Comments on: Are you sure you want that new Zune HD?

By: Charles Paatsch

Charles Paatsch — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:50:48 +0000

Speaking of golden age of radio, I have my zune (not HD) packed full of classic radio recordings from OTRCAT.com

By: Joe Maki

Joe Maki — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:49:17 +0000

One of the reasons I moved to a Zune last year was disgust with iTunes. Zune software isn’t perfect, but I’ve found it less frustrating. I’d been using ipods since the Classic version.

By: Dale Dietrich

Dale Dietrich — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:20:05 +0000

Paul Thurrott advises on his Windows Weekly podcast that Zune is the new Microsoft brand that will be used across the Zune device, the Xbox later this winter and on the PC, eventually supplanting Windows Media Player. So, you can expect a lot more from the brand in the next year.

Also, he advises, that Microsoft finally moved many of its desparate units, the WMP, mobile, Xbox and Zune teams into the same facility so they will start working more tightly together and integrating their product further.

Check out the latest Windows Weekly podcast for more details:

http://twit.tv/ww123

They spend the first 10 minutes talking about the Zune HD and the Zune brand generally. The prior WW podcast also discusses the Zune brand in some detail, if I recall correctly:

http://twit.tv/ww122

…Dale

By: hgalal

hgalal — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:39:14 +0000

Would you rather have ads preceding free apps, or be overcharged by Apple for mediocre iPods…note that Apple only dropped their price on the iPod (32gb) to $299 (from $399) in response to Micorsoft’s aggressive Zune pricing.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:28:31 +0000

First off, dissenting opinions are welcome. Name calling is not. Future comments like that will be flagged as spam and removed. We will debate respectfully or not at all.

Regarding the device… My pal didn’t say the file structure is complex, this was merely one point amongst many he made to me how the Zune HD out of box experience compares to the iPod Touch, the obvious competitor in this market.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:02:55 +0000

Are you serious? How stupid is the guy that is using the Zune? It’s about as straightforward as you can get, you see, there is this thing called “settings”…(any idiot, aside from you colleague, would know to start there).

About the advertising, well, yes, agreed. Big Failure. It’s annoying, but not enough to make me take it back to the store. I’m sure there will be a hack soon enough to delete those altogether. Until then, endure or don’t play. And from what I’ve read, there are already at least 2 third party apps in the making so I don’t see this as a major concern.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:43:34 +0000

Hey if you want the Zune software to find movies anywhere on your system just put root path to the content into the settings. I have video scattered all over the place on my HD. I set the option to include d:\documents and settings. The Zune sofware scanned down the directory and my videos showed up in their software. Microsoft is not forcing anyone to use any directory you are just dealing with the default directory after the install.

Its always worked this way since the 3.0 software came out. But MS could have made it a bit easier to ask do you want to scan for content on the HD. Oh well.