I am looking for 100GB+ MP3.. Zune is the anwser?

[Kryz11]

Oh I just found out that ZUNE 80 is 229.99 and 120 is 250.. so only 20 bucks more for 120 ... better deal

 

[peeweegary]

really???its 199 up here in Toronto.

 

[Kryz11]

On the ZUNE US site its 230 and at local best buy store its 230.

 

[nick09]

I'd go for the 120GB Zune. I'm planning on getting one after I get a good laptop this summer. There is just something about the Zunes I really like.

 

[Kryz11]

So far so good guys. Did bit of work, and so far $230 USD. ZUNE120 I'll see you in just few days
So one more week off till my culinary school starts. No more boring bus stops and bus rides. I am also planing to get the car kit from ZUNE so I can listen to music in my car

 

[BayConRong]

The Iriver is pretty good if you are in classes because as the teacher lectures you can have it record. and it lasts pretty long. though the display is rather irritating i think and you can mess it up way too easily.

 

[Kryz11]

nooo... I am in CUlinary school, lectures take about an hour or so... then we start cooking, no time for Mp3s, I am loving my school way too much
And recording lectures? I rather take notes.. because notes I can read in 10 minutes, and watch or hear recorded lecture will take an HOUR!

 

[Kryz11]

Well today I got it, I am really happy with it... Only problem(s) so far is that I could not connect to PC with my ZUNE. It just won't read it.. I have a custom build PC, and I am guessing that it's not perfect , but in the end I figure out way to connect it

OK. I put heck load of MUSIC into it. It is really good so far..
Somehow I can't add pictures.. It recognizes it on my ZUNE software, but if I try to move the pics to my ZUNE player it just wont move ... Unable .. IDKY..

But it's only pics. So far I got over 20 gigs in it of pure music. Really relly good sound quality and I like you can create and change Playlists and Genera and other aspects really easy with you're PC then in few minutes Change entire database in ZUNE!

I am happy I made the Purchase, Now to figure out why I can't upload pics to zune.. any ways you guys do it in?

 

[Joey D]

That's odd you can't upload pictures, mine just yanks everything from the "My Pictures" folder by default. I suggest going to http://www.zunescene.mobi/forums/ to ask them what the problem is. Members there are helpful when you have problems.

 

[Kryz11]

I have my settings on Manual, I'll play with it later tomorrow.

 

[Kryz11]

Today I realized how much I hate the ZUNE...

From navigation, to not being able to adjust equalizer.. i have tons and tons of music, only way to find particular song is to go into SONGS tab, but then after it's done, it will play another unwanted genera. Not to mention, the zune software is .. sucky I am thinking about getting the iPod Touch...

I am thinking the 64gig version 3rd gen.

 

[F1GTR]

The 160gb 6G rev.II Classic also has the same internals (in terms of DAC) and therefore sound quality as the 3G Touch, it's cheaper, and it meets your 100+ gb requirement. You can't adjust the EQ on the iPods though, but I feel that the sound quality is pretty good on Apple's latest 'full size' players (i.e the Touch, Classic and iPhone 3GS).

 

[Radracing]

Today I realized how much I hate the ZUNE...

From navigation, to not being able to adjust equalizer.. i have tons and tons of music, only way to find particular song is to go into SONGS tab, but then after it's done, it will play another unwanted genera. Not to mention, the zune software is .. sucky I am thinking about getting the iPod Touch...

I am thinking the 64gig version 3rd gen.

You should just creat a playlist so you are not searching for the songs. Also how does the HD radio work? Bought my wife a Zune when it first came out and she says its pretty easy to find a song.

http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/zune-hd-32gb-platinum/4505-6490_7-33665869.html

 

[nick09]

I know two years ago I said get the Zune but get the ipod classic. No touch screen controls, which I consider a pro because you can still control it through a layer of clothing(you just can't control the volume through clothing). I own a 80GB myself for three years now and even though it has gotten very small dents and it still works fine. Just mind the fact that my ipod has a rubber case to take the rare falls it may encounter. The battery is still fine for long trips even after all the years I have owned it.

