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Zune HD

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Viseroid:
Being an owner of a first generation Zune 30gb I am looking forward to the Zune HD for several reasons. The biggest of these reasons is the battery life. I'm tired of my Zune dying after 8 hours or forgetting to charge it one night and have it die on me the next day. I would prefer a 80gb hard drive because I like putting manga and anime on my zune but 30gb is fine at under 300 USD. Everything else these days just seems so expensive x x

Yes, the zune has crap for codec support but that's what video converter programs are for. I am currently using Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate and it works great.

fohfoh:
Cowon boasts 30 hours video, 50 for music(@ approx 40%).
P3 boasts 30 hours (not sure how it's calculated)
NWZX boasted around 25-35 hours I think (Gotta double check that one)
Fuck the ipod
How much is the zune? Can't you upgrade the battery yourself? (I've heard the zune is one of the easiest PMPs to dismantle)

Klocknov:
I find there are two things that kill the Zune, the software and the codec support. I own and use a Classic Zune 30g and I will say at the time of me buying it, it was a better buy, but now it has made me change my mind. Though if I wanted to do some fun stuff I could start hard-modding the Zune. As the person above me said they are easy to dismantle, I've dismantled mine once to fix my headset port and the other to fix my port on the bottom. (Since I didn't fasten it all the way down as I put it back together the first time.) If I had the time and money I would look into the hard modding the thing, that way I could have both a longer battery and a better screen. I would also look into any newer hard mods available for the Zune, since last time I looked into the hard mods was about 9 months after the 30g came out.

Viseroid:

--- Quote from: fohfoh on August 27, 2009, 03:02:22 AM ---How much is the zune? Can't you upgrade the battery yourself? (I've heard the zune is one of the easiest PMPs to dismantle)

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It is one of the easier PMP to take apart. For the original zune all you need is a plastic wedge as the case is held together by friction. I would've loved to have a better battery but I was too lazy to mod it :P

Slysoft:
I took a look at that Cowon s9 and at first people were saying there were problems but as of the latest firmware update it looks really sexy. Plus it can play my flac and ogg files. How is the song organization? Can you drag and drop folders onto it and keep the same file structure that you already have on your pc?

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