i am only slightly excited about the new zune HD. it is great that microsoft has not given up. however, i don’t see any compelling reason to upgrade at this time. i bought a “camcorder” cable to connect my zune 80 to a TV. it works well. however, i almost never use it.
having to buy a special dock to get HD video from the zune HD to a TV seems like a superfluous way to go. let’s break it down. the zune HD can send HD video to a HDTV. but that HDTV will most likely be in your home connected to other HD sources. do they expect you to rip blu-ray movies to your computer, sync to your zune HD, and connect to a TV. why not just put the disc in a blu-ray player.
this HD capabilities seems to only be valid for content that you get from a computer only, meaning the internet. fair enough, let’s look at that. the new HD is supposed to mesh better with the xbox 360. i already use my xbox 360 as a media extender to watch HD content on my TV. oops, no need for the zune HD.
finally, i am disappointed that the zune HD will only be available with flash memory. i love the capacity of my zune 80. i load it with entire shows (yes, entire shows… all seasons at a time) regularly. right now i have the entire star trek voyager series on my zune 80. i would not be able to do this will a smaller capacity player. i have 35 gb of music on my zune 80, and use the rest to hold movies and TV series i am catching up on. with a flash player of 32 gb i will have to pick and choose what to place on my player. that’s not for me.
if the point of the zune HD is to put HD video content on it then doesn’t that have need for more capacity, not less.
