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Started by Epsilon34 at 10/20/2009 17:12:20. Topic has 38 replies.
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Join Date: 4/4/2008 04:22:42

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10/20/2009 17:12:20
How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
now that i have had the HD long enough to know about it, i kinda regret the purchase. the software is great and all, but it feels like a step back overall from the ipod touch. i bought an hd av dock and loved it at first, but now it just seems like a waste of $100. the hd movies dont look bad through it, in fact i am impressed the zune hd is capable of it. but the SD content looks horrible. shouldnt it look dvd quality? the HD content looks somewhere between dvd upscaled and blu ray. however, there is no digital copy support. i have so many movies on my itunes from digital copies that i cant take with me because i was expecting zune to actually support it. also, there is no apps. there is times i am sitting in class and wish my touch cause i used to be able to just pull it out and play some need for speed or tiger woods. the "apps" on marketplace right now are jokes. novermber cant come soon enough, when it will actually be fair to know how the zune hd will turn out, but right now i am regretting it.
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Join Date: 7/3/2009 08:20:33

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10/20/2009 18:39:02
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?

<3 it.

If you didn't buy the dock on the release date, you could've found out that the Zune HD sync dock for about $50 also has the hdmi and av out, which saves you $50... and then you would just go buy a cheap hdmi cable.

SD content looks like SD content. There's no improving it unless maybe it gets upscalled through hdmi output (there's no written proof that the Zune HD is even supposed to upscale), but I don't have a dock to test it with.

Not really sure about the digital copy problem, but I would've either purchased it knowing that, "oh well, I did my homework and apparently it's not supported," or, "well it's okay, maybe a firmware update will add it to the types of supported media."

In regards to apps, I'll reference what I said to you about 20 min. ago:

"Surely you knew that there were only 8 games and 2 utility apps available before the launch date.. it's not like MS was going to suddenly reveal a catalog of thousands of apps (which of course we all dreamed of) and there was plenty of speculation about if there would or wouldn't be an app store at start-up, which should've told you that you'd be taking a risk if you wanted tons of apps from the get-go.

Look at the WinMO app store, as far as I know there's only a few hundred in there. You have to remember that the Zune has the Tegra chip, which phones may use in the future, so it's a lot easier to come up with hundreds of apps for WinMo 6.5 then it is for the Zune."

You know you're going to have to wait for November, so just wait or feel like you screwed yourself by trying to sell your HD on craiglist and take a big loss on an amazing device.
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Join Date: 9/23/2009 12:07:25

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10/20/2009 20:10:33
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
I have to say that I love mine.  I have a Zune 30 and a Zune 120 but the HD blows them away except on the space front of course.  It is one device that I can cary that meets most of my mobile surfing (via wifi) and PMP needs.  It's small amd lighweight which is a plus in my book.  The screen is crazy beautiful and the sound is great.  If you add the Zune pas it's a great system.  I have no regrets at all.

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Join Date: 11/13/2007 13:28:27

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10/20/2009 21:28:13
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
I like the HD. (added to my Zune 80)  I'm impressed with the responsiveness of the UI, the OLED screen, and the quality of SD media via HDMI output (AV dock).  I really appreciate SmartDJ... seems to work as well as Sony's SensMe Channels. Only the AV HD dock (and how the HD interacts with it) is the only black mark on an otherwise fine release.
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Join Date: 9/23/2009 23:03:07

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10/20/2009 23:02:55
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
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Join Date: 9/22/2009 15:17:25

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10/21/2009 06:07:40
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
I absolutely love mine. I've been feeding it DVD content and music like crazy. The screen is amazing! I'm ready for apps and games though.
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Join Date: 10/1/2009 02:11:36

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10/21/2009 15:32:41
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
Great player, TERRIBLE support for the product. Lack of software/firmware updates that are still nagging from release date, silence from the ZUNE HD team. What a shame.  Other than the piss poor support, great player with a few flaws that hopefully are fixed in the next 12 months.
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Join Date: 10/18/2009 04:35:55

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10/21/2009 18:12:02
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?

give Microsoft time to get good apps and games to come out. The product is still brand new, fresh. People need time to develop stuff for it :P.
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Join Date: 9/14/2008 20:00:14

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10/21/2009 19:21:40
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
 JBoDEAN96 wrote:
Great player, TERRIBLE support for the product. Lack of software/firmware updates that are still nagging from release date, silence from the ZUNE HD team. What a shame.  Other than the piss poor support, great player with a few flaws that hopefully are fixed in the next 12 months.

My sentiments exactly. . . the play count thing *especially* bugs me. This late into the game and most of my plays don't count . . . 

Everywhere you go, there you are.
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Join Date: 6/13/2009 00:13:14

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10/21/2009 20:13:46
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
I was hesitant to buy the HD because I already bought a 120.  I was hoping Best Buy didn't have the HD so I would be off the hook.  Now, a month later, I am pleased with my purchase.  When I use my 120, it still functional, but it feels so slow compared to the HD.  The UI is superior to anything I have ever used before.  I can sort my music any way that I want whether it be genre, album, or artist.  Seting up playlists on the device is a blast.    I can have both Zunes hooked up to the software at the same time and it keeps everything organized.

My 2 Pet pevees

1. Battery life on my 120 is better than my HD ( I touch the HD way more though)

2. For a 200$ player the EQ is sub-standard (HD sounds great on default) 
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Join Date: 9/1/2009 20:54:05

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10/21/2009 20:22:46
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?

I just cancel everything...

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Join Date: 10/12/2009 00:43:37

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10/21/2009 23:55:33
re: How do you feel about your Zune HD purchase one month later?
I absolutely love my Zune HD for what it is. I bought it knowing what it would offer and what I could do with it.

It's a high end, portable, responsive, affordable, touch screen media player.

First time Zune (HD; 16GB) user.
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