Creative's Zen X-Fi promises better sound quality
Creative unveils X-Fi media players
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15 Jul 2008, Ian Williams , V3
Creative has taken the wraps off its Zen X-Fi media players, including some models that feature Wi-Fi support.
The new devices boast a 2.5in TFT screen and are based on Creative's Xtreme Fidelity X-Fi audio technology, which is currently used in its range of PC sound cards.
As with previous models in the Zen range, the X-Fi players include FM radio, voice recording, built-in speaker and expandable memory via an SD card slot.
The addition of Wi-Fi to two of the new X-Fi players enables users to stream and download music from a PC to the player over a wireless home network.
Customers can also stream or download photos and video files in supported formats directly to the player.
"Some of the top recording artists in the music industry are very outspoken about the poor quality of digital music," said Craig McHugh, president and chief operating officer at Creative.
"We addressed this issue by inventing X-Fi technology, which restores the quality of music that is lost during the digital ripping process. Now for the first time ever we have been able to implement this technology in a Zen."
The Zen X-Fi range will be available from the end of July in three flavours. The Zen X-Fi 8GB will retail for £109.99, the Zen X-FI with Wi-Fi 16GB will go for £139.99 and the Zen X-Fi with Wi-Fi 32GB will sell for £199.99.
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Do you agree?
LOOK AFTER YOUR CUSTOMERS FIRST
After the total cock up over Vista drivers for the X-Fi they were on the site one week then off the next!
Vista 64 is a major item and if Creative can dump drivers over night and not replace them?
Posted by Hank Wells, 15 Jul 2008
X-Fi & Wi-Fi
Creative has finally announced a new player with their x-fi technology. Manged to try out the player in store, the earphones it comes with is really good. The x-fi makes the music sound richer, pretty nice! Chatting on a music player sounds cool b ut I didn't try that out. I think I can't ask for more from a music player, these should be good enough :)
Posted by Cassy, 28 Jul 2008