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4.5 stars
"A great little MP3 player with video, too!"
Pros: Size, great sound, colorful screen, controls are easy to master
Cons: there aren't any.
Summary: This is a great little device that always gets compliments. The sound is very good and at 16 G it can hold a lot of music and/or music. The small screen is good enough for viewing any video files you care to load. I uploaded some videos of my daughters that I made using my camera. The software included with the Zen V plus easily converted it and made uploading easy. I tried the FM radio once and it worked just fine, but with 16 G of my own music and videos, I rarely listed to FM. In short, BUY this MP3 player!Updated
I have had this mp3 player for almost 1 year and it has been nothing but trouble. If you buy the Creative Zen V plus (16 G) make sure you carry a paperclip with you at all times. It is unreliable and locks-up constantly. The only way to regain control is to use the paperclip to "re-set" the player. If you are lucky, the player will respond by re-building its library. This will take some time depending on how many songs you have on the device. If you are unlucky, like me, you will constantly have to re-format the player which erases everything you loaded onto the player. This is really frustrating. I think that Creative realizes that their MP3 player is unreliable because they offer a downloadable recovery tool to put on your computer to help you fix the Zen. You will use it often. It is helpful, but only if you can gain control of the device after it has locked up. Emails to Creative have resulted in automated form letters telling me how to re-set or re-format the device. These are pretty useless when the player is frozen and doesn't respond to even the power switch.
In short, the Creative ZEN V plus looks cool but based on its unreliable performance, I recommend that you avoid it and buy some other MP3 player. It just isn't worth the grief and hassle.
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