Buffed-up Creative Zen Player

Creative has launched a new Zen media player with a 2.5” display measuring 3.3 x 2.1 x 0.4”. It is powered by a new Sigmatel chip that handles all the media processing. It’s not really clear if this change has a visible benefit for the consumer, but we’ll try to look into it. Full specs in the extended post.

Manufacturer specs

• Up to 6 hours of video or 60 hours of music
• 30 fps QVGA MPEG4, H.264, WMV and flexible video playback support
• Industry-standard 90nm, ARM processor for high performance, robust video playback
• High level of integration for low system cost – no external power management or audio CODECs needed
• Supports NAND Flash capacities of 4/8/16/32 GB and up
• Bluetooth®, WiFi®, high speed USB connectivity
• WM-DRM10 / PD-DRM (DRM9) digital rights management support
• PlaysForSure™ 2.2x compliant

Hubert Nguyen
Categories: Audio, Photo-Video