Moved from iPod Classic. Also have Cowon A2 30Gig, Sansa Clip 2Gig, and an old Zen 1Gig.
Pros:
- Easy navigation
- Great capacity (120Gb)
- Amazing, big screen (Cowon's better, but it's a PVP)
- Zune Pass puts it over the top (more below).
- FM Radio...very handy at times
- Wi-Fi is fun gadget factor, until you pair w/ another Zune, then it's a huge feature. Swapping tunes is a hoot (3 plays max, must own the song to share) and is painless.
- Games are wonderful if you're stuck in a waiting room or between meetings.
Even w/ other players (except as noted)
- Sound quality is very good. The other players have equalizers, but w/ the same headphones, Zune is just as good. (Exception: nothing comes close to the amazing audio quality of the Cowon A2)
- No case, neither did iPod, Cowon's is awesome.
- Build quality same iPod vs Zune vs Cowon (smaller players flimsy)
Cons:
- Gotta be battery life, especially video. Getting half what is cited unless I put screen brightness way down.
- Not as many settings and options as iPod
- Song search feature in iPod is essential in a large hard drive MP3 player, Zune doesn't have this.
- Not a fan of iTunes, but it's still better than the Zune PC software. Yuck. Version 4.0 just came out, hope it's better.
- Not as many accessories as iPod...for example not a killer case (that I've found).
Zune Pass is what puts the Zune Player over the top. For $14.99 I'm able to download almost everything in the Zune Marketplace, stream it or load it to my player (120Gigs is a lot of music!). Then once a month I choose 10 to keep. Assuming 99 cents per song value, this means the effective use of the service (all the music I want to sample) is just $4.99. And, you can share it with 3 other computers/Zunes. My daughter and I share the same account at $14.99/mo (10 keepers a month between us). Think I'll get my son a Zune for Christmas!
So far, love it! Pros and cons equal it to the iPod until you add the Zune Pass.Get more detail about Zune 120 GB Video MP3 Player (Black).
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