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: Zune 80
Summary: 4 Stars
A good quality product with lots of storage. A little buggy at first. The desktop software is the worst part.Digital camera Review: Dont Fight The Wave - Get an Ipod
Summary: 4 Stars
I have owned this product almost two years and the quality of the player is excellent. The accessories, such as ear pods are great. In fact, my wife asked me to buy an extra set of the ear pods for her because they were so much better than anything she had!
So the quality is good - what's wrong with it? Software.
You can only use the Zune proprietary software with the Zune device. That software is inferior to ITunes and Media Player. In fact, I purchased the Zune over Ipod primarily because I assumed that anything Microsoft made should interface with Media Player, the tool I use to manage my 20,000 tunes. Wrong.
If I switched over from Media Player to Zune software (manually - there are no conversion tools)I would lose many of the data fields I rely on to build auto playlists. Even my personal ratings would be lost in part because Zune has a two-grade format ("like it" vs. "don't like it")compared to Media Player's five stars.
One workaround with Media Player is to build your auto playlists there, save them as an .m3u file and import the .m3u files into Zune. You better like that playlist, though, because you will have to repeat the process anytime you want a refresh.
So what you have here is a high quality device with a workable, but remarkably basic, interface. Ipod (I have one of those also) matches quality but provides a greatly enhanced interface through ITunes. Plus, ITunes will import my library from WMP. That said, none are great at handling larger libraries - say, 8,000 tunes and up. However, Media Player is best at it and ITunes comes closer than Zune software.
Bottom line - don't wait for Microsoft to catch up since they haven't yet and likely won't (they have had years to do so and have not). If you are a low volumr user and really want a Zune, you don't need one this big - save a few bucks and go with lower capacity. However If you are a volume user/music nerd like me, go Apple and you will be happier.
One last note - Creative has much better functionality but comes with a whole new set of issues that affect reliability (I have two of those also). Stick with Apple.
Digital camera Review: AWESOME~
Summary: 5 Stars
Good - An Amazing mp3 player in every way, shuffle song list at top of list so you don't have to go through a bunch of menus, no time between songs, good picture and video quality, Very nice and durable
Bad (Only a Minor Problem)- Cannot be used as a storage device like many mp3 devices and you must have the software downloaded to your computer to insert/remove music, won't pop up under 'My Computer'.
Digital camera Review: Awsome
Summary: 5 Stars
Its Nice I love the space and that they update the software for free unlike the ipod and i like the games as well as the podcasts and the wireless syncing and the 3.2 inch screen. its awsome Digital camera Review: bittersweet??
Summary: 3 Stars
well... i got my zune in august and i freaked out, wasnt able to work around it or anything but after some time i got it and started loving my zune... loved the big and beautiful screen and the space and the interface.... much more than the ipods i had owned or the zen creative mp3 player... afterwards i had to update the software and wasn't able to do it either, freaked out also and was very mad.... but then again i was able to work around it with several tricks... now....... my zune collapsed, i reset it, eliminated everything and all and now i cannot put it back in, a bunch of people have the same problem around the internet and good news for us, the ones that live outside the us or canada, no support for us so now... i'm stuck with a zune that doesnt work that if i want to fix i have to send to the us to fix... i'm considering something new... but i loved my zune, i don't want to go back to ipod.... but i don't want to lose $250 for a zune that's going to last 8 months.........