Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player (Red)

Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player (Red) Features

Additional Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player (Red) Information

The Zune easily connects you with your music, videos, and pictures wherever and whenever you want.

Share full-length tracks of your favorite songs, albums, playlists, pictures, and even audio podcasts with other Zune users.

(Black Zune shown here with Dock Pack v2 with remote, sold separately.)

Store up to 20,000 songs, 25,000 pictures, or 250 hours of video.

Get all your favorite music at the Zune Marketplace. Simple, Innovative Controls
The Zune is a breeze to use with new, intuitive touch controls. Don't subject yourself to cumbersome, slow scrolling. The innovative new Zune pad makes browsing your music, video and picture collections fun and effortless. You'll fly through your favorites and get to just what you're looking for in no time flat. This powerhouse device stores up to 20,000 songs, 25,000 pictures, or 250 hours of video. (Please note that music estimates are based on 128 kbps WMA files, with length of 4 minutes each; pictures transferred to Zune will be optimized for Zune screen size; and video estimates are based on 500 kbps WMV files with 128 kbps WMA audio tracks.)

That's a lot of entertainment, and you'll appreciate it even more with the Zune's awesome screen. The big, beautiful, 3.2-inch color screen provides uncompromising portable video viewing. This Zune also comes equipped with premium earphones. Designed to block out external noise, these earphones provide superior sound and bass response, and leave your ears with nothing but your favorite tunes. Your favorite music, videos, and pictures have never looked and sounded better.

FM Radio
The Zune also features a built-in FM radio tuner so that you can listen to local FM stations or tune-in programming while you're at the gym. Advanced tuning capabilities allow you to see the name of the song that's currently playing on select frequencies.

Wireless Sync
We're all exhausted by the cables and wires that tangle up our lives. Luckily, the Zune is one device that doesn't require another cord. You can easily connect to your home wireless network and sync your Zune with your PC collection of digital goodies. You can also sync using the dock, AC adapter, or speaker dock accessory (not included).

The Zune Community and Marketplace
Zune is all about sharing and community. At the Zune Online Community, you'll discover, share, and leave your musical mark. Create a Zune card and Zune profile page to reflect your musical identity. From the Zune Online Community, you can invite friends, share song recommendations, post comments, and browse member pages to unearth new tunes and connect to others who share your musical tastes.

When you're ready to purchase music and load your device with new tunes, turn to Zune Marketplace. With more than 3 million songs, DRM-free MP3s, music videos, audio/video podcasts, and more content added every day, you'll certainly get your fill. The store is always open and just a mouse click away. You also can choose between the download or subscription packages--buy individual songs and albums, or snag a Zune Pass subscription with all you can eat access to discover and explore the nooks and crannies of artists and genres.

Zune-to-Zune Sharing
Once your Zune is loaded with good stuff, you'll be ready to embrace wireless Zune-to-Zune sharing. Share full-length tracks of your favorite songs, albums, playlists, pictures, and even audio podcasts. You can listen to the full track of any song you receive up to three times, and you can even pass along songs that are shared with you to other friends. If you find a song you really love, you can easily add it to your wishlist and buy it later when you sync to your PC. When it comes to syncing and importing your music, the Zune makes it easy. Zune software can automatically import your existing music, pictures, and videos from iTunes and Windows Media Player in a variety of formats, including your existing playlists and song ratings.

Recorded TV or Movies to Go
The Zune will also automatically import TV shows or movies recorded using a PC running Windows Media Center in Windows Vista. Record all your favorites, sync to your Zune, and hit the road with your favorite TV shows right in your pocket.

Your Games. Your Music. Your Way.
Another awesome feature is the Zune's compatibility with the Xbox 360. Plug your Zune into your Xbox 360 to customize the soundtrack in supported games. You also can stream music, pictures, and videos from the Zune software on your PC to your Xbox 360 console using a wireless connection. Whether you're staying in or going out, travelling or working, the Zune can be right there with you, providing loads of entertainment direct from your pocket.

What's in the Box
Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player (red), premium headphones, sync cable, and three sizes of ear sleeves.

What Customers Say About Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player (Red):

For a premium price, of course. I've been a loyal customer - I've owned PC's and used Windows for 20 years now. It is the PC that is open architecture, and adaptable to change. Maybe you ultimately will, but you will have to work to pull me back because I've been burned now and wont quickly forget. Wifi and Social networking instead of an EQ.