Personally I use Songbird for my ipod because the prompts in itunes to update the firmware on my ipod is annoying and I don't need the extra features. I only updated because there was firmware problems with 1.0.3 and 1.1.1 fixed all of those problems.

 

[Kryz11]

I bought today the iPod touch 64 gig.. way better, easy to navigate.. I bought Zune before because i hated APPLE... but somehow i realized that Apple makes products that WORK and not as evil of company as i thought.. haha, sure some have problems and what not, but its intended to work with you and not against you...

i should of buy one long time ago


Zune HD radio? I only listen to it once or twice really I dont know if its HD radio or normal FM radio.., it sounded good as well the quality, did not remember any problems with it.

 

[Northstar]

I have the same change of heart NoxNoctis has, I will probably switch my 120GB Zune for a 160GB ipod after I get my computer build done.

I actually like the player itself, but can't stand the hardware. It's slow(both on the Zune and the computer) and never syncs the player or even updates the songs if I change the info(both on the cpu program and the player). Not to mention it randomly deletes songs.

 

[Gil]

I have movies, TV shows, Podcasts, and music on my iPod.
I have more media than I have battery life to enjoy.
I also have a car charger, and a wall charger.
I also have a device that allows me to hook up to a TV and play my movies on the TV, whilst recharging/maintaining a charge on the iPod.

Yes, you do have to have iTunes to load music, but you don't HAVE to buy your music from them.
Most of my music is from the many hundreds of CD's I have lying about the place.
There is also a pretty active indie/podcast crowd. The only downside to podcast music is having to listen to the 30 seconds of advertisement crap at the beginning or end of the songs.
I have like 15-20 movies on my classic, over 2000 songs, and a crap-ton of other stuff.
I also still have over 50GB of free space.

What ever you get 80GB should be PLENTY of space.
If you drop the big bucks and get a iPod Touch you have a bigger screen to watch stuff on. And 32GB is a good bit of space to store anything you need for at least a week worth of commuting before having to do some "file management". Hell, I've got over 300 podcasts on mine that include podiobooks, music, car reviews, and guitar lessons.

The ZUNE, is an okay device, and has some cool feature. However, if you share a song from a friend, you do get that song for free. But you can only play it 3 times and it's gone.

iTunes can be a pain in the ass if you buy any amount of video, or download any of the free video that isn't podcasts.
It will require you to update to the newest version, and Apple updates pretty damn often.

Either way. If you can find a way to play with each of them for a while, you can find out what you like and what might annoy the holy hell out of you.

 

[Sharky.]

I have a 32GB iTouch and it's plenty big enough for my music and video library. Yes, iTunes is evil with a capital E when it comes to pretty much everything it can do, but if you set it to automatically manage your library and only use the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder in Explorer/Finder to add music to iTunes it stops making you want to pull your hair out.

Once you work out iTunes, the iPod is a really slick piece of kit. 👍 Just be wary that the iPod OS updates are nearly 300MB. :|

 

[Kryz11]

I have the same change of heart NoxNoctis has, I will probably switch my 120GB Zune for a 160GB ipod after I get my computer build done.

I actually like the player itself, but can't stand the hardware. It's slow(both on the Zune and the computer) and never syncs the player or even updates the songs if I change the info(both on the cpu program and the player). Not to mention it randomly deletes songs.

I agree!!
With ZUNE I only managed to copy around 2,800 songs of my Trance collection, on iPod, that collection changed to around 3,500 my FULL collection.. Also with ZUNE when sync huge collections, I always got to around 80-90% and the number went back to 70% .. I was like WTF, sometimes it took all damn night to sync.

So far I am too happy about my iPod and iTunes.. Microsoft is as evil as Apple is lol. But seems one works one does not for my music style.

 

[Moglet]

but if you set it to automatically manage your library and only use the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder in Explorer/Finder to add music to iTunes it stops making you want to pull your hair out.

I find it much easier to manually manage mine, and it still runs 100% smoothly and efficiently! The auto update doesn't go down well on my system since I have waaaay too much music for my iPod Touch.