Player Blog Category Archives: Creative
September 03, 2004
Creative Zen PMC Review
Engadget takes an in depth look at Creative's Portable Media Player in their new Zen PMC review. They mostly like it, but there are important caveats:
The soundbite is that we think the Portable Media Center is good for folks with Media Center PCs and PCs with TV tuner cards which can record TV - that's really the one killer feature of these new devices. If you don't have a Media Center and don't record TV to your PC (or don't download a crapload of movies) then this device might not be quite as useful for you.
I have the zen media center and I love it. MP3's sound excellent on it and, since I am a photographer, the large display screen is nice for showing off photos or to use as a digital portfolio.
only 3 downsides that i can think of...
It occasionally freezes or fails to turn on. this is easily remedied by removing the battery and simply pressing the reset button in the battery compartment.
secondly, I cannot stand to use earbuds, so i ditched the earbud headphones that came with it and bought a 20 dollar Sony headset and the sound is fantastic.
Lastly, the preset equalizer modes don't seem to change the sound enough. I would rather have sliders on the screen that I could manually set the equalizer myself.
Overall, this is a nice sturdy piece of equipment with very good sound quality and an LCD screen large enough to actually enjoy pictures and video.
Posted by: rick hankins at January 21, 2006 02:35 PM