[Digitalbath3737]

* Capacity: 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB's
* 2.5" display with 16.7 million colors
* SD Expansion Slot (possible support for SDHC)
* FM tuner
* Pricing: $149, $199, $299 respectively

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In order for me to consider buying it I'd like good SQ (creative SQ usually isn't very good imo), gapless, support MPEG4 and they have to have SDHC. It looks promising though.

 

[That dude]

That player looks amazing, but is it worth the dough? 16GB for $300 is alot even though the 16 mil colour screen is real tempting...

 

[Digitalbath3737]

Usually Creative DAPs see a price cut quickly. The $300 will be $250 in about two months time. In six months I wouldn't be surprised to see it for $230 plus free shipping or something along those lines.

 

[antonyfirst]

Looks nice, but I'm not amazed by Creative players.

 

[sayrum]

i wonder how the sound quality is on this sexy new player.

 

[Digitalbath3737]

Offical Specs!

25 hours battery life
AAC support
5 band custom EQ

this looks good

 

[Kuroyume]

looks nice... and better priced than the iaudio d2, which i think is the only other player with similar features...

Also, all this new 16gb flash players lead me to believe that we will see the death of the hdd DAP in the next 12 months... i think HDD's will only be used in PMP's...

 

[jfindon]

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Originally Posted by Kuroyume /img/forum/go_quote.gif looks nice... and better priced than the iaudio d2, which i think is the only other player with similar features... Also, all this new 16gb flash players lead me to believe that we will see the death of the hdd DAP in the next 12 months... i think HDD's will only be used in PMP's...

I don't. I doubt we'll see 60GB flash players in a year, and there are TONS of people who need more than 16GB or even 30GB. Not to mention the price on a 30GB flash player would be ridiculous.

I was hoping they'd come out with a new HDD player so this is a letdown for me. Maybe they still will.

 

[ILikeMusic]

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I was hoping they'd come out with a new HDD player so this is a letdown for me. Maybe they still will.

Yeah, I feel the same way. This appears to be a very nice unit and I'm sure it will sell well since 8-16gb is enough for most users (plus there's the SD expansion slot... nice...), but personally I need a lot more. I'd love to be free of a hard drive but the technology to provide 60+ gb of flash for a reasonable price is still a few years away I'm afraid.

 

[dissembled]

Supports AAC. Does the ZVM support AAC.
Holy crap, I have it and I don't even know.

 

[filipelli]

OMG I want it.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

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Originally Posted by dissembled /img/forum/go_quote.gif Supports AAC. Does the ZVM support AAC. Holy crap, I have it and I don't even know.

Nope, this is a first for Creative: supporting AAC.

 

[Digitalbath3737]

For those hoping for HDD Creative is supposed to announce 2 more players soon. If this is any indication I think we are seeing a whole new Creative

 

[Sparky191]

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Originally Posted by Digitalbath3737 /img/forum/go_quote.gif ... In order for me to consider buying it I'd like good SQ (creative SQ usually isn't very good imo),...

I always thought My Zen Micro sounded decent. Where is all this negative option about Creative SQ coming from. I would have assumed its always been up there with the best players, at least with the HD players. I have no experience of the flash ones.

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Originally Posted by jfindon /img/forum/go_quote.gif ...I was hoping they'd come out with a new HDD player so this is a letdown for me. Maybe they still will.

I read a interview recently where they said Creative wasn't the profit margins in the HD player sector that there is in Flash. So that didn't sound too hopeful.

 

[EEXO]

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Originally Posted by Digitalbath3737 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Offical Specs! 25 hours battery life AAC support 5 band custom EQ this looks good

25hrs sounds great to me.
AAC support is sweet!