Creative Zen 60GB or IPod 80GB?

[LDR]

I've had both an IPod and and Creative Zen.

I lost both within a month of ownership after getting too munted.

However, I would go for the Creative again rather than the Ipod.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I love the creatives.

I have a couple of nano zens. The fact that they have microphones and a line in for recording from your record player (or any analogue source) swung it for me.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I never get this - I'm not a particular fan of Creatives as I find their interfaces and ease of use inferior to ipods - but why some folks contiunally spout uninformed rubbish about ipods is somewhat beyond me. They're basically very similar players - Creative add radio and a few other bells and whistles, ipods generally are a little simpler to use and maintain for most.

For all the talk of Apple hype, some folks seem unduly obsessed about ipods, routinely spouting a load of inaccurate bollocks every time a thread comes up. Why so defensive?

No idea, it's different strokes for different folks. I prefer iPods because they look the best (imo), are the most intuitive (ime), and I don't need all the 'extras' the other MP3 players have.

 

[cypher79]

Well, yes, granted.

If you are prepared to pay for the art you claim to love, get an iPod.

If you want to stick it to the man by nicking art, get a Creative.

And pontificate about morality on urburn

So your saying that you cant put 'illegally' downloaded music on to an Ipod?

 

[Bob_the_lost]

So your saying that you cant put 'illegally' downloaded music on to an Ipod?

*looks at music collection*

*looks at ipod*

*laughs*

I suspect you might be able to, not that i'd ever do that of course...

 

[sleaterkinney]

I've gone from creative to ipod and don't regret it, creatives have a crap interface on the player, the battery is rubbish and I was going through headphones every few months because they would stop working. Apple just think of the little things and that gives them the edge.

 

[Geri]

Every MP3 player I've ever had has been a Creative and the first one still works to this day, must be about eight years old by now and suffered many drops.

Really? I didn't think they had been around that long.

My boyfriend's Creative Zen Extra stopped working completely after about a year, and my Zen Micro started playing up slightly after that, the buttons wouldn't turn on or off, although weirdly after about another 6 months it started working again.

 

[lobster]

I've gone from creative to ipod and don't regret it, creatives have a crap interface on the player, the battery is rubbish and I was going through headphones every few months because they would stop working. Apple just think of the little things and that gives them the edge.

the interface might not be spiffy, but the batteries last a while if you choose good rechargeable ones. If you throw the headphones around or don;t take care of them of course there going brake.

I am not a Creative rep,. but what you just said sounds inaccurate , which i am sure your telling the truth....

 

[Orang Utan]

Anyone tried the iAudio yet?

 

[The Groke]

Having been unconvinced of iPods for many a year I have to say I am well pleased with my G5 80Gb one.

Mind you, had I not already been using a Mac for my music library and had iTunes all up and rolling already, I would have probably gone for the Creative.

The missus has had all sorts of issues with iTunes on her Windows laptop......

Not a worry on Mac though.

 

[jæd]

I've gone from creative to ipod and don't regret it, creatives have a crap interface on the player, the battery is rubbish and I was going through headphones every few months because they would stop working. Apple just think of the little things and that gives them the edge.

Sounds like you need to buy decent headphones...

 

[Genghis Cohen]

Really? I didn't think they had been around that long.

First ones came out in 99, with all of 32mb, there was basically the Creative nomad or the diamond rio at the time.

Oh and saehan, whatever happened to them.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Anyone tried the iAudio yet?

Boss has got.. says it's nothing special for the price.. but the battery life is nice.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Sounds like you need to buy decent headphones...

I did, the headphone jack was faulty.

 

[sleaterkinney]

the interface might not be spiffy, but the batteries last a while if you choose good rechargeable ones.

No, I'm talking about the one you recharge. The battery lasted at most for a year and a half.

If you throw the headphones around or don;t take care of them of course there going brake.

Never happened on my minidisc.

 

[WWWeed]

zen purely for the reason that you dont HAVE to use that crappy software called 'Itunes'

 

[lobster]

No, I'm talking about the one you recharge. The battery lasted at most for a year and a half.

ok, the muvo tx se i have does not have that so i bought a uniross x-press mini charger...

 

[jæd]

zen purely for the reason that you dont HAVE to use that crappy software called 'Itunes'

You know you can use programs like WinAmp with an Ipod...?

 

[Negativland]

Well, yes, granted.

If you are prepared to pay for the art you claim to love, get an iPod.

If you want to stick it to the man by nicking art, get a Creative.

And pontificate about morality on urburn

Anyone paying for 128kbps mp3s is a chump. In fact, till they invent hard drives that never crash or have built in backup, fuck digital media.

 

[jæd]

Anyone paying for 128kbps mp3s is a chump. In fact, till they invent hard drives that never crash or have built in backup, fuck digital media.

Or simply back-up to CDs, Dvds, or even tape. Ever heard of digital backups...? How do you think the IT industry copes with long-term data retention...?

 

[lobster]

speaking of digital backups, anyone use LTO ?

 

[Negativland]

don't mean to derail thread but:

Well maybe I am just flakey, but nearly everyone else is the same - I don't have HD space on my laptop, and so I only have a single copy of stuff on an external drive. DVDs are a pain.

 

[learydeary]

check out

http://www.rockbox.org/

freeware allows you to play games play alternative formats eg wav & saves battery life

tricky to install but worth it

 

[The Groke]

check out

http://www.rockbox.org/

freeware allows you to play games play alternative formats eg wav & saves battery life

tricky to install but worth it

I had rockbox running on my old iRiver H120 - it was great!

 

[The Groke]

Hm - and it does support the G5 iPod as well now.


*tempted*

 

[The Groke]

Hm - but I would have to reformat it into FAT32 first.

meh

 

[rocketman]

oh behave, rocketman.

want to see my record collection? want to know how much i spend on music? want to have that bloody argument again.

presumably you don't download then?

No, I don't. Ever.

And while I agree culture should be free, and that the money system is a systemic evil that should be eradicated, I don't see why artists should be the first to starve, simply cos they are the weakest targets.

And you didn't win the argument last time either. We just disagree on this.