by Patrick
25. November 2006 20:11
Well, had my Zune for just over a week, and so far, so good...
Highlights, subscription plan seems to rock, download all I want, pay $15 / month.� Video is good once you convert the movies.
Low points...
- Battery Life watching movies is about 3-4 hours depending on size of file
- Take litterally forever to convert movies to WMV on sync, got to be a better way, right now using Super to convert my videos
- Skipping of protected files while in the car or moving the player, think this has something to do with buffering and authorization database
- Zune Marketplace is slow, software is slow, syncing is slow
Highlights...
- Subscription plan for music vs buying songs (I've downloaded over 2,000 songs!)
- Bigger screen for video
- HD Hack to use Zune as HD seems to work well.� Got to trick it into RW but it seems to be fine.
- Charging seems to be fast
Overall, need to get a power adapter and car adapter and maybe a few sync cables for work and home.� Can't wait to see what will come of this Zune once the hackers get done with it.� I could never figure out why the hackers never went after Apple for the ipod, but hopefully they will target the Zune to bring more functionality albeit unofficial hacks.