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Detailed Creative Zen Xtra 30GB MP3 Player Description & Review
This player has been superceded by players such as the Creative Zen Micro Photo 8gb and the Creative Zen Vision M and is no longer available. The Creative Jukebox Zen Xtra 30GB. So good we spelled it wrong. And made a surprisingly similar player to one we already sell ... (and we don't mean the Zen Xtra 60GB).What's the difference between a Creative Labs Zen Nx 30GB and a Creative Labs Zen Xtra 30GB? It's not a joke. The trite answer would be £105. So far as we can make out that is near enough the whole story of their differences. Other differences that we have gleaned are: The Zen Xtra 30GB is 1mm taller. The Zen Xtra weighs 2 grams less with the battery in. And its quite possible that the above differences are down to errors in measurement, so is there any difference at all?
Enough comparisons: what about the Zen Xtra 30GB itself? The cost per GB is £11.67 - which is broadly acceptable. As per usual 30GB allows you to store up too about 500 hours worth of MP3s music and about 550 hours of similar quality WMA music. Creative have not, for once, completely overstated their jukeboxes capacity to store WMA files. This incarnation of the Xtra is half the capacity of the vast Zen Xtra 60GB. Apart from that the 60GB and the 30GB models are essentially the same - both of the Xtras have the same main features, which are described and reviewed on our Creative Zen Xtra page.
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Most people who use Creative's PlayCenter will have come across its limitations. It's not a terrible piece of software, but then again it is ... We heartily recommend that anyone with a Creative Jukebox buys themselves this piece of software to use instead. Notmad from Red Chair Software has just about every feature you can think of to give you full control over your Jukebox and its contents. Manage all your music on your PC and on your Jukebox with this one all-embracing program. Navigate through your Jukebox using the 'Notmad Explorer'. It has the look and feel of Windows Explorer, so it's instantly recognisable. It has very similar features too: Drag-and-drop or copy/ paste Playlists, files or folders. Where did you put that song? Is it on your Jukebox at all? Is it on your Jukebox 4 times under different Playlists? Find out quickly with a search that uses a built-in, powerful SQL engine. Synchronise the contents of your PC and your Jukebox with one click. Notmad will automatically build any necessary new Playlists and directories when you transfer the MP3s (or WMAs) from your PC. This software has advanced features as well. You can set your Jukebox up so that you can control it over a Network, for example, meaning you could access your Jukebox from the other side of the world! Boasted features include:
Unlike some software manufacturers (e.g. Realnetworks) Red Chair have not taken the "Cash Cow" attitude that customers should buy their goods and then buy an update every six months for life, because with one purchase you can get lifetime updates, if you so choose. All-in-all a great piece of software that does exactly what software should do: make your life easier. | ||
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Next Generation Portable Music
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Red Chair Software: Notmad
Explorer