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| Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player Black (2nd Generation) | 
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| Brand: Zune
Category: CE
Buy New: $299.00
New (3) Used (4) from $230.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  480 reviews
Sales Rank: 816
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 3.2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 1 x 1 x 1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: HPA-00001
Model: HPA-00001
UPC: 882224519953
EAN: 0882224519953
ASIN: B000WG6XW6
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new in the box with premium headphones. A lot of music storage
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| Customer Reviews:
 fantastic hardware, horrid software August 5, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Over 400 reviews already written here so I will try to keep my brief. I am a web developer so I am fairly good with computers, software and gadgets... just keep that in mind. Here is my take on the Zune:
PROS:
1. beautiful - very slim and sexy piece of equipment and the red is a nice touch.
2. good headphones - these are ear in semi noise-cancelling headphones. They do their job quite well. The sound is clear, deep base and they look very nice and modern.
3. georgous screen - the huge screen definitely sets this apart from the ipod. When you fly a lot then having this monitor is a huge benefit. Solid display at a good size
4. quality sound - the sound is very good in all accoustic ranges.
5. FM Radio - I still listen to it. Hello NPR!
CONS:
SOFTWARE - This is the puzzling point. Here we have a company that rewrote the book on usability with windows software, office software, internet software and so forth. Yet they give you an application that, although its intuitive in many ways, it acts at times like it has a mind of its own. Drag and drop is not a simple feature. At times you need second party software to prepare the mp3s to be recognized as belonging to the same album/folder/artist.
Let me reiterate, software is Very frustrating and it is the biggest stepping stone to getting this piece of equipment. I personally would recommend purchasing your Zune from a place that you can return it within a couple of weeks and giving the software a serious test drive. Try its audio syncing, podcast feature, video transfer and so forth. Even for someone like me who is comfortable with applications, I am stunned at how severly limited the application is.
Zune also isn't recognized as an external drive. Forget about using it to carry data from place to place. Hello, its 2008! Worst of all, you can't use windows explorer to drag and drop and manage stuff on your zune hd. This is perhaps my BIGGEST complain. You have to go through their semi-archaic software to manage your music and at times when it syncs, it will screw things up on your zunes HD; files will not belong to the correct artist, some will get deleted cause they no longer are on your PCs HD.
No Equalizer - To this day I havent found anything on how to adjust the sound...
BOTTOM LINE:
Purchase this if you wanna give it a try. Its good but only buy it from a place that you can test drive it and return it. Spend LOTS of time initially learning the software. This is going to be the big challenge. Try every aspect of the application and see if you can live with it... C+ product. God I could have sworn that Microsoft had something to do with making good software?.. If Apple had FM and a big screen on their IPOD, they would have easily won my dollar.
Good, but not perfect. August 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So, my dell Jukebox finally gave up after almost five years of excellent service.
This time I have decided to go with Microsoft's Zune 80GB.
I have read some pretty good things about this player.
First, what I don't like:
To be honest, I'm disappointed with sound quality.
I knew they gave up equalizer, but even my old dell with equalizer Off sounded much better. The sound is so flat, no depth at all. High tones don't exist, bass sucks. I can't believe there is no way to fix this. Even with expensive earphones you can't compare Zune's sound quality to five year old Dell. (?!)
Shame on you Microsoft. Why don't you update firmware and give us a nice four band equalizer.
There is not much in the box.
Everything must be purchased extra, including protecting or caring case and travel charger.
Battery Indicator is very inaccurate-after calibration seems to work fine though-but why do I have to recalibrate a brand new unit?
Now, what I like about Zune 80GB.
Nice crisp screen, good quality video (if you need it), easy to operate pad and FM radio option (how about AM Radio in next Zune?), 80GB storage for nice price.
Would I recommend this player?
For $250-Yes, but if you expect high quality sound-you'll be disappointed like me!
Great sound, but a few drawbacks August 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great sound. HUGE capacity. Easy to use. Only con I have found so far is...I have my pictures files on my Zune. I have selected (under settings) to choose which pictures to add/delete. I have deleted the ones I don't want to take up space. EVERY TIME I recharge the battery or put on new music, it also downloads all the pictures I have laboriously deleted off my Zune. 100's of them. VERY FRUSTRATING! Does any one have any suggestions? Thank you!
 Beats IPOD hands down! August 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Better, cheaper, more user friendly, more compatible, and you can share your music with others faster and more easily! What more could you ask for? Oh yeah, did I say cheaper than IPOD? None of the "hype" like Apple, but far better product.
IPOD Watch Out August 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love my Zune better than my IPOD. It is lightweight and the touchpad is not difficult to handle. The sound quality of the earphones is good. I just like the device. The software takes some getting use but not too difficult. I like the fact that it has a radio. I am just surprise at the price, it is more than what other stores like Circuit City, Best Buy, Buy.com charge. I would definately would go to the other stores before paying this price.
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