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Music and entertainment, your way. That’s what the Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player is designed to deliver. The Zune easily connects you with your music, videos, and pictures wherever and whenever you want, and unlike the iPod, it even has a built-in FM tuner so you can keep up with local news and sports. Your Zune gives you the power to wirelessly share full-length tracks, playlists, pictures and podcasts with your other Zune-wielding friends. And when you receive songs that you just can’t get out of your head, you can easily tag the songs and buy them the next time you sync up. Whether you’re listening to music, radio, or rocking out to the latest music videos on the bright, roomy screen, the Zune allows you to tailor your entertainment, right in the palm of your hand. Watch a demo on Zune.

Features

• 80 GB digital media player stores up to 20,000 songs, 25,000 pictures or 250 hours of video
• Features wireless Zune-to-Zune sharing so you can swap tracks and other media
• Big, bright, 3.2-inch color LCD
• Compatible with Zune Marketplace for media downloads and subscription services
• Automatically imports your existing music, pictures, and videos form iTunes and Windows Media Player in a variety of formats
• Premium Earphones included

User Reviews

zunes much better than ipod
love my zune i had a 30gb got it stolen out off my car so i went out and got a 80gb love it a freind has ipod a zune is much better than the ipod and the car adapter is better than enything ipod sells its worth the money i take it every were i go cell phone and my zune dont leave home with out it

Great Product
I’ve owned my 80GB Zune for over 6 months now and I love it. I owned an old Yepp (now my youngest sons player) and my 10-year-old has an off-brand player. The Zune surpasses these.

Pros:
- easy to use
- great sound
- decent picture
- overall size
- amount of space

Cons:
- I have had no problems with my Zune.

I choose the Zune because I didn’t want to be limited to only using a specific music service. I had no problem ripping my CD’s. The software recognized the artist and song immediately. The only thing I did have to do was tag music I had recorded because it didn’t have tags. I have added most of my DVD collection and other videos with no problem. And I love the Zune market place.

The ease of use issue was recently brougt home to me. My husband, who can’t even turn on my laptop, picked up my Zune and started using it. Now he wants one of his own.

In general, if you are lookig for an MP3 player with alot of space for a decent price go with the Zune.

Exceptionally Happy with Zune Device
Zune 80GB (red)–purchased over iTouch and over Samsung YP-2P Widescreen, and very happy I did. For those who like FM radio, Zune is preferable to iPod. User interface is straightfoward (though learning how to turn unit off entirely to save battery life is important and not obvious). I’ve downloaded extensive music collection onto the unit, and more than a dozen full length movies from dvd. Spent some time on the internet to figure out best way to rip/decode dvds, shrink them, and then encode the files to a format that synced well with Zune device. After a week or so of experimenting, I found that well known and safe freeware programs could transcode movies in both full screen (320×240) and widescreen formats (320 x 180) compatible with Zune. Full length feature movies use about half a gig, so there’s room for quite an audio and video library on the Zune. This capacity for only slightly higher price made Zune preferable to Samsung unit above.

Unit is solidly built. I bought a hard (metal) case for protection and none too soon-wife dropped it first time she held it. No damage, period. I use it on a daily bike commute and when doing yardwork. So, far, excellent overall performance. I liked it so much, I decided to buy my younger daughter a 8GB (pink) Zune rather than an iPod nano because I was able to get twice the drive space for less than the price of the nano, and got the radio. (Older daughter has 30GB iPod Video so we’re familiar with both products.) Same software combination allows storing movies on 8GB unit (though the small screen makes me wonder whether watching movies on it makes sense–10 year old daughter says it is, but I couldn’t do it!). Anyway, 8GB unit has 3 Harry Potter films on it and music, and just barely half filled. Also, the sync feature between the 80GB and the 8GB unit worked flawlessly, though of limited use since synced items are playable only 3 times. Wireless syncing with library also functions well, but makes sense only for minor updates. Turning off wireless option helps to save battery, so it’s a trade off.

Only caveat at this point is that video encoding produces a file that is rendered a bit dark, too dark for viewing in a well lit room or outside during daylight. Does not really affect B&W video files (even film noire pics like Big Sleep for instance).

Strongly recommended.