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User Submitted Zune 8 GB Digital Media Player (Black) Reviews (cont...)Date: 2008-12-10 Great Features POOR POOR Quality and Warranty, Even Worse Customer Service Do Not Buy This Product!!! As simple as it is the product does not hold up. It malfunctions randomly and Microsoft will not uphold their warranties when they do fall apart. Have had both programming and functionality problems. I have owned this product for 9 months. Have had 3 malfunction personally the 1 that I bought my fater for Christmas last year. Their customer service consists of 1/2 an hour of recorded messages that you have to listen to before you get some idiot that barely speaks english to try and tell you that they won't help you with the P.O.S. that their service center sent you. AGAIN DO NOT BUY!!! Unless you want a fancy paperweight. Date: 2008-12-10 The best media player i had i first had the 5th generation ipod Apple iPod Video 60 GB White MA003LL/A (5th Generation) and at the time i thought that it was good but a year later one of my friends got the zune 30gb Microsoft: 30GB Zune MP3 Music and Video Player - White and he showed me all the great features it had like sharing songs and the larger screen. so i finally decided to get a Zune last year and it was great. Pros -wide screen picture and video viewing -wifi connectivity (used to share songs, search preview and buy songs, wirelessly sync to a computer on the same wireless network) -Games (which i think now with version 3.1 you can play with another person with a zune in games like checkers) -the ability to listen to the radio (then download the song that you are listening to wirelessly or tag it to download later) -the ease of the navigation (scrolling up, down, left and right instead of the ipod click wheel) -the social (being able to add friends and see what songs they are listening to) -being able to choose your own background image with any picture -i like the software and the way it is designed (i think it looks much better and it has little things that i notice for example: when you exit full screen you can still watch the video on the bottom of the page in the middle its a little icon but it works and under where the song title is shown there is a visualization and when you scroll over the album cover how the come out a little.) -also the first generation zune and the second generation zune have the same ability's as far as software (for example both the 30gb and 4gb zune can download songs from the device and all that stuff but the first ipod doesn't have the same software functionality as the new 6th gen classic Apple iPod classic 80 GB Silver (6th Generation) Cons -no notifying sound (when someone trying to send you songs, pictures etc.) -the "Now Playing" (at first the "Now Playing" play list is empty then when you add songs they instantly play and is auto-filled with songs when you shuffle all unlike the quick play list which is separate from when you shuffle all and i liked that better) play list is not as good as the quick list but i know that some people may disagree. -the software is a little to big (meaning that my computer isnt good enought to fully run the software and anything else my computer usually can only run the zune software by itself but that might because i have a low-end laptop) -sometimes when i want to click the center button i click the left or right key by accident but very rarely but if your looking for a new media player i would most certainly suggest the Zune over the ipod. Date: 2008-12-10 Best MP3 player so far I have had an iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, Sansa e260, and Sansa Clip. The Zune blows them all away. The device itself is small and light, nicer looking than the others. Sound quality is great, the user interface is very clean and easy to use. I have not had any of the battery life issues I've seen people complain about. The bundled headphones are not great (I have Klipsch custom-1s and Sony MDR-V700s), but pretty decent for bundled earbuds - better than the ones that came with the iPod and the Sansa. The Zune software is great - WORLDS ahead of iTunes in all ways, and has much better syncing options than Windows Media Player or Winamp. Zune Marketplace/Zune Pass is the best subscription-based music service I've seen yet, and I've tried Napster, Rhapsody, and I have Sirius. I love the social aspect with the online profile displaying your stats. All in all, I'm very happy with the Zune 16GB - there are a few quirks in the user interface I haven't gotten the hang of yet, but nothing major. Date: 2008-12-09 The Anti Ipod has arrived I have fallen in love with Zune. I originally purchased myself one for Valentines Day last year and had my husband "surprise" me with it. Just the fact I did NOT have to use Apple software was a bonus. I was so taken by the features, I bought my daughter one and gave my 8gb to my husband. I then had to get a 30gb to replace it. With the right, free software, I now have over 20 full movies and over 3000 songs on my 30gb. I will be getting an 80gb or 120gb soon....christmas, maybe? Date: 2008-12-09 Do not buy this item! Not only is it very un-userfriendly (my husband still has not figured out an easier way to delete songs from there other than connecting it to the Zune software and re-formatting). It's big and bulky and the picture doesn't turn as advertised. My daughter's died one year after I purchaed it. I called Microsoft and they said they would send another one for the price of a new one. Don't waste your money on this mp3 player - there are so many others out there.
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