Advantages: Sound Quality, Photo and Video Features
Disadvantages: No charger

...I bought this as a replacement for my old Creative Zen 20GB Micro which died on me. I chose Creative again as I prefer Creative Zen's to IPod's for their functionality and music options ie they will accept MP3s, WMAs, AACs etc meaning you have more variety of where you get your music from. I love the look of this MP3 player with its blue lights and high resolution LCD screen. Other people might think it is slightly chunky compared to other models but that's never been a problem for me. I think it's yummy! Most of the features are the same as my previous Zen except of course this one is a 30GB (WOOHOO!) and you can download photos and videos to view on the extremely good high resolution LCD screen which is a nice viewing size. If you put the lock on MP3 player so that the screen is not used but the music still plays... Read review

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Advantages: Loads of features, brilliant screen quality, value for money
Disadvantages: no mains charger supplied, headphones not great

...The Creative Zen Vision:M is the ultimate in personal entertainment. Although most people prefer to stick with the 'popular' Apple iPod products, i feel they are often excessively priced for the features that they offer and as such you are merely paying for the brand name. Creative's entertainment products on the other hand are packed full of features at a very reasonable price. The Zen Vision:M has several features that make it stand out from an iPod. Firstly, there is the ability to use the player as a portable hard disk, the capacity of which can be set by the user from 1GB to 16GB in teh 30GB model. This enables the user to store files other than the usual mp3 and mp4 files such as documents and other program files. The advantage of this is also that you can transfer songs from a computer that does not have the creative software... Read review

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Advantages: Great battery life, Stacks of features
Disadvantages: Can be sluggish, some loose ends

...This is Zen's latest creation, the vision M. As the title suggests zen have included video into the MP3 player much like apple have done with their ipods. If your a sceptic and think zen cant beat ipod, then think again. Although the ipiod is renowned for being the daddy of MP3 zen have levelled with it. The Vision M boasts 30gb of memory, thats enough for a good 7,500 songs or plenty of movies. I currently have all of my music back catalogugue, all of my pictures and about 10 films on this beast. The advantage this has over the ipod is that it has twice the amount video playback time. Its possible to play videos for 4 hours on the vision M and only 2 on an ipod 30gb. The sound quality and video quality are both excellent. The amount of things you can do is also quite extensive, this includes creating on the go playlists... Read review

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Advantages: Screen, style & quality build
Disadvantages: Non removable battery

...The Creative Zen Vision:M is an MP3 player by Creative. It was released in August 2006. It is available in 30GB or 60GB options and is available in a range of colours: Black, white, pink, blue and green. I chose the white because I think it looks the best and all the rest of the cabling etc and back of the vision:m itself is white so thought it was worth paying £4 extra to get it in white. I also chose the smaller 30GB option as I don't believe I would be able to fill the larger one, though I might be proved wrong but is a lot more expensive anyway. PACKAGING The Zen Vision M comes in a box together with: A protective slip The charging adapter USB multi-function cable Head-phones Instruction manual Software CD Customer Support Services slip Creative family of products poster. The box itself is stylish... Read review

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Advantages: unbelievable amount of storage
Disadvantages: sticky functionality

...CREATIVE ZEN Vision: M - 30GB - (Black) - Hows about that ZEN!! - 18/02/2008 The Creative corporation is called CREATIVE LABS, which was established in 1993. Other Creatives Labs also included - America labs- Asia labs- Europe labs. -The Product > CREATIVES ZEN Vision: M - Portable Media Player 30GB - Pure Black - Noir - Available RRP date: 08/2007 - > Start < - Creative Zen Vision - > PMP (Portable Media Player) I've been a design critic for these types of PMP for a couple of years, and yet the Vision: M series has 'almost' ticked all the boxes; which has surprised me. It 's glossy and colourful HD monitor is very smooth and has reached a standard that any-one could not draw fault over. The MP3 Portable Media Player is compatible with JPEG customary images, that are online/web based; so for those of you wanting... Read review

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Advantages: Not an Ipod, easy to use
Disadvantages: Lacks ipod's accessories, no charger in the box

