Creative hosting event on 17th, new X-Fi products expected
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 12th 2008 5:56AM
posted Sep 12th 2008 5:56AM
[Thanks, Brandon L.]
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One thing I love about Creative's latest PMP/DAPs is that they support Divix/Xvid but sadly that's there the benefits end. I have yet to see any innovation from Creative, the WiFi in the X-Fi is about as useless as the one in my Zune 80. So I hope that what ever they have planned on presenting will be good enough to sway me over because I need an >€300 entertainment device with Divx support to compliment my Zune.
I'm sure you can find a >€300 device that meets your needs... I'd prefer one for less though.
Oh my bad. I meant to write one for less than €300. I've glanced at the updated iTouch but value Divx support since that's the format that all my videos are in.
u know you can stream TV and music directly to your x-fi player from your computer right? i think thats a very cool feature
...Now that's a pretty glaring typo.
*I kid, eye keed*
Who care.......?
Creative sucks.
their customer support sucks.
Who know......?
Could it be.... after all these years.. working Linux drivers for the X-FI?
Or is it perhaps.. after all these years.. fully functional, non bloated, drivers and utilities for XP/Vista?
I think the is saying something like "Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me 10 times, shame on Creative".
Or just drivers, full stop? :P
The worst pun I've ever seen. I hope the fired whoever pitched that.
This add makes no sense at all. For what it's worth it could mean that they are reintroducing the X-Fi and that there are absolutely no new products. I doubt that's the case. If fact I expect them to introduce a bunch of pci-e cards that are going to replace pretty much the entire line up. I also expect them to show a refreshed versions of their iPod accessories and some of the other personal music player stuff. One thing that you are NOT likely to see is a completely new product as there is no market place for one. The spotlight will also stay on the new X-fi players which Creative believes to offer considerably better sound. The fact is that the sound is slightly better than the competition and there isn't full support for codecs such as Xvid. Oh and I won't even touch the far less than perfect design of the new lineup.
Oh yeah and there will be lots of speakers on display but ever since Creative killed the SoundWorks line those are of no interest to me.
Heard?
Can you hear me now?
I didn't get the drift at first but now think
it is meant to be read:
"Are You Here Yet?"
With "here" spelled "hear" on purpose
PLEASE let it be some good drivers for x-fi sound cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My X-Fi drivers work fine both in Vista and XP - dual-booting.
The latest X-Fi drivers and even the previous version are good.
Don't hold your breath.
Heard everywhere except in my PC. I yanked out the Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS about a week before the DanielK fiasco, when I discovered that Windows Vista service pack 1 refused to install until Creative updated their driver which they hadn't even touched in over a year. It's time we send a clear signal to peripheral manufacturers that when a new OS is released, pushing new hardware rather than developing bug-free drivers for older hardware negates the brand loyalty they think would lead us to buy their new hardware.
"send a clear signal to peripheral manufacturers that when a new OS is released, pushing new hardware rather than developing bug-free drivers for older hardware negates the brand loyalty they think would lead us to buy their new hardware."
that only implies to windows, right?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948343
Creative really has to get their act together, they are sucking the hind tit.
Right. I am sitting here with some very expensive legacy hardware and no Vista drivers.
Creative, you can kiss my brass.
where's the bit about Sep 17?
It's a re-introduction, call it the X-Fi Mojave .. the drivers aren't broken, you're just using the card incorrectly...
They might have mistyped this on purpose when you think of it: hear - here
I wonder if that event in one week time brings is the zen internet tablet
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2008/09/new-creative-zen-media-player-or-zen-interenet-tablet.php
CREATIVE
I am Hard Everywhere.
Are You Hard Yet?
I heard everything.... I heard Squeal of death in my X-fi CARD!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH !LOL
As a customer for over 15 years, I have to say "who cares?" I'm done with that company.
My next sound card will not be from Creative. My near-top of the line Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro still doesn't work right.
I feel sorry for all of those current gen X-Fi users out there. If past history holds true, they are about to be left in a cold, dark place.
A friend at a local computer shop tells me its going to be a new ExpressCard 34 X-Fi soundcard. Apparently, Creative was showing the tech at a distributor show when my friend saw it a few weeks back. He said the picture looks like the part of the card with headphone out and mic-in ports that is about an inch out from the edge of the laptop.
The cool thing is that it has a built-in wireless transmitter so you can send audio files to transmitters around your home from the laptop. That sounds really cool (no pun intended)!
With the number of laptops being sold it only makes sense to update their one and only ExpressCard offering and give it more functionality.
I imagine its a condensed form of their Xmod wireless system in an ExpressCard format.
http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=209&subcategory=668&product=16186
They spelled "here" wrong.
:P
I am hoping that its an expresscard thing. I want the price on the old one to drop!!