Anyone have a Zune media player?

[Elgin Clock]

I fell into the woot.com pitfall yet again and purchased one today.

I tried the Zune out at a concert I went to and they seemed pretty cool, and the price was right at the time today. (I also have a 4GB iPod I bought a few months back for comparison)

Anyways, now the big question remains.

Anyone have one?
What did I just get myself into in this iPod dominated world of ours? lol

All comments welcome!

[Pavan Dave]

I hear that it is the best system if want to do stuff. You can easily put Linux on there and mod the file transfer expiration date thing. But besides that I have no idea.

[Joe Matt]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!


/me gasps


AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Grant Cox]

Yeah, I think Joe Matt pretty much summed up that one.

Zen Vision:M for the win

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
/me gasps
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Ok you... and your Apple loving self. I know Windows makes the color Blue the new rage with it's BSOD, but the Black apple I've gotten on the iPod is def. catching up to that in terms of frequency.

[EHaskins]

I have one, black, and for what I've used it for (music and occasional video) it has been great. The screen is great for video, and it gets decent battery life.

It also had the advantage of irritating my brother, who's an anti-Microsoft guy.

[artdutra04]

I think I'd hold off on any portable hard-drive type music player purchase for a few months. Apple is due to update their iPod Videos soon, and they'll most likely be have a larger [touch] screen like the iPhone. After they come out, then I'd compare the two and make a decision from there.

[Ryan Dognaux]

I'm really a fan of the Zune or any other MP3 player that isn't an iPod. I have a hatred for them now since I've gone through five of the things without any significant stress put on them. Creative has some good options too. The thing I like about the Zune is the Zune software - I don't own a Zune, but I can stream any .mp3, .m4v, .wmv, etc. files straight to my Xbox360 from my computer. It's pretty handy.

[mtaman02]

I still have my Iriver H320 which is still barely kicking but is getting it's job done with a new permanent residence in my vehicle =) and I got my Zen Vision:M doing a similar task which is currently sitting by my PS2 =). Forgot one little bit My Zen freezes more then anything else and if you hit the reset button it takes forever for it to come back to life.

[Tytus Gerrish]

my brother has one. it freezes and crashes alot

[cooker52]

I have had trouble with my mom's Zen Micro before, but hardly any with my Zen Microphoto. iPod's are pretty nice and reliable. The only disadvantages are the prices (not uncommon) and the internal battery (only when it get wet, you can't remove it, but the battery does last long). And besides the fact that Apple is ruling the world, I would suggest and iPod. I still like a variety of decent mp3 players, though.

[Joe Matt]

I echo Art's comments, wait till the new iPods (late October latest) come out, wait for everyone (not just Apple) to price drop/release new players/whatever.

Wait till Nov unless you need one now.

[cooker52]

Sounds like the best idea.

[Schnabel]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

I think I'd hold off on any portable hard-drive type music player purchase for a few months. Apple is due to update their iPod Videos soon, and they'll most likely be have a larger [touch] screen like the iPhone. After they come out, then I'd compare the two and make a decision from there.

Actually from what I have heard, the new leak is still a regular trackwheel. Instead the interface has had a dramatic improvement. The best part is that with the interface leak, Apple has finally started removing them, but only this one, so maybe this is the real thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnE_1DXfJkA

[Elgin Clock]

::sigh::

Does anyone actually have a Zune that can contribute any worthy information to this conversation?

Aye...

I already have an iPod.

Horray for topics going far off topic on the internet.

YAY INTERNET!