@morbidhobbiest wrote:
I’m gonna stick with what I know and get a 8GB Creative Zen Mozaic.
http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=213&subcategory=215&product=17897
Only $10 more and it seems a little more friendly.
Thanks for your help and time.
Message Edited by MorbidHobbiest on 09-27-2008 07:27 PM
You might want to read the abi review first.
"The Zen Mozaic is not a video player by any means; it just doesn’t have the power to playback any major codecs. With this lack of power it is bound to a bloated Motion JPEG format with file sizes of about 8 MBs per minute. Even at that the video just doesn’t look good – it’s blurry, grainy, and tiny. Also keep in mind that all video will need to be converted with Creative’s software, and this can take quite a bit of time if your computer has a few years on it.
The video playback will be unacceptable to the majority, but for the few that find use in this, it’s a nice bonus."
Plus, all the recent Creative players are MTP only devices, which might be OK for you, but is a deal breaker for me.
Like I said before, if video is a primary concern, you’re not going to be happy with any player in this market segment. Your issues are not specific to the Fuze. All players at this level have these issues. If you really want good video support you need to get a true PMP with native support for multiple video codecs. And even then you’ll still probably run into cases where some conversion/preprocessing is needed.
Despite your video frustrations, the Fuze really is one of the best (maybe the best) player in this market segment. You’re going to have a hard time finding one to beat it. For sure, I wouldn’t look to Creative to ease your frustration.
