| Originally Posted by kelvinz /img/forum/go_quote.gif Zune can't display Asian characters (chinese, japanese, korean) |
| Originally Posted by Hanafuda /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you couldn't, there's no way I would have bought it. You can put ANYTHING on the Zune, so long as it wasn't bought off itunes or some other service (i.e. playsforsure). The Zune plays media bought off its own "marketplace" (which I'll never, ever use even once) and whatever you bring to the party that you already "own." The only restriction besides that is the replay limitation on stuff you send wifi to other Zunes. I'd love to see them get rid of that restriction, but I can understand it, at least where the protected content is concerned. What's screwed up is that they impose the 3-day/3-play limitation even on unprotected content you send to someone. (it could be your own recording of your dog farting or something, but M$ slaps DRM on it) But keep in mind that 1) its not like ipod or any other player can even do wifi transfer, and 2) its not like youre gonna run into anyone else with a Zune anyway. 
Mine's in the mail so I can't tell ya buy it or not yet, but so far as your concerns are concerned, don't be concerned. edit: oh about putting music onto the player. For now you still need to use the official Zune software. But turn off autosync and folder sharing right from the get go, then you can manually add to your library and manually designate what should be synced. Also with manual sync on you can delete the file off your PC hdd once its been copied to the Zune, and it'll stay on the Zune unless you delete it. |
| Originally Posted by callanish /img/forum/go_quote.gif sounds like the initial doom and gloom portrayed by the media about the Zune is far from the truth. I remember reading countless articles with very few journalists and blogs praising the Zune, so it looked like it was a non-starter as a player. Now that the public has their hands on the zune and living with it day to day in their lives, there seems to be lots of positives in SQ, codec support, video viewing, future hacking potential, etc... Do you think the initial tar and feathering when the Zune first came out was all do to the power of the pro-apple lobby added to the anti-microsoft lobby that found ways to hate it even if the player had its good qualities. P.S This is coming from someone that owns ipods, creative players and a Rio karma, but not a zune. |
| Originally Posted by callanish /img/forum/go_quote.gif sounds like the initial doom and gloom portrayed by the media about the Zune is far from the truth. I remember reading countless articles with very few journalists and blogs praising the Zune, so it looked like it was a non-starter as a player. Now that the public has their hands on the zune and living with it day to day in their lives, there seems to be lots of positives in SQ, codec support, video viewing, future hacking potential, etc... Do you think the initial tar and feathering when the Zune first came out was all do to the power of the pro-apple lobby added to the anti-microsoft lobby that found ways to hate it even if the player had its good qualities. P.S This is coming from someone that owns ipods, creative players and a Rio karma, but not a zune. |
| Originally Posted by TenaciousO /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think the praise you see here on Head-Fi is giving you a false impression of the Zune's acceptance by the people at large. It's my belief that relatively more Head-Fiers are willing to give the Zune a shot because it supposedly has what most of us consider the most important feature of a good DAP - great sound quality. We're very atypical in the sense that the average consumer does not use an amp, buy $100+ headphones, mod their headphones, use expensive interconnects, etc to assure pristine sound quality. The impression that I still get outside of Head-Fi is that the Zune is an abysmal failure and is largely irrelevant. |
| Originally Posted by TenaciousO /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think the praise you see here on Head-Fi is giving you a false impression of the Zune's acceptance by the people at large. It's my belief that relatively more Head-Fiers are willing to give the Zune a shot because it supposedly has what most of us consider the most important feature of a good DAP - great sound quality. We're very atypical in the sense that the average consumer does not use an amp, buy $100+ headphones, mod their headphones, use expensive interconnects, etc to assure pristine sound quality. The impression that I still get outside of Head-Fi is that the Zune is an abysmal failure and is largely irrelevant. |
| Originally Posted by roastpuff /img/forum/go_quote.gif Every time you buy a Zune, God kills a catgirl. So please don't. Think of the catgirls.
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