http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/ Engadget Comments for Creative could pay class-action settlement over exaggerated MP3 capacities http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/I GET TO BE INVOLVED :D]]>May 1st 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
i guess not then...]]>May 1st 2008 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/"You are a member of the plaintiff class if you purchased in the United States from a retail store in the United States (including Creative's and others' on-line retail stores)..."]]>May 1st 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.creativehddmp3settlement.com), and drastic overuse of PDF's. ]]>May 1st 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
Meanwhile, the lawyers rake in obscene amounts of cash based on the dollar value of the discounts.

Boo.]]>May 1st 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
I'm offended at their half assed competition with ipod after so much smacktalk, not the competition itself.

As with any 600 lb gorilla in a market, its good to keep Apple honest]]>May 1st 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
LOL. Yeah, okay.

Sounds like you and your friend have trouble distinguishing between 1s and 2s. Wear your glasses the next time you purchase a PMP to make sure you're buying the right capacity.]]>May 1st 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
yeah some people may have been buying one and this will help them, but it ain't a refund or fix or replacement, you still have to give them money for lying. Sounds like a benefit to them wrapped in a warped law suit. maybe i'm cynical.]]>May 1st 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
I would think all HD based mp3 players are short on the capacity they claim. Can someone with an Ipod confirm this does your 60 gig Ipod have 60 gigs that you can use for music?]]>May 1st 2008 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
Probably the difference is that other vendors put the actual disk space in the fine print somewhere...as if people read the fine print. ]]>May 1st 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
Creative's marketing team does boast a lot about features, sometimes to the point of nonsense. Such as claiming how their soundcards make mp3s sound better than the actual CD.]]>May 1st 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/

And misleading or not, the Vision:M is still my favorite player of all time. The MicroPhoto is a terrific sounding little player as well.

And it's not like I didnt know the 30GB ZVM was actually 28565MB in the first place. ]]>May 1st 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 5th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 2nd 2008 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
I will not take part in it, and irked because I feel like I am going to be inconvenienced in order to remove myself from the suit. Maybe I can counter-sue?]]>May 1st 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
Can I have your seriel numbers then? :D

All kidding aside, I a a 30GB ZVM, and an 8 GB ZMP. I love Creative's players as well.

No back to those seriel numbers...:)]]>May 1st 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
On another note.. Why aren't they going after all the other manufacturers? I mean creative isn't the only one to do this, they all do.

And what about Apple? If you buy an 8Gb Iphone you only get about 7.2- 7.4Gb that are usable.]]>May 1st 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
1 GB = 8 Gb
1 GB = ~0.93 GiB]]>May 1st 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
Oh wait... You can't.. I don't live in the US.]]>May 1st 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/ To receive the Discount Player Benefit, your purchase must have occurred prior to January 1, 2004 AND you must provide Proof of Purchase (store receipt, credit card statement or bank statement) that shows ALL the “Purchase Information” below.
If you are deemed ineligible for the Discount Player Benefit due to a deficiency in your Proof of Purchase, check here if you wish to receive the Discount Certificate Benefit instead.

Discount Certificate Benefit
To receive the Discount Certificate Benefit, you must (1) enclose with this form a Proof of Purchase (store receipt, credit card statement or bank statement) that shows ALL the “Purchase Information” below OR (2) provide on this form all the “Purchase Information” below and the serial number of the Creative HDD MP3 Player you purchased.]]>May 1st 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
1 GB = 8 Gb
1 GB = ~0.93 GiB
]]>May 1st 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
This looks like creative marketing from Creative's marketing dept.

Take that, Creative! I'm buying more of your products! I'm getting 50% off, so what if you'll still make a profit. That'll teach you!]]>May 1st 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/it does not play MP4s, it converts them to WMV and only converts some of them successfully]]>May 1st 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
Since you arent partaking, can I have those seriel numbers? :D

J/K, I agree, I love my 2 Creative players, the 30GB ZVM, and an 8GB ZMP.

No, back to those numbers! ]]>May 1st 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
boo~!]]>May 1st 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
They should just make a law that hard drive manufacturers have to state the actual memory storage anywhere they advertise. 8GB may sound better than 7.5GB but it sure is misleading to people who don't know any better.]]>May 1st 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/
Except, you have to be in America.
This may be the only time I wis I had a defective MP3 player.]]>May 1st 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/creative-admits-it-exaggerated-mp3-player-capacities-pays-up-in/May 1st 2008 12:15PM