...I opened up, and what came was a "New Zen" and it was just so cool. In the Box Creative ZEN Vision:M Earphones Sync Adapter USB 2.0 cable Cloth Pouch User's Guide Installation CD (includes Creative MediaSourc, Creative Media Explorer software and ZENcast Organizer) The Experience I got to ripping CD's and DVD's, you can get software to purchase through searching Google, or from a Torrent site. I got the 30Gb Zen, and I still have not been able to fill the hard disk. I mainly have music on the system, although I have a lot of cartoon movies on for my son, its great for when he is in the car, or we are waiting around. Tristan love it and is just as converted, 5 year olds can be so objective :-) It's small and so portable that it makes it excellent for him and me. The software... Read review

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Advantages: Memory space, Stylish design, Level of technology
Disadvantages: Cost, Could be complicated for some

...Okay so your looking to spend some of your hard earned money. You want something that will set you apart and deliver quality. Your looking beyond 1 gig, 4 gig... to you that is small game. So you arrive at the Creative Zen Vision. Welcome to the big league. I bought one. This is my opinion and experience. It plays my favourite movies with the greatest of ease and beautiful quality, both sound and picture. I catalogue a huge amount of photos on mine, I would be scared to hazard a guess at how many. Music. Everyone loves music. I have over two thousand songs on my Creative Zen. The sound quality is superb. It is so simple to transfer music or movies from pc to Zen that even my nan could manage it. I love the fact that you don't have to mess around. When paying the amount you have to. Ease of use is usually pretty high... Read review

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Advantages: Video playback of 5 different file formats
Disadvantages: Quite heavy and thick - not as stylish as the ipod ramge

...The Creative zen vision : M is the new focus of creative's attention, it has many attractions which trumps the ipod and if considering whether to buy a creative zen vision : M or other competitore such as thje fifth generation ipod, you should look closely and opay attention to this reveiw. Okay will shall start with the bad aspects of the zen. Firstly and the most obvious point is the design, it is a lot thicker than the fifth generation ipod-The zen has a thickness of 1.8 cm, the 60gig ipod is 1.4 cm thick while the 30gig ipod is only 1.1cm thick. Also it has more weight than the ipod, this can be thought of as a good or bad thing for even though it is reasonably6 heavy i beleive it fits into your hand and is more comfortable as i know i think that it would be very easy to break the ipod in half-anyway it feel that way. Another factor... Read review

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Advantages: very stylish, great quality
Disadvantages: Scratches easily, videos take ages to upload

...I bought this player around 1 and a half years ago after seeing it on the gadget show, it's a superb player, with more features then an ipod and has a better battery time then an ipod. The only thing the ipod beats this player in is the style factor and size of thickness, and also the higher probability of it being stolen. Here are the general technical specs of the player and what I think of each one Capacity: 30GB hard drive which is: 15,000 WMAs/ 1,000hrs (at 64kbps) 7,500 MP3/ 500hrs (at 128kbps) Store 10,000 plus of Photos Store 120 hrs (MPEG4 videos) - More then you will ever need, especially when you can remove and add all of your pictures, data files, videos and music tracks frequently. Size: 104 x 62 x 18.6mm - very small considering its capabilities, its just slightly thicker then an Ipod. Weight: 163g - Quite... Read review

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Advantages: very stylish, great quality
Disadvantages: Scratches easily, videos take ages to upload

...I bought this player around 1 and a half years ago after seeing it on the gadget show, it's a superb player, with more features then an ipod and has a better battery time then an ipod. The only thing the ipod beats this player in is the style factor and size of thickness, and also the higher probability of it being stolen. Here are the general technical specs of the player and what I think of each one Capacity: 30GB hard drive which is: 15,000 WMAs/ 1,000hrs (at 64kbps) 7,500 MP3/ 500hrs (at 128kbps) Store 10,000 plus of Photos Store 120 hrs (MPEG4 videos) - More then you will ever need, especially when you can remove and add all of your pictures, data files, videos and music tracks frequently. Size: 104 x 62 x 18.6mm - very small considering its capabilities, its just slightly thicker then an Ipod. Weight: 163g... Read review

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