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Creative ZEN X-Fi

First seen: 14 july 2008

Information found in: from 127 sources in 27 countries.

Best Price: 133.30 USD

  • User Score (513)
    8.1 8.1 from 513 reviewers
  • Expert Score (32)
    7.7 7.7 from 32 reviewers
  • Design (26)
    7.5 7.5 from 26 reviewers
  • Value for money (14)
    7.5 7.5 from 14 reviewers
  • Features (27)
    7.1 7.1 from 27 reviewers
  • Ease of use (25)
    6.7 6.7 from 25 reviewers
  • Performance (3)
    7.8 7.8 from 3 reviewers
  • Sound quality (62)
    7.8 7.8 from 62 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • upgraded headphones included, the screen is lovely, small and light, amazing sound quality, and worked well
  • but durable, given the service life, tiny size, horrible build quality, noce so far

Enter a mesmerizing realm of entertainment with the ZEN X-Fi - the first digital media player to be built with Creative’s state-of-the-art X-Fi technology. Indulge in rich audio where you can hear your music in crystal clear clarity. Take in nifty guitar strumming and crisp cymbal clashes as detail lost during file compression are now beautifully restored. Immerse in a natural listening experience as the built-in X-Fi technology intelligently moves the earphone stereo…

Creative Zen X-Fi 8GB Black

The Creative Zen X-Fi 8GB Black is a portable audio MP3 player from Creative Labs that is a sleek powerful device with wireless connectivity. It has the capability to restore sonic clarity that is lost during the compression process. Its design is of a black face with chrome-coloured accenting and brushed silver backside is sleek and inoffensive, encased entirely in plastic rather than metal. It measures 3.3 x 0.5 x 2.2 inches (W x D x H) and weighs approximately 2.4 oz.…

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Creative Zen X-Fi 8GB Black

The Creative Zen X-Fi 8GB Black is a portable audio MP3 player from Creative Labs that is a sleek powerful device with wireless connectivity. It has the capability to restore sonic clarity that is lost during the compression process. Its design is of a black face with chrome-coloured accenting and brushed silver backside is sleek and inoffensive, encased entirely in plastic rather than metal. It measures 3.3 x 0.5 x 2.2 inches (W x D x H) and weighs approximately 2.4 oz.

Features

In general, the Creative Zen X-Fi 8GB Black is a digital player cum radio, with supported PC interface via Hi-speed USB. It has an integrated flash memory installed with a capacity of 8GB and voice recording capability. Included accessories consist of earphones and USB 2.0 cable. In terms of its radio, it uses a digital radio tuner with 32 preset stations and FM tuner band. It supports digital audio standards of AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, ADPCM and audible. It runs on a lithium ion rechargeable player battery that is integrated. In terms of display, it has a built-in TFT display that measures 2.5 inches diagonally with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and backlight display. Besides that, it also has a built-in speaker, built-in equalizer with 8 factory presets in pop, jaz, rock, disco, vocal, new-age, classic and acoustical, as well as built-in microphone with mono operation mode. Other than that, its audio system consistsis of stereo sound output mode with additional features including Calendar, Bass Boost, Volume control, Voice recording, Built-in organizer, X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity, USB 2.0 compatibility and X-Fi Crystalizer technology. Besides that, video playback features include video playback support of motion JPEG, WMV, MPEG-4, DivX and XviD, as well as still image format including JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG and TIFF.

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Reviews of Creative ZEN X-Fi

  1. Zen X-Fi 16GB

    Reviewer: Stuff.tv
    20 August 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Stunning value, nifty extras and excellent performance make the 16GB Zen X-Fi a must-have Read more

  2. Review: Creative Zen X-Fi music player

    Reviewer: Computeractive
    10 October 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    At £70 cheaper than the equivalent iPod Touch, the Zen X-Fi is a good deal for music fans Read more

  3. Reviewer: What Hi-Fi?
    2 December 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    Majors on portability but not so hot when it comes to pure performance; worth considering if price and size are crucial Read more

  4. Reviewer: TechRadar UK
    13 December 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Surprisingly, the wireless features really do work fantastically well. If you add all your music to Windows Media Player on your PC, you can then make it accessible via your network. Which means you can play (and even download) music from your PC, to your MP3 player without having to plug it in via USB (you can do that too if you prefer). Read more

  5. Creative Zen X-Fi Review

    Reviewer: CNET
    27 November 2008
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    The Creative Zen X-Fi's plastic design leaves a little to be desired, but that doesn't detract from the fact that the player is an incredible value overall: for an extremely competitive price you get a boatload of features and great sound quality Read more

  1. Zen X-Fi 32Gb

    Reviewer: andymclean, Custom PC
    17 October 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    Just got rid of my 8Gb iPod Touch in favour of this. My previous play was a HDD based Creative Zen Sleek 20Gb. I'll start by disagreeing with the CPC review on this. 1) The menu system isn't as unintuitive as portrayed here in my opinion - its also customisable in that you can remove menus that you do not use. 2) It isn't "Slow" - tracks copy quickly and load quickly from the player. 3) It works perfectly on my Vista 64 Bit Based machine. There are already updates on... Read more

  2. Too Many Problems to Make it Worth It

    Reviewer: DealTime UK
    2 January 2010
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    Normally, my experience with Creative products have been good ones.  When I was in the market for a pmp I was excited to see that Creative made one too.  I like their sound cards in my computers and therefore I felt could expect the same quality in their MP3 players.  My first MP3 player from Creative was a Zen 8gb.  This was a good player until I fell snow skiing and broke the display.  It still played; I just couldn't see anything!  So I decided to get another... Read more

  3. Creative Zen X-Fi 8 GB: Zen have done it again

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    29 May 2009
    Overall 9
    8.7
    Features 8
    8.0
    Ease of use 8
    8.0
    Sound quality 10
    10
     

    Summary: Attractive sleep MP3 player with great sound and visual quality. Go out and buy one! Read more

  4. Pro and contras Creative ZEN X-Fi 32GB MP3

    Reviewer: Amazon
    27 May 2010
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    This review is from: Creative ZEN X-Fi 32GB MP3 and Video Player with Wireless LAN Compatibility (Electronics) Good audio and video quality. Logical layout of keys. Posibility to change into music system through card device and external loud speakers. Small size. Huge capacity for storing folders (audio, video, photo) 32GB. Disadvantage: Cannot connect to standard music system through USB-port. Creative ZEN X-Fi 32GB MP3 and Video Player with Wireless LAN Compatibility Read more

  5. Reviewer: CNET
    28 August 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    I bought this for my girlfriend, who is now my wife. She is tech OK, but not fascinated by it. She loves the Zen, and can use it wihtout too much trouble, it has no sync problems and sounds ace. Also working happily after a year or so. Top banana as a product. I would buy one, but buy the 32gb option. Read more

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