Zune 80GB Multimedia Player & Home Audio/Video Pack Review
Zune 80GB Multimedia Player & Home Audio/Video Pack Review: The Zune 80GB Multimedia Player is a good product. Coming from Microsoft, the quality of music Zune 80GB Multimedia Player & Home Audio/Video Pack produces is one of the highest in the industry. However, a new Zune product is always expected to be expensive. If by any chance, you find a sale Zune 80GB Multimedia Player & Home Audio/Video Pack (see previous article), then we suggest you grab it.
On Amazon, a new Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player (Black), without the Home Audio/Video Pack and shipping fee, costs around $400. You’ll have to pay around $600 for the audio/video pack and other accessories
And we’ll have to agree with some users who have posted their own Home Audio/Video Pack review somewhere else. To cite one very satisfied customer, here is his review:
Screen. The glass screen looks much better than the original Zune’s plastic one. The 320X240 resolution looks great. It looks far better than the Classic’s screen. You can turn it sideways to take full advantage of it while watching videos. The iPod Classic’s screen can only be viewed from one direction, and it has for the most part remained the same since the fifth generation. The video quality is great. Although this is technically the same resolution as the ipod Classic, nano, and Zune 4 and 8, it still manages to look great because of its size and clarity. You will notice that the quality on the smaller Zune appears sharper, but that’s only because there are more pixels per square inch on them, due to the smaller size. Still looks awesome. This screen is slightly larger than the 1G Zune, but overall it is still smaller in both thinness and height. The glass screen is far more durable than the plastic one, and after a few months of testing it now I can say that it does not scratch easily, if at all.
Zune 80GB Multimedia Player & Home Audio/Video Pack Costs $150 on Sale
Build. This thing is built to last. It feels a lot denser and sturdier than the last year’s model. The first generation Zune couldn’t win a beauty contest by a long shot–but I think this one’s a winner. Aluminum back reminds me of the iPod line, although it’s much better because it is brushed metal. (Meaning you don’t have to keep it in a glass case, and bring out gloves when you want to handle it, like you did with the iPods). The paint, believe it or not, is actually very difficult to scratch. I’ve put it in my pocket with my keys, and the screen nor the paint scratches. I wouldn’t want purposefully subject it to such tests, but it happened, and it’s still in pristine condition. I scratched the back of my iPod Classic the first day I got it because of the glossy metal back. Scratching the back of your iPod is inevitable. I really don’t see a need for a case.
Zunepad. The iPod’s scroll wheel was a nice piece of work when it first came out. The Zunepad is better. Bold statement? Maybe. But I can now navigate via touch controls in four different directions as opposed to two with the iPod. And it is very easy to do so. I was skeptical at first, but Microsoft nailed it. You can choose if you want to flick your fingers across the “squirqle” to play your music, or you can just press the buttons to navigate. Nothing against Apple, but the scrollwheel on the Classic wasn’t nearly as sensitive as the 5th generation iPod video’s. Aren’t you supposed to make progress when you release new hardware? I had problems with my Classic’s scrollwheel’s sensitivity. I can definitely see myself navigating menus much faster using the Zunepad.
Other customer reviews of Zune 80GB Multimedia Player & Home Audio/Video Pack are very much favorable except for some complaints that it wasn’t designed to work as mass storage devices (portable hard drives), a feature competing products long have. On our end, we’d say a not-so-good Zune 80GB Multimedia Player & Home Audio/Video Pack review or comment in this area is valid. Overall, we like Zune. You can allow yourself some degree of freedom to choose if you’ll compare it with other Media/MP3 players in the market like iPod as we really do not like the pricing of Microsoft on their products. Some of them are really exorbitant. We have not experienced anything unusual with the accessories but you can post your reviews of those items in the comment section of this article.
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