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: Zune 120 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)

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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Microsoft
Color: Black/Black
Display Size: 3.2 inches
EAN: 0882224735087
Label: Zune
Manufacturer: Zune
Model: H3A-00001
Publisher: Zune
Sales Rank: 43
Studio: Zune

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Amazon.com Product Description--Posted September 9, 2008:
Massive capacity in a deluxe device that delivers uncompromised audio and video quality, the Zune 120 GB can fit a huge collection and still have room for videos, podcasts, and more. This major player hooks up with innovative discovery features like Buy from FM and wireless sharing, so you never stop gobbling tunes. It holds up to 30,000 songs, 25,000 pictures, or 375 hours of video. Watch a demo on Zune.



Every Zune device lets you listen to your favorite FM radio stations and tag songs for later purchase.


Download millions of tracks, whole albums, or playlists with the Zune Pass subscriptions service.


Remotely sync your Zune device with your PC collection.


The Zune Marketplace offers millions of songs, albums, TV shows, audio/video podcasts, and more.


A full family of accessories is compatible with all Zune devices.


Buy from FM
Click to buy from the built-in FM radio. Every Zune device lets you listen to your favorite FM radio stations and click to tag the songs you like for later purchase when you sync your device with your PC.1

Zune Pass
With the Zune Pass subscription service, you'll get millions of tracks for the price of one CD. Download tracks, whole albums, or playlists. Explore new music or rediscover old favorites--then sync them to your Zune. Extend your subscription online or by purchasing a Zune Pass card. Or, if you like, purchase songs or albums individually.2

Wireless Sync
Remotely sync with your PC. Connect to your home wireless network and remotely sync your Zune device with your PC collection from your dock, AC adapter, or speaker dock accessory.3

Device to Cloud
Your Zune player can access thousands of wireless hotspots around the country. Automatically update your collection, browse Zune Marketplace, refresh your Channels, exchange favorites with friends, or buy songs you've tagged from your FM radio. Take advantage of a Zune Pass and access the music you love where you want, at no extra cost.

Wireless Sharing
Music is in the air with Zune wireless sharing. Send your favorite songs, albums, playlists, pictures, and even audio podcasts freely between any Zune devices. Listen to the full track of any song you receive up to three times and pass them along to other friends. If you want to buy a song, click to tag it and have your Zune find it later when you sync with your PC.4

Channels
Like your very own radio stations, Zune Channels are custom programming stations that deliver personalized playlists to your Zune from a variety of sources you select, such as music experts, celebrities, or top radio stations. Channels you subscribe to automatically update whenever you're connected--to your PC, home network, or even selected wireless hotspots. When you subscribe to Zune Pass, you get an unlimited Zune Channels experience.

Games
Zune players now come with a selection of fun free games. Choose music from your collection to create your own personal game soundtrack. Connect and compete wirelessly with other nearby Zune users.

Video/TV Shows
Choose from a growing selection of TV shows now available on the Zune Marketplace video store, and take your favorite episodes or whole seasons with you wherever you go. Use your Zune device to watch popular shows like The Office, South Park, Heroes, and 30 Rock from NBC; shows from Comedy Central; Adult Swim from the Cartoon Network; and countless other shows from other major networks.6 Also, if you're recording TV shows or movies with Windows Media Center in Windows Vista, you can import and sync them to your device. Load up your favorite videos, and hit the road.5

Zune Social
Discover, share, and connect with the Zune Social, a free online community that lets you share your musical tastes with friends and millions others. Customize your Zune Card and Zune profile page with your favorite music and pictures. Then connect and share Zune Cards, music, and messages with friends and other members of the community.

Zune Marketplace
Fulfill your entertainment desires at Zune Marketplace. Millions of songs, albums, TV shows, audio/video podcasts, and more are available--plus, your online store is always open and only a mouse click away. Download or subscription? It's up to you. Buy individual songs and albums, or an unlimited Zune Pass music subscription2.

Audiobooks
Let your Zune read to you while you can't. Listen to everything from your favorite novels to the latest bestseller. Now you can transfer your existing audiobook files from sites like Audible.com to your Zune device and enjoy them whenever you want.

