Creative ZEN - 8 GB - Black

The buttons are a little difficult to operate sometimes as they are quite small. The sound and function is excellent. Been working great for years now.

The screen on this player is the best out of any other PMP. The navigation is a little weird, but once you get used to it, it works well. When using the SD memory card, it doesn t quite have the same options that playing from internal memory has. It just lets you browse the contents of the memory card and play the content from there. The built in memory, separates everything out first by type, (i.e. Video, Music, photo, etc...) then it drills down from there. The card only shows the files on the card, and then you play those files. Videos need to be converted to AVI files or some kind of usable format. You have to already have the video file though. It does not come with software to get movies from DVD to a usable file. You have to purchase that separately. There are good ones out there you just need to look. None of the free ones work worth a darn though. I paid $35 for mine and it works great. If you want to buy music from iTunes, you will need a program like Tunebite to convert them to MP3. Tunebite lets you edit the ID3 tags so this player can organize them easier. Overall I am quite satisfied, but I am an advanced user. Normal users might find this player a little intimidating. « less

This is my fourth creative mp3 player, of which 3 stopped working. I had previously purchased the Zen Xtra 30 and 40 gigs. I decided to purchase a smaller mp3 player that was eaiser to carry around and chose the Zen 4GB. I have had this since the end of August 2008 and it stopped working for me on Christmas 2008. I am so disappointed that I am going to make the leap to an IPod.