Like everything else Apple sells.When I heard about the Zune, I was excited. And remember, this is coming from a dedicated MS fan.Why. Standardization and reliability was all anyone could really ask for in this space, and the Ipod delivered. I was ready to watch Apple slink into the MP3 background, forced to manufacture pricy "boutique" Ipods for their remaining market niche.

I just want to listen to music and not solve system problems.It didnt have to be this way. And so it was until the Ipod came along.Here, the simplicity of Apple, while restrictive at a PC level, worked beautifully as an MP3 player. Battery options. Appealing to the streak of non-conformity for the sake of non-conformity in some people, they have found a niche as THE ALTERNATIVE. Dear Bill Gates,I should never have been writing this review.

It offers nothing that I'm used to seeing from MS in terms of openness. It is buggy, with poor usability and lack of advanced features. To me, Apple was, and mostly still is, a lot of hipster hype. Why not offer multiple resolution screens. Another UI standard, thats what we needed - not.

Despite all the backlash about MS and Windows in the press, I've always regarded this as a predictable reaction to a very successful company. My career started as a Windows computer programmer, and I watched how PCs essentially changed the world. Very short battery life, buggy firmware and software, poor sound levels when plugging into external sound systems like my car radio. No, we basically get Ipod lite, with some hardly/never used features replacing core functions. Things that USERS could do on their own, like how they buy graphics cards for their PC. its just disappointment after disappointment.The PC software is a mess.

You should have done better. I just dont want to fight with this stuff anymore - I'm worn out from it. Shame on you for blowing it so badly, and taking a good chunk of change from me in the process.

It is so time-consuming and frustrating to get music on the darn player using this junk.I am very sad to tell you that I find myself forced to cross over to the dark side and buy an ipod. I've also watched Apple, and how they have competed and positioned themselves in relation to MS. Are you serious.

It would have been sweet to see.But that isnt what happened, at least not yet.The Zune is an unmitigated disaster. The thing is, for all that cool hype, the Apple has always been the more restrictive system. I saw this as the OPPORTUNITY for MS to once again demonstrate what was possible with technology, and take the MP3 market to the next level.

I gave the zune 2 stars because of the battery life and every once in a while the Zune would freeze up, so i would have to wait to get home and recharge the device to reset it. Before i purchased this, i checked the battery life comparisons with the Ipod however now that i have an ipod i can say that the Zunes battery life is awful and would die without even being used. The up side is that the Zune features are pretty good and easy to handle. The Zune is pretty easy to use and navigate through. Honestly i would not recommend the Zune, get an Ipod instead. I would turn my Zune off and a few days later turn it back on and the device had low battery. The major disappointing thing i had was that the battery life was TERRIBLE. I would have to charge the Zune extremely often.

He loves it and uses it everyday. I bought this for my boyfriend for his birthday.

The desktop software is the worst part. A good quality product with lots of storage. A little buggy at first.

"don't like it")compared to Media Player's five stars.One workaround with Media Player is to build your auto playlists there, save them as an.m3u file and import the.m3u files into Zune. Bottom line - don't wait for Microsoft to catch up since they haven't yet and likely won't (they have had years to do so and have not). You better like that playlist, though, because you will have to repeat the process anytime you want a refresh.So what you have here is a high quality device with a workable, but remarkably basic, interface. However If you are a volume user/music nerd like me, go Apple and you will be happier.One last note - Creative has much better functionality but comes with a whole new set of issues that affect reliability (I have two of those also). Software. I have owned this product almost two years and the quality of the player is excellent. The accessories, such as ear pods are great. That software is inferior to ITunes and Media Player.

Even my personal ratings would be lost in part because Zune has a two-grade format ("like it" vs. If you are a low volumr user and really want a Zune, you don't need one this big - save a few bucks and go with lower capacity. Plus, ITunes will import my library from WMP. Stick with Apple. However, Media Player is best at it and ITunes comes closer than Zune software. In fact, I purchased the Zune over Ipod primarily because I assumed that anything Microsoft made should interface with Media Player, the tool I use to manage my 20,000 tunes. That said, none are great at handling larger libraries - say, 8,000 tunes and up. In fact, my wife asked me to buy an extra set of the ear pods for her because they were so much better than anything she had.So the quality is good - what's wrong with it.

Ipod (I have one of those also) matches quality but provides a greatly enhanced interface through ITunes. If I switched over from Media Player to Zune software (manually - there are no conversion tools)I would lose many of the data fields I rely on to build auto playlists. You can only use the Zune proprietary software with the Zune device. Wrong.