Xbox 360 Compatibility
Ever wish you could play games to the sound of your favorite tunes? Now you can. Connect your Zune device to your Xbox 360 console and play your favorite songs while you game on Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE. You can share content from your Zune collection to an Xbox 360 console on a home network and play your media through the Xbox Dashboard.

Accessories
Traveling, working late, or working out? Whatever you're up to, your Zune will be right there with you. Make sure you have the best accessories to keep up with your lifestyle.



Legal Disclaimers:
1. Buy from FM feature available with stations broadcasting RDS and RT Plus data
2. Zune Pass is a monthly music subscription service; some songs are not available via Zune Pass. Available Zune Pass content may vary over time.
3. Wireless sync feature requires access to a home wireless network
4. Zune to Zune wireless sharing may not be available for all songs in your music collection and works only between Zune devices within wireless range of each other. Recipients may play full-length sample tracks up to three times.
5. Requires a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate and an integrated or external TV tuner.
6. Available content may vary over time.


What's in the Box?
Zune 120 GB Digital Media Player, earphones with three earpiece covers, Sync cable



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Major Problems
I bought this item expecting a high quality product that would last long enough to be worth the price. But one month after purchase, with light usage, the battery has gone sour. I can listen to music a maximum of 2 hour before the battery goes empty, and video for 20 minutes; opposed to the advertised 30 hours of music and 4 hours of video. This is ridiculous, especially since i can't even return it for my full money back do to amazons policies. I hope they fix this problem, otherwise this is a magnificent piece of technology.


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Skip Skip Skip
I can not believe that the well known and mighty Microsoft would dare to think that this MP3 player or Zune would out perform a $30 MP3 player.

First just about any inexpensive $30 MP3 player would have an EQ function with either presets, such as Pop, Rock, Jazz or custom where by the listener can set the EQ levels to their musical taste well to my surprise the Zune has none. In fact the Zune has no EQ setting at all every song is played flat without any emphasis to the highs, mids or lows it's just flat and thin. I consider this missing function a very important and needed function and should not be treated as an unnecessary option.

Second any inexpensive MP3 player will allow the listener to listen to a album that's a compilation of artist, such as if the album is called "The Best of The Best" which may contain 10 songs from 10 different artist the Zune will list the album 10 times once for each artist and when attempting to play the album starting at track 1 you can't the Zune list and treat each artist as if it's a separate album you just can't start at tack 1 and play all the way thru to track 10, you must listen to track 1 then scroll to the next artist which is listed with the same album title, but different artist. Any inexpensive MP3 player would list the album with all the artist under the one album and not 10 albums.

Third the Zune processing is strange the vocals are processed in a manner where by the vocals have some echo applied to give them an expansive feel which is unnatural and the vocals are moved to the back and the musical instruments are move to the front as if the vocals are lowered to sing karaoke and there's some strange shssssssssssssssss sound going on in the background.

Fourth the software sucks big time, you must install the software in order for the device to be recognized by the computer and after installing the software you must use the Zune software to sync your songs to the Zune you can not just drag and drop, because the Zune does not appear under My Computer which by the way any cheap MP3 player would allow for drag and drop.

For me I will send the Zune back, because for reasons mention above I owned a Creative Zen 20gb MP3 player and now I want it back from my son. The Zune has some great features don't get me wrong, but for me if it does not sound better than and perform better than a $30 MP3 player I can save $200 and be happy with a player that does not frustrate me with all the quirks.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Head Over Heels for My Zune!
If I could rate my Zune over 5 stars, I would. I had always wanted a Zune since their first launch, but 30GB was not enough storage space for my music. So I bought an 80GB iPod Classic, which I used for over a year. Being a fan of techno and electronica, I can't tell you how many songs sounded absolutely awful playing through my iPod - over premium speakers, no less.

When I saw the Zune was being released as a 120GB model, I was so excited. I sold the iPod on ebay, and headed over to Amazon asap to order my Zune. As soon as it arrived, I was in love with it. I'll list a few reasons why:

- The external design of the Zune is really sleek, and I love the matte black back plate. The squircle is very responsive, and I love having a play/pause button and a back button.

