Sansa e200 series vs Creative Zen Does anyone know which one I should buy. I'm looking for 2 or 4gb and 2gb Zen costs $70 while Sansa e250 cost $45. I personally like Creative Zen but $25 make a huge difference. 4gb Zen costs $90 while Sansa e260 costs $70, and again $20 different. But the Zen has 2.5 inch screen while Sansa has 1.8 inch screen. So pay $20-25 more for bigger screen? I really need help here. Sansa e200 series vs Creative Zen Does anyone know which one I should buy. I'm looking for 2 or 4gb and 2gb Zen costs $70 while Sansa e250 cost $45. I personally like Creative Zen but $25 make... » Read More Sansa e200 series vs Creative Zen Does anyone know which one I should buy. I'm looking for 2 or 4gb and 2gb Zen costs $70 while Sansa e250 cost $45. I personally like Creative Zen but $25 make a huge difference. 4gb Zen costs $90 while Sansa e260 costs $70, and again $20 different. But the Zen has 2.5 inch screen while Sansa has 1.8 inch screen. So pay $20-25 more for bigger screen? I really need help here. « Show Less
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Well, I couldn't get my money refunded through Amazon, so I returned the broken Zen Micro to Creative. They had the nerve to send me a refurbished Zen V Plus instead of repairing the Micro. I've now filed a complaint with the BBB. Meanwhile I bought a Sansa e250. It doesn't have bookmarking, but so far I'm very happy with it. Of course, it's only been a few days. There's been no reason to reset it or remove the battery or go looking for solutions to strange problems, all of which I had to do within a few days of receiving my original Zen V.
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I am really looking foward to my sansa e250. I think I will also file a report with the BBB.
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I also bought a zen v, and literaly, in 3 days it was no longer working. It always froze immediately on startup and then died from not being able to charge. I ordered a sansa e250 and am hoping it will be much better. After my experience, I will never want a Creative zen product again.
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Unless you're really going to watch a lot of video, the screen size shouldn't matter too much?.I have an e250 that survived 6months in Afghanistan (being banged around in my pocket) and an e260, (so I could give the e250 to the wife and 'upgrade' my own). Love them both.
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I really don't know. I'd suggest checking what the specs were for the 2GB Sansa.Sorry.
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Am thinking about buying the Creative Zen and read where someone stated it was hard to bookmark on the SD card. Have you had problems doing this too?He said it was not good for audiobooks. I use my Creative Zen Vision W and iPod only for books and would like to purchase another.....Thanks for any info......
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Sounds like Sam W J found yet another problem with this MP3 player. Both of mine failed and the USB was not disconnected. Also there was no way to tell if there was a 0 byte file on the player because the computer couldn't see the player.In the meantime I'm using my Creative Zen Nano Plus -- transfering old cassette tapes, Recording FM radio programs, as well as using it for all the features of the Sansa. It's menu is quite different but all in all it's a better player.
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Sorry. Mine malfunctioned and I returned it. Bought the Sansa and love it. Anything you can download to your laptop or PC you can transfer to the device.
