Pricey - But Worthwhile - Extras
- 4. Pricey - But Worthwhile - Extras
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4. Pricey - But Worthwhile - Extras
As well as the internal extras such as an FM Radio and voice recorder, the Vision:M comes with a pricey A/C power adapter. While this may add to the final price of the product, the adapter is a welcome addition to a range of media players, which have in the past been totally reliant on USB for power as well as data transfer.
When you have a video unit that will drain its battery in the space of a movie or two, recharging off of the computer can be a pain. If the computer is not switched on there is no power to the USB ports, so if you're not using your computer for anything other than charging a media player, then it might be the most inefficient way of doing things if nothing else.
Also, most people buying media players these days are the tech-illiterate who frustrate Creative's marketing team whenever they go into a shop to ask for a "Creative iPod." Thus, offering a more familiar method of charging their units is probably a wise move. Recharging is also far faster on A/C, at around half the time it would take from USB.
On the less-expensive but never-the-less appreciated extras front there is the inclusion of a personal organizer which can even sync up to Microsoft Outlook. I'm not so sure about using the Vision:M as a dedicated PDA, but it's a feature that certainly goes down under the "Cool and maybe even useful for somebody" category.
In the "Cute" section is an alarm clock that you can set to wake you up with any song in your library.
There's also a composite output which allows you to send the Vision:M's music to a bigger stereo system, and there is also a Video Out connection. But how does she do for quality of playback, you ask?
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Creative-ZEN-Vision-Multi-Media-Player 60 Gig, well what can I say, I thought this is just what I wanted only to find what a letdown. I first purchased mine last July and I thought this is fantastic it lived up to all the press on in then I started to notice things like it kept stalling so I took everything off it and formatted the HD again it seems to go ok for a while.
I went on holiday with it thinking I will have all the music I need, then something happened with it. The screen started to break up in the end it went all together. I had a massive problem with creative, then were quite slow in replying to my emails. I had the 60 gig unit and they offered me a brand new one but only a 30 Gig which I thought this is quite strange. I did ask then at the time is there a problem with the 60 Gig units? They just say no we can get you a new one but its going to take longer.
Looking back now I should have taken their offer up as they had repaired my player and this last week its started again the screens stating to go again. I don’t know if there was a manufacturing problem with the Creative-ZEN-Vision-Multi-Media-Player 60 Gig but you don’t see them advertised and I went into comet and they said as fair as they know they have stopped making them and the ones they did have were recalled,
If anyone else has has the same problems they it might be good to know this