- The screen is simply stunning. Huge, with a crisp, bright display. Videos, album art, photos, and wallpapers look great.

- The twist menu system is intuitive, and a whole lot more accessible and interactive then the iPod menu I was used to. It's great to be able to move across the menu as well as down the menu.

- Audible.com compatibility. I'm a big audio book buff, so having a device that is compatible with Audible makes it easy for me to listen to my books.

The #1 thing I love about my Zune is the awesome sound quality. I created a test playlist of the songs I love that sounded distorted when playing on my iPod; they sound crystal clear on my Zune. I was nervous about what the sound quality would be like without an EQ, but I've found with my Zune I don't need one - all the music sounds great, all the time.

This is hands down one of my favorite things I've bought for myself, and I can't recommend it enough!


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Major Problems too Early after Purchase
The Bottom line is this: I shouldn't be dealing with problems on a brand new device that was well taken care of, period. The fact that this seems to be a trend among other people leads me to believe that something is faulty with the Zune and Microsoft knows about it. That's why it's so hard to find the "contact us" button or a number for technical support. I have the Zune 80G and after only 12 weeks it began acting up.

It would freeze and need "reset" (what other reason would there be a way to "reset" your zune? Because they know it's faulty so they put in a failsafe.)

Then, files would come up missing or couldn't be played. They couldn't be re-synced either. And after I erased all the content just to put some of those missing files back on there, I couldn't sync the rest of my content because it would freeze up while syncing and an error message "zune is not responding and needs reset"

Two words sum up my thoughts on the Zune.

Absolutely Ridiculous.


Stay away.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - My new best friend!
I was starting to get bored with my 5 y.o. Zen 40GB jukebox and was looking for something smaller and preferably with a larger capacity (My music library is just under 1TB). I played with a friends iPod and thought it was well designed, but the software/menus were not exactly user-friendly and I HATE iTunes. So when I saw a new option, and a 120GB option at that, I went to my local store to play with it. Well, suffice it to say, I almost bought it on the spot. Luckily, I showed a little self control and saved $30 by buying on Amazon.

Positives:

-The menus are simpler (in a good way) than the iPod
-The software is efficient (with one beef that I will mention in a sec), --The screen is great for viewing movies/tv shows (I recommend MPEG-4 format)
-Get the Home AV pack if you can. Once you have it hooked up you just dock that badboy and you can play it through your stereo. It comes with a remote, which works well, though it's not too useful if you're far away unless you have 20/15 vision and can read the screen from more than 5 feet away.

(Slight) Negatives:

-Closed source so third party mp3 organizing software is not compatible. Not even Windows Media Player, which boggles my mind. The Zune software is simple and intuitive and does the job as far as transferring music/video to the device, but if you have a large collection I recommend maintaining your collection (for purposes of tagging and organizing) using another piece of software (I use MediaMonkey). A small complaint that most casual users won't need to worry about.
-Toss the headphones that come with it and buy a decent pair. You invest $230 and use the standard headphones and you are wasting your money.
-Video player won't play .AVI files. Must convert them, which isn't a big deal, but an extra step.

Finally, a quick note on accessories. Unfortunately for us, Microsoft has adopted the Apple model of charging you out the rear for every little accessory. Actually, they have been doing it for years with their software, so I guess I can't really blame Apple. The cases in particular are ridiculously priced. If you are looking for a nice case, I found the leather folding case that is priced at $75 on Amazon at my local Best Buy on clearance for $16.99. Odds are if it's on clearance in one, it's on clearance in the rest.

In summary, I love this product. On the way to work I watch episodes of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" or movies I have ripped from DVD or downloaded. I have 100GB's of music at my fingertips at all times. I even catch myself playing the Texas Hold 'Em poker game that comes pre-loaded. Just a cool all-around gadget. And to the Mac fanboys out there, don't let the fact that it doesn't say "Apple" on it scare you away (or cause you to immediately write it off).

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