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I would agree with the recommendation to use a Clip+. You seem completely uninterested in anything other than just loading your songs onto the device and pressing "play," and for this, I would also suggest you get a Sansa Clip+. It is small, cheap (relatively) and from what I have read, sounds excellent. (If you are, indeed, and old lady and you were not saying that with tongue-in-cheek, then I doubt your ears would be able to discern the incredibly minor difference between the sound quality of almost ANY medium or upper tier player, regardless of the quality of headphones you are using)Just get the Clip+ at Wal-Mart or something, or here at Amazon, and I doubt that you will be disappointed. I would agree with the recommendation to use a Clip+. You seem completely uninterested in anything other than just loading your songs onto the device and pressing "play," and for this, I would also suggest you get a Sansa Clip+. It is small, cheap (relatively) and from what I have read, sounds excellent. (If you are, indeed, and old lady and you were not saying that with tongue-in-cheek, then I doubt your ears would be able to discern the incredibly minor difference between the sound quality of almost ANY medium or upper tier player, regardless of the quality of headphones you are... » Read More I would agree with the recommendation to use a Clip+. You seem completely uninterested in anything other than just loading your songs onto the device and pressing "play," and for this, I would also suggest you get a Sansa Clip+. It is small, cheap (relatively) and from what I have read, sounds excellent. (If you are, indeed, and old lady and you were not saying that with tongue-in-cheek, then I doubt your ears would be able to discern the incredibly minor difference between the sound quality of almost ANY medium or upper tier player, regardless of the quality of headphones you are using)Just get the Clip+ at Wal-Mart or something, or here at Amazon, and I doubt that you will be disappointed. « Show Less
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I had one of these 16GB Sansa View players and yes, I added a 16GB mini SD card to double the memory of it. It worked great until the battery finally failed. I am surprised that you found one of them still working since they are quite old now. They are at least 6 years old or more now. I had to eventually replace mine with a Sansa Fuse+ 16GB and used the same 16GB micro SD card in it as well without reloading the card. The Sansa View is far superior to the Sansa Fuse+, congradulations on finding one that still works. Beware of replaceing the battery in it, the replacement batteries are ever so slightly thicker than the original one and my screen cracked when trying to close it with a new battery. I had one of these 16GB Sansa View players and yes, I added a 16GB mini SD card to double the memory of it. It worked great until the battery finally failed. I am surprised that you found one of them still working since they are quite old now. They are at least 6 years old or more now. I had to eventually replace mine with a Sansa Fuse+ 16GB and used the same 16GB micro SD card in it as well without reloading the card. The Sansa View is far superior to the Sansa Fuse+, congradulations on finding one that still works. Beware of replaceing the battery in it, the replacement batteries are ever... » Read More I had one of these 16GB Sansa View players and yes, I added a 16GB mini SD card to double the memory of it. It worked great until the battery finally failed. I am surprised that you found one of them still working since they are quite old now. They are at least 6 years old or more now. I had to eventually replace mine with a Sansa Fuse+ 16GB and used the same 16GB micro SD card in it as well without reloading the card. The Sansa View is far superior to the Sansa Fuse+, congradulations on finding one that still works. Beware of replaceing the battery in it, the replacement batteries are ever so slightly thicker than the original one and my screen cracked when trying to close it with a new battery. « Show Less
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500 CD's averaging 15 tracks per CD is a total of 7500 tracks. The iPod Touch 32 gig holds approximately 7,000 songs. A 40GB MP3 player will hold approximately 10,000 songs, but they are hard drive based and aren't designed for rough usage. 40 GB hard drive players are pretty hard to find these days so she might have to sacrifice some songs. She most likely doesn't actually listen to 500 CD's on a regular basis and you can always set iTunes to auto-rotate the songs for for fresh content. An alternative to the iPod Touch is the iPod Classic which packs 160 GB (around 40.000 songs) of storage. They are but around $250. The iPod Touch is also available in 64GB for a higher cost (around $300). An alternative to those two iPods is the Zune HD which packs 16, 32, or 64 gigabytes as well. These are considerably cheaper than the iPod equivilent. They also offered a 120 GB Zune (non-HD) but the price will vary as they are no longer manufactured. Sony also makes highly-regarded MP3 players that are comparable to MS and Apple. Besides These three companies, I can't really recommend buying anything else. I've owned all different types of MP3 players from Creative, Toshiba, Samsung, Sandisk, and the MS Zune but none of them come close to the tight integration that iTunes and iPod have. Every time I hit the sync button I'm confident the iPod will have exactly the songs I want on it. With Windows Media Player or the Zune software, a lot of the time it will end up partially syncing and some songs will duplicate. Album art is also a nightmare on these. As much as I don't like Apple's business model, their software and hardware are pretty hard to beat.
