Like/Dislikes: Zune team seeking feedback!

 tromboneforhire wrote:

 oclvtrek wrote:

I love my Zune but I dislike having to continue to buy and watch most TV shows and movies on my iPod. Please bring movies and up-to-date/current TV shows to the marketplace. PLEASE!

You'll be happy to know that Zune has a guy named Paul Davidson, who works hard to get more and more video content into the Marketplace. Keep a watch of Zune Insider for posts from him outlining new channels and tv shows that become available.

Excellent news, thank you!

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Zune HD 32GB
Gears of War 120GB

Three or more things:

It would be nice if you could sort every columns (currently some are and some aren't sortable).  Doing this would make it very EASY to find purchased music and burn it to disc for safe keeping.  More specifically you cannot sort the DRM column.  Also being able to see which content is subscription content, purchased content, and your own ripped content would be great.  Again this in the end simply makes it easier to see what you do and what you cannot put to disc much easier (could be achieved by simply adding a "File Path" column).  Currently the only way to see for sure what is subscription content is using Windows Explorer to actually view the folder.  Lastly....crap it was good too and I forgot.......I'll just stare at the screen until it comes to me......Well it'll come to me later anyway.

Edit:  It just came to me........BIT RATE!!!  We do not know the bit rate of the music we have downloaded without right-clicking on properties!!  It would be nice if there was a column for it.  I believe most media software programs have this feature.  Also a column for the format of the material i.e. mp3 or wma not all content that is purchased is mp3 or wma.

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Hey Zune Team. I would just like to sudgest adding a tab for music that is sort by date added. The music gets old and then also having it on randomize realy gets old too. I'm talking about on the zune portable player.. not the player on the computer.

I've noticed that the "New Releases For You" channel keeps recomending me songs (and downloading them again) that I already have and listen to on a somewhat regular basis.  I realize that this is the only way the channels can actually find music I like, but still, isn't that sort of cheating?

I'm sure this has been posted, but I just want to add, I would really like to be able to rate and leave feedback on podcasts.

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Red Zune4

The single biggest gripe I have is the serious lack of new music. Every track I want which I recently hear on progressive radio stations or even seeing their music videos on YouTube ARE available on iTunes but it takes weeks for them to appear in Marketplace if at all. The majority of us hear music and want it right away if it is available. If it is available on iTunes then it SHOULD be in Marketplace. I switched from iPod and iTunes to Zune 120gb and Marketplace and it frustrates the hell out of me not being able to get the music I want, when I want it particularly when your competition has it!

the picks and channels in the marketplace are what i really hate. they don't reccomend any music that i would EVER listen to. everyday i rate the songs in there broken hearts and they still give me songs by the same artists. most people would look at my collection and could gather that my musical tastes dont remotely match the channels and picks. it says " based on what you've been playing and what others that have played those songs have played" thats BS. the like-minded listeners works pretty well. in the picks and channels, they just choose the most played-popular-radio friendly-generic rock stuff (ie: nickelback, linkin park, buckcherry, korn, avenged sevenfold, disturbed). they should do something similar to pandora

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another thing i dont like is: the zune marketplace team doesn't really kno what metal and rock are. i decided to look at the "top channel" things and i looked in metal, all i saw was 18 greenday songs, 2 nickelback songs , 1 journey song and a papa roach song.one last thing: they need a progressive rock/metal channel.

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I would love it if there was a way to read the liner notes from cds. I miss being able to see who played on what, who was thanked, who guest artist were, etc. That is the only thing I miss from buying CDs.

I would enjoy if there were some music games that used the music that you have on your Zune: music trivia, name that tune, what ever.

I wish you had an easy to find place to request music that is listed as unavailable. Will it ever be available?

Over all I love the Zune and wouldn't trade.

For the most part, I find the layout of the Marketplace convenient, easy to understand, and visually appealing. (Just as a side note, I like the look and feel of everything related to the zune) It's nice to be able to browse by genre when you don't know what you want, or simply search for what you're looking for when you know what you're looking for.The zune pass itself is a great and savvy idea for people who don't want to spend a rediculous amount of money on music downloads (like me!). Unfortunately, there are some things I don't like though. I'm dissapointed with the lack of available selection. Also, I don't understand why songs that are unavailable are even listed on the Marketplace. Cruel and devious ends perhaps...? (I'm joking about that last part of course) Also, I wish that I could download at least some videos with the zune pass. If those things were improved, I'd like the Marketplace that much more.

Being from Canada it would be nice if when I buy a product from a company I would receive the same service as if I bought the same very product in another country. Selling Zunes in Canada but not allowing access to the Zune Marketplace seems to make little sense.

 

Previously I haven't written on here with praise towards the Electronica/Dance section of Zune Marketplace. I am a monthly subscriber to the Zune Pass. I have become dissatisfied with the quality of music on the Electronica/Dance section. I have found numerous gold old school house and dance tracks on there. Of which I have loaded up on my MP3 player. But I have found new Electronica/Dance content to be lacking. I will go out to a club over the weekend. Come home and try to locate the music on Zune Marketplace but with no luck. Suggestion what about partnering with the Billboard Dance Chart? I know you have partnered with Billboard on other charts. Please keep the Electronica/Dance section more current. It downgrading my Zune experience from an "A-" to a "C." Thanks.