inputs.text: almost fantastic - ive days play zen portable media center friend mine whos owner trouble getting content loaded creative support folks friendly clueless newly released product since im technology guru asked show get working zen size paperback novel small large carry pocket comes nice case folds nicely simple stand lets set zen table airline traytable using first impression turn ui clone xp media center edition microsofts media center pc os couple xp media center pcs found ui familiar intuitive however first reaction navigation play back controls reversed ive couple folks played zen make comment perhaps ui control layout designed lefty im right handed perhaps xbox users many xbox games use left thumb naviagation minor nit case load content zen must load windows media player 10 released microsoft clearly microsoft wants get content management market trying \\one up\\ ipod itunes supporting not audio video however windows media player 10 friend difficulty not able figure new quirks substantially changed windows media player ui load new content must zen plugged sync tab create \\play lists\\ video audio picture contents want synced \\play list\\ created content synced zen not hard bit stretch call play list youve start sync process prepare wait wait wait tv shows saved xp mce added \\play list\\ synced however must converted wma file compatible zen takes amount time play time show half hour show takes half hour convert download hour show takes hour also tv shows downloaded xp mce machine colors goofed sort like watching film negative tv show suspect thats something get fixed software update not significant issue friend since doesnt care tv content friend really wants load dvd movies long plane trips owns doesnt want pay download zen went work first attempt load movie using product called \\dvd pocket pc\\ makayama suppose convert dvds directly wma files pocket pcs suppose work zen tried trial version initially unsuccessful presumably xp sr2 installed ended trying non xp sr2 machine worked well since application fairly turnkey probably good choice moving content dvds zen next tried dr divx application convert unencrypted dvds divx avi files worked though took tries get hang however not nearly turnkey \\dvd pocket pc\\ also divx conversion takes awhile somewhere 24 hours full length movie sure use one portable formats zen limited bit rate support little trouble getting aspect ratio right tries resolved movie converted must go windows media player 10 put \\play list\\ sync zen takes awhile worth wait movies look play great used day wish listof features zen doesnt nothing killer problem would make good product even better needs parental control id like protect content kids currently no way id like visualization plugins listening music since used travel travel alarm clock feature would nice pros player sounds good ui great size convenient features fantastic cons bit pricey moving tv content partially successful xp mce machine though suspect get fixed moving content time consuming probably something want night not really direct replacement ipod darn big though thats not really fair criticism zen not intended directly replace ipod impressive product even considering v10 software management wmp 10 hardware firmware