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Jason Dunn
10-03-2007, 10:49 PM
In the news world, this is called &quot;B-Roll&quot; footage: it's video footage prepared by the company you're doing the story on - although usually wouldn't have music with it because the journalist filing the story would be doing a voice-over, explaining what the user is seeing. This footage comes straight from Microsoft in MP4 format, but I've also uploaded it to YouTube and converted it to WMV so pretty much everyone should be able to view it in one way or another. I suggest downloading the <a href="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/zt/2007/zune2-broll.mp4">MP4 version</a> (49 MB) or the <a href="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/zt/2007/zune2-broll.wmv">WMV version</a> (25 MB) over the YouTube version because YouTube's quality is so low.<br /><object width="425" height="350"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b5T5TSNbvIk" name="movie" /><param value="transparent" name="wmode" /><embed width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b5T5TSNbvIk"></embed></object> <br />The video has a lot of information packed into it: the improved user interface on the Zune, the radically different Zune desktop software, the new Zune Marketplate, and a whole lot more. I've watched it several times now - there's some exciting stuff in here!
MarxMarvelous
10-03-2007, 11:15 PM
One tidbit I noticed in the video - on the Zune 4/8, the earphone jack is on the bottom of the device...
Rocco Augusto
10-03-2007, 11:41 PM
the new 80GB Zune looks pretty sweet. i think i might have to buy one... the misses is going to kill me! :)
Jason Dunn
10-04-2007, 12:43 AM
One tidbit I noticed in the video - on the Zune 4/8, the earphone jack is on the bottom of the device...

Ah, good find! That...sucks. I don't like that at all. :eek:
MarxMarvelous
10-04-2007, 06:13 AM
Ah, good find! That...sucks. I don't like that at all. :eek:

I actually wondered why no one had done it before... think about it:

You stick your player into your jacket pocket after looking at it - it goes in (and back out) screen first. So why not have the jack at the bottom where it can go straight out of the pocket?

Or maybe the hardware layout just favored that :)
David Tucker
10-04-2007, 04:44 PM
Yeah, it sounds weird at first but I look at my player sitting on my desk next to me. The plug is on the top and my cord has to wrap around it to get to me since I have the player facing me in a way I can read.

I'm trying to think of a way I'd use it that it would be inconvenient and I can't think of any but I can think of several times it would be more convenient.
StellarStaticHawk
11-14-2007, 03:30 AM
I just heard about the new Zune. It's looks great. But I was wondering will the car charger for the FIRST Zune work for the NEW Zune??? :confused::cool:
Jason Dunn
11-14-2007, 03:40 AM
...I was wondering will the car charger for the FIRST Zune work for the NEW Zune???

It depends on how tight of a fit it is - the physical connector is the same type, but it's in a slightly different place on the Zune, because the new Zune is thinner.
StellarStaticHawk
11-14-2007, 03:48 AM
hmmm....so how do I know if it will fit? I don't have a zune or the charger. Should I just wait to get the charger for the new zune?
Jason Dunn
11-14-2007, 04:05 AM
hmmm....so how do I know if it will fit? I don't have a zune or the charger. Should I just wait to get the charger for the new zune?

Uh...if you don't have the charger yet, just wait to buy the new Zune, then buy a charger that is compatible with it. Don't buy a v1 charger for a v2 Zune. :D
StellarStaticHawk
11-14-2007, 04:08 AM
oh alright! that sounds like a good idea. :o :cool: is it out yet?
Jason Dunn
11-14-2007, 04:12 AM
oh alright! that sounds like a good idea. :o :cool: is it out yet?

Yup, lots in our Amazon store (http://astore.amazon.com/zunethoughts-20).

I see one here for...$4.10....!?

http://astore.amazon.com/zunethoughts-20/detail/B000P9W22K/104-8147914-2239126
StellarStaticHawk
11-14-2007, 09:27 PM
Awesome! Thanks!
StellarStaticHawk
11-22-2007, 04:55 AM
Wait, I have a question. Sorry if it sounds dumb. Does the new Zune only come in 4, 8, and 80 GB? or is there a new 30 GB? I was looking around and the 30 GB looks like the old one or am I wrong? Is there a new 30 GB? :(:)
Jason Dunn
11-22-2007, 05:05 AM
Wait, I have a question. Sorry if it sounds dumb. Does the new Zune only come in 4, 8, and 80 GB?

Correct. The Zune 30 is just the new name for the Zune 1.0, the thick one.