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The Zune HD is the latest portable media player in the Zune series beating the iPod Touch in beauty, pricing and unique features including built-in HD radio, wireless sync and support for the Zune Pass ‘all you can eat’ subscription music service.
The 32GB (Zune HD 32) and 16GB (Zune HD 16) sport a massive 3.3-inch full-touch screen (480×272-pixel resolution on a OLED display) and is powered by a Nvidia Tegra chipset delivering crisp, fluid graphics and even 720p HD video to your TV through an optional HDMI Zune dock.
The Zune has a comprehensive library of free audio and video podcasts cataloged within the Zune Marketplace. I have easily subscribed to over 20 podcasts updated daily ranging from global news (e.g. The Onion Radio News), current affairs (e.g. The Feed Daily), popular radio shows (e.g. Triple J Hack) through to technical topics (CNET News) [...]
The latest Zune firmware includes a screen lock requiring a 4-character number code to be entered in order to use the media player, this is great for keeping casual browsers out.
Open Settings
Open Screen Lock
Select Screen Lock
Set your screen lock code by scrolling vertically on the directional pad from 0-9
Confirm your screen lock by providing your [...]
Over the weekend I visited the Triple J website and noticed they have made available RSS audio feeds of their featured shows – Sunday night Safran, Hack, Roy and HG and Robbie, Marieke and The Doctor – which are all now available on Zune Marketplace!
After the obstacle of converting my AVI-based video clip library into Zune-compatible formats I then set about categorising the videos indexed within Zune to take advantage of better playback support of TV shows (e.g. after an episode has been viewed it is dimmed and the latest episode made available).
By default all imported video clips show [...]
It just makes sense to have these basic features consistent across the Zune platform.
Playlist Creation
I love the “On The Go” feature of the iPod (hold down the common button when a track is selected for building quick playlists), a similar solution is available for the Zen and other players but the Zune has so far [...]
Christmas Day was epic, I prised my Zune (Flash 8GB v3.1 in blue) out of its packaging and went straight to work, getting video onto the Zune! Here’s how I did it.
Download Free Zune Video Converter 1.0 from Pazera Software
Extract the archive to a new folder called Free Zune Video Converter in Program Files
From the [...]
As I read more into my Zune (opening it on Christmas Day!) it’s becoming clear I’m going to need to pull off some tricks in order to circumvent the isolation policy on the Zune Marketplace operating in the United States and recently Canada. As of writing this I’ve successfully signed up for a 14-day unrestricted [...]
