![]() The battery life is good, the screen gorgeous and the interface a cinch. It costs £31 more than the 30GB iPod – the only capacity of the Zen Vision:M – but while Apple’s player still has the edge for sheer elegance, this is a much more flexible system. The Zen Vision:M doesn’t play audio or video content from the iTunes Music Store, though, nor does it currently support audio books from Audible. The box carries the PlaysForSure logo, ensuring a smooth ride with Windows Media Player and DRM9-protected content. We got just over the quoted four hours’ video playback, while audio-only clocks in at around 14 hours. The screen is bright, packs bags of contrast and, while it can be a little over-zealous with the saturation, it doesn’t spoil the experience. Not surprisingly, there’s no direct way to rip commercial DVDs. Indeed, it’s not DivX certified, so prepare to use the bundled software to convert movies to a Zen-friendly WMV variant. But beware: in our testing, we often found that movies in our library used codecs just different enough to baffle the Zen Vision:M. It can play DivX and XviD movies, as well as the WMV9, MPEG1/2/4-SP and Motion-JPEG formats. Audio quality, when teamed with third-party headphones, is superb just note that the supplied earbuds have limited range. The interface is customisable you can pick from themes, use your own picture as wallpaper and change the options shown in the main menu.ĭespite sub-PDA capabilities courtesy of Outlook synchronisation, this is still primarily a media player. ![]() The ‘right-click’ button works well – we particularly like the option of finding other tracks by the currently playing artist – although its placement requires an uncomfortable contortion of the thumb.
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