Creative Zen V Plus (8 GB, 2000 Songs) MP3 Review

When I first discovered iPods, I was so psyched to get one. When my mom discovered the price, she wasn't so enthusiastic. So instead, for Christmas two years ago, she bought the Creative Zen V Plus for me (in black and green) and I was in mp3 heaven. Initially, it worked very well. I loved features such as the ability to just drag and drop music files into the Zen music folder, which is so much better than having to download iTunes because not only can I manually choose which songs I want on the Zen, but I can also drop files from CDs I no longer have. This is great because with iTunes and iPods, you have to actually have a CD to upload DMR-protected songs (like songs on a CD) to the iPod. So with the Zen, I had the option of synching my music (which I never really figured out), and I had the option of manually installing any song I wanted. Unfortunately, and maybe this is my fault, I never had space for more than 1,100 songs. I just always ran out of space (but the Zen does have this SUPER AWESOME option of compressing all files while uploading them to the player) but I got over it. My problems with the Zen began with it randomly freezing, and I'd have to reset the whole thing (but I never lost my music, which was good). Then one day, two years after I bought it, it froze and never reset again. Such a shame because I really did like the music player (with it's quirky joystick and volume on the side thing) but I went and got an iPod. Still, maybe I did something wrong with it for it to start freezing, so try it. It's fun while it lasts.