albums and so...

dobieg 23.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Technika MP3 player

Great MP3 Player - Simplicity and Elegance

Advantages: Looks great, airtight integration with iTunes
Disadvantages: Feels too small

...The new iPod nano looks great; you will be stunned when you open its amazingly small retail package. It is very thin, but feels sturdy in the hand. Some may find the iPod nano difficult to hold as I did. You will require a case for the iPod nano, otherwise it will become very scratched. Despite being called the 'chunky' iPod, I think that it looks better then then previous generation iPod nano. The previous generation of iPod nano were more of a difficult kind of iPod compared to the other iPod. However this 3rd generation feels like a shrunk down version. Features wise this MP3 player is great. Obviously it plays music, and will hold an average person's music collection. Video looks really sharp, if not small. However it is not suitable for widescreen video (16:9), as most the screen ends up being filled with black letterbox bars...

afraser 28.12.2007 · Read review
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> Creative - Zen is into the army band? <

Advantages: high in functionalty
Disadvantages: uncomfortable and pointless

...CIAO REVIEW 25/10/07 - Creative ZEN V Series Armband Pack MP3 Player - ** MP3 Accessories - Armband and belt clip** A specialised belt/armband catered for the V series and V plus MP3 Player >ZEN a creative introduction< Welcome to planet ZEN, no it's not a hairdressing salon, but a revolutionary name for PMP - Portable Media Players designed by Creative. - Creative was founded in Singapore - in 1981, if you view or have seen their corporate branding it is oriental looking. These guys had a vision in the 1980's originally with sound, and speakers and cards for the PC market. Most will remember that Creative is more known for it's incredibly successful Sound Blaster components for the PC. In recent years Creative have modelled themselves on a few house-hold brands from the West, so that sales in the Western world would increase...

1st2thebar 25.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Creative ZEN V Series Armband Arm pack MP3 Player

Zen and the Art of Creative MP3 Players

Advantages: Fits in your pocket, Display Screen
Disadvantages: Sensitive Touch Pad

...My search for MP3's began on Ciao and I read around a variety of reviews and asked the reviewers some questions which I needed answering. The most important question for me was 'How can I play this in my car?' but more about that later. I visited Curry's and had a look at a few but was really impressed with the chunky little Zen Micro thingy that fitted comfortably into the palm of your hand. This was the one! After searching the internet for decent prices I went onto the Creative website and actually ended up purchasing the little beast through one of their approved stores, and at the cheapest price I had seen as well, thumbs up from me. The player cost me £135 delivered which I though was a fair price. For those of you who don't know an MP3 player allows you, with a range of software (depending on the type of player) to take...

josarah 04.09.2005 (15.05.2006) · Read review
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Review of Creative Zen Micro 5 GB

Creative Zen plus 4Gb

Advantages: Great interface, intuitive, nice size, good sound and video quality, cheap, mains charger avaliable
Disadvantages: in-built battery, shiny surface always shows finger prints, scratches are really noticeable.

...with the right headphones. The headphones supplied aren't bad. Even my boyfriend said they were good for ones that come with the MP3 player and as a bass player he is usually very critical of anything that music comes out of. Ease of use "Transferring data" - There's some software you have to install to use the mp3 player. This can be annoying if you want to use it on someone else's computer. Also you have to connect it with a cable which is obviously very bad if you're likely to lose it. I haven't used the sync method. I prefer good old drag and drop - which it fully supports, contrary to reviews I've read. the video converter is great, it's handled everything I've thrown at it and gives you the option to fill the screen or keep it widescreen. "playback" - I've had no problems with playback, audio or visual. "interface" - The main...

deathdrop666 27.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Creative ZEN V 4 GB

Creative zen 32gb - innovative and stylish mp3

Advantages: large viewing screen, photos storage, radio, recording, sd slot, good sound quality
Disadvantages: reliability, durability - easily scratched, no mains charger

...I have owned a Creative ZEN 32gb mp3 player for approximately a year - previous to this I had a much older creative zen which lasted well until it was finally drowned in a deluge of water. As such I was veering towards buying another zen due to my previous positive experiences. I came across this one online and read a number of reviews - half claiming it was the best mp3 ever and the other that it was the worst. Never had I seen such a difference of opinion! but much of the negativity came from the fact that many people had bought the mp3 player only to find that it stopped working rather quickly. After some consideration I decided to go ahead and purchase one. Negatives: After 2 weeks it stopped working - the screen turned white and the reset button had no effect. I got it replaced and a year later it is still working fine - the only...

