Zen V Plus Gets an Upgrade to 16GB of Flash

Creative

Zen V Plus

By: Grahm Skee on August 2, 2007 2:10 PM

Flash player capacities are nearing hard drive capacities. Is this a sign of the demise of the hard drive? Probably not any time soon, but it is the start. This Zen V Plus 16GB is an official Creative release and will be sold for around $270, but the site also states a sale at the moment for around $200 (converted to USD).

~~Unfortunately this is now just a Singapore release, but I’m sure the US and A will see them soon.~~ Update: Now available in the US for $250. Three cheers for Creative since, to my knowledge, this is the first 16GB player to hit the market. For those keeping track of their Zen V colors this will be released in a white-on-black color scheme.

If you would like a nice in-depth look at this player please check out the Zen V Plus Review.

[Creative via Zen V Forums]

Comments

skippyg on August 2, 2007 2:30 PM

im pretty astonished that CREATIVE released such a player. sweet

Skobbolop on August 2, 2007 2:40 PM

omg!.. 16 gb... that's crazy... i'll give HDD players another year or two...

iamtheworld on August 2, 2007 3:12 PM

woohoo now i have an excuse to upgrade from my microphoto and buy a v plus...!

Alex M on August 2, 2007 7:37 PM

but still on a 1.5"display...

skippyg on August 2, 2007 8:30 PM

theres nothing wrong with that, you want a bigger display device go for a Vision:m or zune. or even bigger, a Zen W, or A2. its not made for video mainly for music and very little photo

Utew on August 3, 2007 12:10 AM

Agreed Alex M, and a not so great qulaity 1.5" screen.. at that..

Good for Creative, but the V+ is a poor vehicle for rolling out a high-capacity flash increase.. Give me a 16GB iriver/Cowon/Samsung or for that matter a 16GB re-designed ZVM......

Alex M on August 3, 2007 12:11 AM

i have a zvw(home) and a yp-t8(out and school) but imight actually replaace the yp-t8 with the lower storage zen:v's cuz of size

EarthlingWannabee on August 3, 2007 9:23 PM

I think Zen V Plus looks neat, but lacks on the battery capacity compared to Cowon's iAudio 7.

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OT
Couldn't flash base player just make them so that users can just insert Compact Flash cards, and high-powered batteries themselves, and swap them out on the fly. This would make it so much easier to transfer etc. Then you could treat CF cards like cassette tape(yes I'm old skool, and still use them...)

The way they're built still seems very restrictive.

skippyg on August 3, 2007 10:42 PM

it wouldnt make sense to do that. and it would add lots of bulk

Jeremybernhardt on August 5, 2007 6:25 PM

OMG!! you actually use cassettes? get a tape deck that connects to the computer and convert to digital! then make playlists of eash cassette!

kkaa on August 6, 2007 2:06 PM

wow im pretty sure that sandisk and apple will release 16 gb models too... interesting stuff

zentrifugal_motion on August 7, 2007 1:43 AM

I'm totally getting one. All I have to say is, when is the U.S. release date??? Does anyone know????

Nodspy on August 7, 2007 11:08 AM

I want one. Just wish my iriver clix was 16gb instead of 4gb. I love my iriver so much but I need the space.

akasan on August 10, 2007 5:11 PM

can't wait until sony or cowon releases 16g flash payers, refuse to buy creative after ZVM. Sound quality not good (To MY ears). Nice screen and gui though.

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