Microsoft Zune 2 Photo Gallery
Here are a few photos of the second generation Zunes, 4 / 8 & 80; along with comparison photos to the rejuvenated first gen and other MP3 players in its class. Aside from the design addition touch interface the Zune 80 and the Zune 30 have an identical feel to them in terms of inter face thanks to the updated firmware. So those of you who have and “old school” Zune 30 you are not missing much.
Overall, I am pretty impressed with the new Zune line up. The design is on point, the interface is very smooth, and the new software is a beautiful thing. I think the Zunes tend to be a bit oversimplified at times and lacks features that will keep the hardcore audience clenching their Creatives, Cowons, Sansas, and Samsungs. But in time, we may see that change with future Zune firmware updates.
Without further delay, here are the pics…
Comments
akasan on November 14, 2007 2:21 PM
I wanted a 1st generation zune, played with it several times at best buy. What kept me from buying it? No custom eq. I hate presets. I figured they would rectify this with zune 2, i really wanted the 80 gig. But now I find that not only do they not have a custom eq, there is no eq at all. No eq? NO EQ? Yeah I know that there are audiophiles who prefer a flat eq just as there are people who prefer no seasoning on their food or their coffee black with no sugar. I am not one of them. Where's my darned eq? I have $250 for you microsoft if you can somehow manage that. Don't care about wifi. Don't really care about the fancy glass screen. Just want my music to sound the way I want it to sound.
Cunthor on November 14, 2007 3:06 PM
Does anyone know these things about Zune 80:
Can you hook it up to a d-slr and copy files over?
Use it as a mass storage (via drag and drop)?
Thanks!
shen on November 14, 2007 5:03 PM
somebody break one open!!!
i wanna see it's insides!!
bassawkwards on November 14, 2007 9:34 PM
I agree with you Akasan. I am really disappointed that MS opted not to include an EQ in the new Zune. I'm no hardcore audiophile either, but one sound does not suit all imo. I like the EQ to suit the sound to my liking, since not all CD's are mastered equally, some worse than others. Frankly, I don't care how the artist intended it to sound since they were probably using thousands of dollars worth of equipment during the recording sessions, it will sound different on my various headphones. Hopefully MS can implement an software solution for the EQ, since I have read the first gen Zune had the EQ built into the hardware.
Rant over.
Dusty on November 14, 2007 11:43 PM
No EQ. No balance control. No equalization processing for headphones. Add them before xmas and the 80 gig model is in my stocking!
whoopass on November 15, 2007 12:07 AM
when does the 80 come out in canada?
Fat kid on November 15, 2007 8:49 PM
The New Zune 80 is perhaps the most beautifully simple DAP ever.
It's so pretty!
Prosound on November 16, 2007 9:15 AM
Has anyone else had problems witht he new zune software? I had the original zune, and when I updated it the new zune software doesn't recognize the ID3 tags correctly. It displays album/artist/track info, but it is mess, none of it matches anything in the zune software, or subsiquently on the zune itself once sync'ed?
m$ scks on November 19, 2007 12:52 AM
no EQ... NO SALE!
goemon4 on November 22, 2007 10:22 AM
Prosound - i get the same thing, its so annoying compared to other things. Say can the zune sync with windows media player 11?
but man are these players secksy! I want one so bad, to bad the software is so bad now!