Huomenna 23.09.2009 (29.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Creative Zen 32GB

Tecknika mp3 player

Advantages: No batteries needed
Disadvantages: None

...When my son asked for an MP3 player so that he could take it to school for art, my first thought was no way because they are to expensive for someone to pinch. We were in Tesco and noticed this product for only £15, so I took a closer look. It is a small mp3 player which is good, because you can hide it well, especially when outside, it comes with 4 different face covers and does not take batteries, so yes I bought it, on the understanding that we will see how he takes care of this one and then we will by him a better if he does take care of it. Well we have no need to buy another one because this little mp3 is brilliant. To start with the batteries, as I have mentioned it doesn't take batteries, well it has an lithium battery inside which once charged lasts up to 8 hours, to charge it you plug the lead into the mp3 and then...

scooby32 03.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Technika MP3 player

My Experiences with the Creative Zen MP4 Player

Advantages: Sound quality, price, design
Disadvantages: Few supported video formats.

...Last christmas, I recieved this MP3 player as a gift. At first sight, you can immediately tell it is a well designed product, with an intuitive user interface, and well positioned buttons. Setting up the device was also extremely easy for me. I just plugged it into my PC and it synced my music library within a couple of minutes. Video quality is also excellent, however I had trouble getting video files to play on the device, and I also noticed that playing video files has a significant impact on the battery life. Sound quality is satisfactory, good for the price. The device usually works well for me, but it has locked up a few times, however this is easily fixable by pressing a reset button on the bottom of the device. The screen is good, however i found it scratched easily in my pocket. An investment in a case would definitely be...

Gavman555 07.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Creative ZEN

Creative's pride the new Creative Zen

Advantages: Excellent audio, loads of features, price
Disadvantages: A bit sloppy video

...the appearnce with fingerprint impressions. Rating for this section: 8/10. FEATURES: It has got loads of excellent feature, and surprisingly most of them work with very little fuss. Creative Zen is a flash based player and has 2.5? screen boasting of a full size SD card slot. It is available in 4, 8 16 and 32 GB memory option with very little variation in the price tag. It?s eyeing at 5G iPods and has better color support. Infact Creative Zen supports 16.7 million colors althought technically or statistically a mssive achievement but hardly improves the video quality. The FM radio band functions quite well and the voice recoder is a big plus. The creative DJ features is great. Rating for this section 9/10. TECHNICAL FEATURES: *Bluetooth: No *Built-In Microphone: Yes *Built-In Radio: Yes *Digital Audio...

roktimdutta 09.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Creative ZEN

Creative Zen V+ 2 Gb Mp3 Player

Advantages: Sound quality, size,look
Disadvantages: Small joystick, no mains charger

...I had been looking for a long while for an mp3 player before I decided on this one after a lot of people had said very favourable things about Creatives products. Size: When I got the Zen V plus It was smaller than I had imagined it to be, It's palm sized but for me that was an advantage. it is also very light so very easy to use on the go. Ease of use The software that came with it was very easy to load and use on my computer and it came with what I felt a basic instruction manual. Very easy to use and easy to manage the files on the mp3 player. The mp3 player itself has a very easy to use menu and you can find the song you want fairly easy as you can choose either by all music, artist, song title or type of genre. The way that the songs are stored in the genres section is a bit confusing as some just are not in the right...

tarotangel 21.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Creative ZEN V Plus 2 GB