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I am very happy with my 2GB Sansa. Just updated the firmware (very smooth application downloaded from Sandisk site).Sleek design, not as cool as Nano, but very close. Ubercool video which Nano doesn't have, which works surprisingly well.Bigger screen than Nano too. Micro SD slot a great plus. And it also works like a storage device, so you can take files with it, something Nano doesn't do.Go for the $129 (at time of writing) 4GB model.
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I am very happy with my 2GB Sansa. Just updated the firmware (very smooth application downloaded from Sandisk site). Sleek design, not as cool as Nano, but very close. Ubercool video which Nano doesn't have, which works surprisingly well. Bigger screen than Nano too. Micro SD slot a great plus. And it also works like a storage device, so you can take files with it, something Nano doesn't do. Go for the $129 (at time of writing) 4GB model.
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I believe that V2 of the e200 Sansa is shipping now, and if I'm not mistaken, Rockbox does not work with V2. Also, Rockbox is supposed to be under construction for the View.
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I am trying to find out the same information. I did find the following statemnet that says it works with the m200 series...: With SanDisk's Sansa Speaker Dock, you can share and listen to your MP3 player's music anywhere. Get high-performance sound quality from your Sansa e100 and m200 series MP3 players, most other available MP3 players, as well as through any device with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, typical on most laptops and CD/DVD players with the included cable. The Sansa Speaker Dock comes with an AC adapter, and gets hours of continuous playback with four AA batteries (not included). I am trying to find out the same information. I did find the following statemnet that says it works with the m200 series...: With SanDisk's Sansa Speaker Dock, you can share and listen to your MP3 player's music anywhere. Get high-performance sound quality from your Sansa e100 and m200 series MP3 players, most other available MP3 players, as well as through any device with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, typical on most laptops and CD/DVD players with the included cable. The Sansa Speaker Dock comes with an AC adapter, and gets hours of continuous playback with four AA... » Read More I am trying to find out the same information. I did find the following statemnet that says it works with the m200 series...: With SanDisk's Sansa Speaker Dock, you can share and listen to your MP3 player's music anywhere. Get high-performance sound quality from your Sansa e100 and m200 series MP3 players, most other available MP3 players, as well as through any device with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, typical on most laptops and CD/DVD players with the included cable. The Sansa Speaker Dock comes with an AC adapter, and gets hours of continuous playback with four AA batteries (not included). « Show Less
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The screen of the Zen is actually quite a bit larger than a postage stamp. The screen is a little larger than Apple's new ipod Shuffle. I have not put the two side by side and compared them, but Theoron is wrong when saying the screen is literally the size of a postage stamp. Also if you want to watch whole movies you would do better with a hard drive player. Something like the Zune or even the new ipod video.
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I highly recommend any of the Sansa Clips; I have the Clip and the Zip. I also recommend getting the RockBox firmware to replace the system that comes with them because of all the enhancements that RockBox gives you, such as better sound (yes, the highly rated sound of these devices can be improved), an incredible amount of additional features and tweaks, and the apps and games that come with it -- I can play chess on this thing! Awesome!
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I don't know... but I do know that I have a sansa MP3 player (it uses Creative software) I LOVE IT! I just can't find it again. This feel like a piece of crap and I haven't used it yet. I'm not excited to use it and I'll probably NEVER buy a sansa product again. I wasted $40. The quality feel of this piece of junk is so bad I would get a Dollar store MP3 player before I'd get this, and I'd feel as I upgraded. I don't recommend it.
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4GB just means that you can go longer without having to download your notes because the pen can store more information. I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same as the 2GB model except for the memory. You won't have to buy a new one due to loss of memory with either model.
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I have a Sansa that has no trouble with vista using the windows meida player. I love it I was thinking about the zune but from these post maybe not I should just stick with the sansa since it also has the sd slot for expansion.