Due to happenstance I ended up with a 4G Creative Zen V Plus MP3
player and recorder. It also plays video and displays photos in the
1.25"X1.25" OLED display,
but I am not all that interested in watching movies that small.

The unit has a built microphone for use as a dictation unit. Works
well enough.

But the hidden beauty is the stereo line in!
Default is 128KPS but it can be changed to 168KPS.

I have been playing with it to get used to the odd menuing controls.
And it
does a very good job of encoding. Our next Mini-DXpedition, ok picnic
in the
woods, will use the Zen as the record device.

As a player it sounds pretty darn good. The record system has no
obvious
problems.

It has a claimed battery life of 15H and it has made it through 3 days
of work
letting me listen to my choices in music instead of the eternal
arguments
between coworkers.

Circuit City has them on close out.
The 2G unit is 79$ and the 4G unit is 99$.

I never by raffle tickets, but in a weak moment bought a set and won
2 of these little gizmos. My wife loves hers. Since I can't listen to
SW
while driving I now have "unlimited" music that I like and can avoid
the
mind numbing banality of AM or FM radio.

Terry