I got a Muvo2 made by Creative. The first one they sent me was defective. They made me pay shipping to get a replacement sent out, even though I reported it the day after I got it (and it was late getting to my house too, but anyways). They also only offer a three month warranty on it; if it breaks after that, you're screwed. I read a lot of reviews about the hard drives in them failing.

This may or may not be indicative of the quality of Creative's MP3 players as a whole. I would never buy another from them however. I would also hesitate to get an iPod, perhaps due to the fact that they've been sued (successfully) for putting out defective hardware in the past, and have likely done it again recently with the whole screen-scratching fiasco. If I had to buy a new one I'd likely get an iRiver, though I haven't done a lot of research into them.