Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player (Red) by Zune
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Digital camera reviews of Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player (Red)
Digital camera Review: Great Device
Summary: 4 Stars
I absolutely love this device. It is packed full of features and has great performance. With the latest firmware update, they have added 2 games onto the device (more games can be added by using some MS Tools).
The touch sensitive control pad makes it easy to navigate your selection, even quick movements of your finger in an up or down motion will make your selection bar move quickly, almost like a roulette wheel.
Movies are breeze to get on. I converted a number of my home movies using DVD Catalyst, and the quality was amazing on the device.
The 4 star rating is because of the quirks it has:
My only complaints are that it forces you to use the Zune Software. I would have much rather used Windows Media Player to create playlists and sync, or have the ability to copy files directly to it like a removable USB Device (my wife's Gigabeat S30 can do this function). The only thing I do like about the Zune Software, is that it makes tagging/grouping movies I've converted (I ripped my Band Of Brothers Collection, and it allowed to mark them all as being related, with episode numbers, titles, etc), as for music and playlist transfer...I still would rather have WMP
I also have noticed that the touch pad is extremly sensitive. At times, I have accidentally jumped songs, or messed with the volume not even realizing it.
An included AC Adapter would have been nice too, but the only thing included in the box is a USB cable. While it does charge quickly, this makes getting a quick recharge in an airport difficult without pulling out lots of equipment.
Battery life is ok...depending on what you are doing...for music, it'll last you a while, but for movies, I was only able to watch 1 1/2 movies before it powered off.
Overall, even with it's quirks, I would 100% recommend this device who is looking for a feature loaded mp3 player.
Digital camera Review: Buy something else!
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased an 80Gig Zune in September 2008. I paid 239.00 here at Amazon, so I don't know where they are getting the 500.00 price tag. Anyway, I owned it for two months, and was generally happy with it. The interface software is difficult to work with. You would think Microsft, the makers of Office, could come up with something more friendly than their Zuneware.
The hard drive froze up and failed completely after 2 months. It takes about 6 weeks to get it to the factory, get it fixed, and returned. This is lost warranty time.
I replaced it with a 120Gig Zune. The hard drive on this one failed within four hours of turning it on. I sent it back.
I'm done with Zune. Microsoft cannot make a reliable product or decent software for it.
Digital camera Review: RIPOFF
Summary: 1 Stars
The seller "sellonsellon" is a SCAM artist. I ordered and paid for the product on September 1st and as of October 2nd have not received it. Numerous emails to the seller have gone unanswered. I have asked Amazon to refund my money.Digital camera Review: Love
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved my Zune, all the way. I've never had an iPod, I'm sure they're great but I've always wanted something with radio built in that could hold all of my songs. The only mp3 I've had before this was a Sony 256 MB Walkman. Ha! Only held 100 songs. I had my Zune for 2 months before I lost it (probably stolen) and it made me so mad. That thing was awesome!Digital camera Review: Zune is pretty good.
Summary: 4 Stars
I like the sound quality of my Zune. It is easy to operate and get started using- that is after you spend an eternity charging it for the first time. It took me 4 1/2 hours to charge it and you can't do a thing with it until it is finished. That is my only complaint with my Zune that its' charge runs down very quickly-even when you are not using it-and it takes a long time to charge it from the USB port on your PC. However, for my first venture into the MP3 world, I will say it was relatively easy.