Compare Prices : Creative Zen Vision W (30GB, Black) - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Creative's Zen Vision W succeeds its Vision portable media player, gaining a W denoting its widescreen aspect. The epic 4.3in screen is fantastic, displaying both photos and video beautifully and in vivid detail.

Verdict: Creative has made a great player of the Zen Vision W. While we love the widescreen LCD, it's quick to drain the battery. But providing you don't venture too far from the mains socket, the Creative Zen Vision W is an excellent choice.

Review summary: If you're crazy about movies and just can't get enough, here's something you'll fancy. This will fit in your pocket, but who'll carry the popcorn?

Cons: Incomplete DivX/XviD support, Expensive.

Verdict: The Creative Zen Vision W costs Rs. 18,500 for the 30 GB while the 60 GB Rs. 26,500 with a one year warranty. The player is quite an expensive deal just for the pleasure of viewing movies and some would easily say "why not invest 5K more and buy a ...

Review summary: Portable media players are second class citizens compared to MP3 and small format video-capable music players like the iPod Video and Zune when it comes to sales figures. Why? The little guys are about half the size, which suits those who want ...

Pros: Fantastic widescreen display is perfect for movie playback: high resolution, great brightness and super-saturated color with a good viewing angle and sharpness. Sound quality is also excellent and the FM radio gets better reception than average, ...

Cons: No add-on hardware for recording video. Natively supports JPEG format photos only- RAW photographers can backup images from a card to the Zen Vision W but they can't view them. Requires included drivers to mount the entire drive as a removable disk ...

Verdict: If you're a video collector, DVD ripper (we won't tell anyone), YouTube addict or are enamored with Amazon's Unbox service and want to take your videos with you anywhere, the Creative Zen Vision W is an excellent choice. We recommend the 60 gig if you ...

Review summary: Creative have started the new year by building an extension onto their Zen Vision to give us the Zenvision W or Wide Screen. Is this little more than a cut n shut job or has the Zen laid some new foundations?

Review summary: Looking strikingly similar to its predecessor, Creative's latest PMP is wide, but does it have the requisite depth?

Verdict: For the moment we prefer quality over aspect ratio.