[David Tucker]

I have a friend who has been waffling between the iPod and Zune and this was her response when I told her about this news:

Oh I like that. I was leaning towards an ipod but now I have to consider my options again

I think as people find out about this, its going to generate very positive reactions. If you buy at least a CD every month then this is a huge value add. I'm not actually sure it will give me much other than the ability to put it on CD sometimes but it is a pretty big psychological thing.

[David Tucker]

I have a friend who has been waffling between the iPod and Zune and this was her response when I told her about this news:

Oh I like that. I was leaning towards an ipod but now I have to consider my options again

I think as people find out about this, its going to generate very positive reactions. If you buy at least a CD every month then this is a huge value add. I'm not actually sure it will give me much other than the ability to put it on CD sometimes but it is a pretty big psychological thing.

[fmcpherson]

How do you know which songs you get to keep?

[David Tucker]

Originally Posted by fmcpherson

How do you know which songs you get to keep?

You get to pick

[grommet]

Basically, it's just 10 track purchase credits you get per month that you can use on any available content. Go to the Marketplace and right click 'buy' or 'add to cart' any content that's available... yes, including content that's not available via subscription.

The "keep 10 tracks" statement is a little wrong and seems to confuse people.

[David Tucker]

That makes it even better actually...wow. Just keeping 10 subscription tracks is a nice thing to be able to say...but to be able to grab even the ones not available via subscription is pretty awesome.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by grommet

...yes, including content that's not available via subscription.

Wow, now THAT impresses me, because it actually enhances the value of the subscription service overall, allowing you to access (and keep!) music that you can't get normally via subscription. Nice.

[nook]

How do I use the 10 credits that I have with my Zune Pass? I don't see any credits.

[Neil Enns]

It looks like they are basically song credits. Add a song to your cart for purchase (right click on the song in the market place and pick buy). The resulting dialog says "NO CHARGE" and at the bottom says "This purchase will use 1 of your song credits."

So basically, it's even better than "keep 10". It's buy 10 for free. AWESOME.

I *heart* my Zune Pass.

Neil

[inteller]

Microsoft needs to go ahead and buy Netflix. I'd like to stream all the music and videos I can eat for $20 a month (and keep 10). It looks like right now I'm going to need to shell $9 a mo for Netflix and if I decide to spring for the Zune Pass that is another $15. Either that or Microsoft needs to add an all you can stream video option to Zune Pass.

I've read blogs where people said they would dump netflix if Microsoft buys them....but dump them and go to what? Blockbuster? Yeah right.

Microsoft could dominate the media supscription market in one fell swoop if they bought netflix.

[David Tucker]

While it would be great...its not entirely neccessary to me since the Netflix solution is well integrated in the NXE. I would not be opposed to that at all though.