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User Submitted Zune 8 GB Digital Media Player (Black) Reviews (cont...)Date: 2008-12-26 Sad I received this as a gift for Christmas and it seemed like it was going to be an easy to use and easy to sync to my computer. I plugged it in and the back light on the device was not working and it has to be sent back for a new one. I however was able to sync it up to my computer easily, and moving the music and videos on and off of the device was very easy with the Zune software. The sounds with the supplied headphones are mediocre at best. I would suggest looking for a better set of headphones. I contacted Amazon and let them know what the issue was with the backlight and they have shipped out a new device and it should be here in a few days. I have to say Amazon made it easy to return and replace. Date: 2008-12-26 Neat player Easy to use/navigate. Lightweight and has a large screen. Wireless sync is easy and convenient, but is S L O W !!! Not the end of the world, just use the USB sync cord or pay $45 (ridiculous!) for a dock, $30 on amazon. You will have to download new software to use your new Zune which is odd, considering Windows Media Player is a Microsoft product and everyone already has it. Very little information telling you how to upload videos you have on DVD. I havn't yet figured out how to do that. I suppose they expect you to get them all from their website. All in all, not a bad player for the money. I have owned many different brands, Iriver, Rio, Creative labs and Ipod. Better than most, I believe, but I really hate Ipods and Apple's software, so I am probably not objective, there. Earbud are better than average. Date: 2008-12-26 Software SUCKS I really wanted to give the Zune a chance. I have had various generations of the Ipod Nano for several years, and thought it would be fun to jump off of the bandwagon and see if I could get more for less by springing for the Zune...BIG MISTAKE. The device was mediocre at best. when scrolling through a list, the circular touch-pad controls make it hard to select the item in the list that you want, because it is too sensitive and thus too easy to scroll all the way down to the end of the list, or right back up to the top of the list. when you do have the item on the list highlighted (and ready to be selected by pressing in the center of the circular touch-pad), due to the concavity of the touch-pad, it takes quite a bit of finesse, skill, and several attempts to simply press straight down on the touch pad to make your selection. but all of the minor inconveniences aside, the biggest problem with this product is the software. I installed the required Zune music player software from their website. The first several times I tried using it and uploading music, it worked briefly, and then froze up my computer. However, I was able to upload a few songs onto it and so I just rolled with the punches. Several days later, my computer started acting funny. After reinstalling it, the same problems were occuring. Long story short (and more than $100 later in computer tech service fees for my malfunctioning computer, as well as erasing and reformatting my computer and losing all of my files) the computer techs, as well as my father (a federal computer programmer) concluded that the Zune software was responsible for messing up my computer, and i was highly advised to "NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MORE ZUNE SOFTWARE." obviously the underdogs still have some kinks to work out Although this program malfunction might not be the norm. for everyone, it happened in this case (w/ a windows operating system), and I advise ANYONE considering an mp3 player to not put their computer at risk and to spring for the ipod instead (what, like $10 more?). Since i had to wait to reformat my computer since i needed it for school, i ran out of time and could not return the zune for my money back. now the zune collects dust on my shelf and i am $150 poorer of much needed money for a starving college student. Date: 2008-12-25 Don't Bother I wanted to get my son a new MP3 player this Christmas. He has a Creative Zen. He opens it this morning, I hook it up to the computer, automatically, you can't see squat on the screen because the USB on the player end is jacked up. Then, you have to sign up through websites, and his music that I transfered over was nowhere to be found. Needless to say, it is going back for a refund and Microsoft sucks. Back to Creative for the easy-peasy-ness. I should have stuck by the old saying of it isn't broke, don't fix it. If you don't mind complication, this is for you! Date: 2008-12-25 Zune, Zune, Zune..... Yes, Yes, Yes!!!!!! It is love! I bought an iPod shuffle. I was rather disappointed at how limited its features are and how confusing iTunes is to use. So, I also ordered an 8 gig Zune in RED.... how totally gorgeous it is!!!!! It looks fabulous and it plays so beautifully. It has much better sound than the iPod, and so many more features. The display is wonderful and it is able to do what I wanted it to do. Which is to play my CDs from beginning to end, uninterrupted and not all shuffled. Plus there is the wonderful album cover display as a reference for each CD. It just came today, so I am just learning how to use it. Not a bit difficult at all...although I do want to delete an album and have not yet figured out how to do it. I want to get rid of as much unnecessary stuff as possible, since I am recording my music at the highest quality available, which takes up a lot more space. It is my Christmas gift to myself and I could not be happier!
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