Speaking of
Singapore, Creative Technology officially introduced the Creative Zen Vision:W this morning. Of course, last we heard from this little guy was
just a week ago, when
Popular Mechanics called it the "best screen we've seen on a portable media player." Creative issued a formal press release earlier today, and now we've got some of those magical numbers to throw around: 4.3-inch screen, 16:9 format, can view up to 4.5 hours of video, carry 240 hours of vids, and hold up to 15,000 songs. Also, the Zen Vision:W has a Compact Flash slot (there's an optional adapter for other types of media), for direct transfer from a digital camera -- a feature that we'd love to see on other media players as well. It'll be presented at
COMEX 2006 in Singapore starting tomorrow for S$649 ($412 US). Its big brother, the 60GB version, will be priced at S$749 ($475 US), but won't be available until the end of September. Also mentioned was the
rumored size-bumped Zen Vision:M (S$599, or $380 US), which is now at 60GB, available for pre-order at COMEX and for sale online and in retail stores island-wide by September 2006. For those prices, let's hope that this new widescreen format really catches on, because that
original Zen Vision viewing angle was really awful. Come to think of it, maybe we won't wait on that
Singapore bureau, after all.
[Thanks, Kai]
P.S. - Sorry about that cruddy photo, we're waiting for nice, shiny press pics.
posted Aug 30th 2006 10:48AM
Good item, good prise!
I love the way that they have a 4.3 inch screen and a 16:9 format. I had to read that one twice to make sure I wasn't missing something.
I found a couple links to better pictures:
http://gadzety.pclab.pl/news16733.html
http://www.mobile.benchmark.pl/recenzje/przeglad_odtwarzaczy_mp3/Creative_Zen_Vision/w-dloni-s.jpg
Looks hot.
I wonder if the original screen was a real 640x480, that the W will be 850x480 for the wide screen. Personally I saw the Vision in the shops and I was blown away by the resolution, and the viewing angle wasn't that bad I felt. Still, if the W would improve on the screen, this could be a real winner.
My only complain about the original Vision was that it does not play AC3 files with movies, which is what most of my files use. If they added this, I'm definitely getting the 60GB one.
Im content with my Zen Vision: M. I love it.
still no gapless i imagine or lossless support. guess what the mainstream doesn't know won't hurt them (or benefit them in this case)
There are a few better pics at this site:
http://dapmp3review.blogspot.com