Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 636 Location: Santa fe, Texas
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject: ZUNE Vs. IPOD
ok im about to go buy a new MP3 player but i dont know which is the best to get i want to be able to play movies in .avi format and that can have a good display and last long
thanks
PS sorry i have been gone my school been getting in the way at the time _________________ xbox AID 4.10 80GB WD
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wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject:
I got a zune thay are about to update the firmware so you can transfer music wireless and sync up with your pc via wifi.
and the new slim is comeing out.
and the hack to use the free space like a big flash drive.
But ipods ok too i guess.
JP45 Xbox-HQ Freak
Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 636 Location: Santa fe, Texas
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject:
ive heard the zunes are not good beacause the only way to get music to the MP3 is to buy the music from zune but also can it hold avi format if zune can hold avi and transfers music you already have on your PC then i am gonna buy a zune _________________ xbox AID 4.10 80GB WD
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Rebelcharm Moderator
Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 1373 Location: TX
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject:
I use a ipod shuffle at work and that thing is amazing! Holds all the songs that I like and much better then listening to the radio. ipod are really durable too. You have to really mess them up for them to not play again. I gotta say I am alot more impressed with ipods then I am with zune. Just my two cents. I don't know about the movie stuff but as far as quality goes definetly ipod.
SiK_WiD_iT Moderator
Joined: Jan 25, 2007 Posts: 1626 Location: Big Stone Gap, VA USA
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject:
Personally, I think Apple has a great product with the iPod. I don't own one personally but my old lady does. She loves hers. I've fooled with it a little bit and I like it too. iPods are very durable and I haven't heard of anyone having theirs broken or anything. Don't know much about the Zune but from what I read on their site (http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/howto/start/connectcomputer.htm) it just says (media library) so I'm not too sure if thats thier software only or if that would be like your media library like on Windows Media Player. I think it would work tho. _________________
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:10 pm Post subject:
JP45 wrote:
ive heard the zunes are not good beacause the only way to get music to the MP3 is to buy the music from zune but also can it hold avi format if zune can hold avi and transfers music you already have on your PC then i am gonna buy a zune
Sure man avi divx and all that and it can use any wma mp3 format.
like i said if the ipod can do it so can zune.
Thay have the hacked codeing for it so you can add even more codecs to it then stock zune.
crash04 Xbox-HQ Experienced
Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Central Indiana
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject:
I have a Zune and I love the thing. I will never go back to the iPod because I highly prefer the Guest mode of the Zune, and I feel the synchronization piece of the Zune software is above Apple's. Both devices have their pros and cons though. I didn't know you could actually load AVI on the device itself, the only thing I have found is a registry hack that allows you to add any type of video files to the Zune Library on the local machine, and then when you sync it, it converts it to the proper format for the Zune. The only real hacks for the Zune I have found are the Video registry hack, using the free space as a storage drive, and the ways of getting around the DRM when you share music Zune to Zune.
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Central Indiana
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:
I was getting ready to say, the Multi-Extension was the only way I knew of doing anything of that nature. I wasn't gonna say you were wrong though, because I may not have seen any new developments. The converting takes about, in my experience, about 5 minutes for a 3 minute video. In the defense of the Zune though, that could very well be the fault of my run of the PC. No real tweaks or anything to it.
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject:
When you leve the zune software at stock the sync and converter is set to low priority raise it to high and it wont take near as long.
crash04 Xbox-HQ Experienced
Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Central Indiana
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject:
I have moved that up to high priority, but another thing that hurts it is that currently I'm hosting my web page off of this machine, doing my graphic design work, and lord knows what else. It's my fault the conversion is that slow, I will admit that. I know if I leave it convert overnight its done in the morning and thats all that matters.
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:53 pm Post subject:
Thats why i run it off my other pc, my main pc is the worker and the dell is for imer and fun.
crash04 Xbox-HQ Experienced
Joined: Mar 07, 2005 Posts: 184 Location: Central Indiana
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject:
That's the way I used to be with my Zune, until my HP Server literally went up in flames about 1 month ago. It's kinda cool seeing a fireball shoot out the back of a server. Not something you see everyday.
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