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8.1
7 reviews
  • Sound quality
    10
  • Video quality
    4.0
  • Ease of use
    8.0
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    10
  • Battery life
    8.0
  • Media support
    7.0
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CNET Jun 20, 2006

The Creative Zen V Plus is a superb choice for anyone looking for a compact and feature-filled flash MP3 player with great sound quality. If you're looking for a more sophisticated design (or have large thumbs), look elsewhere.

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10
mengersponge mengersponge

The Zen V Plus is a tiny PMP with lots of great features. Besides being relatively inexpensive, tiny, and durable, it supports a wide range of audio formats, is extremely easy to use with clear menus, has a number of customization options, uses standard USB connection, and has a beautiful OLED...

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5.0
Yoda Yoda

The Zen V series is very easy to use. Creative made a iPod-like menu which you won't need instructions for. You can change the background as well (which makes me gleeful). The OLED screen is EXTREMELY vibrant and provides perfect viewing angles. If you're going to watch videos on a...

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9.0
IMO IMO

I'm upgrading to an Iphone 3GS soon but I have sentimental feelings towards my Creative Zen V Plus. The device has survived two years of daily use without any damage. Because the device is small and light it has not sustained any damage from multiple drops on the pavement. The User Interface...

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7.0
tatsumaki tatsumaki

Creative crammed so much into the V Plus, its a shame it wasn't a better PMP. Features include line-in recording, near complete menu customization, FM radio, mic recording, picture viewer, video playback and more. Unfortunately, audio playback quality wasn't its strong suit nor was...

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10
twillian twillian

This is my go-to pmp for everyday use. Now, for me every day use means podcasts and audiobooks. It's great for longer tracks because of the bookmark feature. If you need to sync it, you don't lose your place in a 1:30 hour podcast. I also appreciate the ability to delete files from...

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