Why is the zune hd so expensive if they dont even produce them anymore?
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Economics of any device centers around supply and demand. Because it is such a great product and they do not manufacture them anymore, demand is high and supply is low. Enough people are willing to swallow the costs to get their hands on one.
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I think there will be the native capability soon, due to the fact that the Zune 2 has the functionality and that people are asking for it. Either Apple will do it or independent developers will since Apple is releasing the SDK...
1314571
Portable CD players have gone up in price as the high quality ones are no longer produced. Unfortunately, this player is from about 2000-2001 and back in those days anything that played MP3s were rare (I remember a 64MB MP3 player for about $80...not even enough space for a long CD). If you want to play MP3s on this, burn them as Red Book audio and play them.
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if they want to compete with Apple... seriously??? the Zune HD's 32 gb version is only 289.99... while the iPod Touch's 32 gb version is.... yup, a whopping $399.99, i dunno about you, but i think i would prefer the device that is $120 cheaper and with the same capacity ;) so tell me again how this won't compete with the iPod touch?
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Count me as yet one more who, a-Can't use earbuds, and b-Has used these exclusively for at least a decade in spite of the fact that I know I will have to replace them in a year. I was willing to play that game as long as I could get them for as little as five bucks. Now that Sony has done this astonishing thing with the price I am no longer cooperating with what I'm pretty sure is a case of planned breakage. All in all it's a bizarre situation. *Nobody* makes a comparable product? Will certainly post if I find one.
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Ok great thanks for your comments; was getting scared, thought that this version was coming out with problems. BTW, what do you think about the Zune or the Creative Zen? do they match with iPod?Thanks once again
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It absolutely perplexes me, when people come up with this bogus "why would I want a radio with a 250 dollar mp3 player". Well, some people like listening to the radio. For instance, I always listen to radio shows on stations such as rock/metal. They are nice to listen to on the way home, and at work, some reasonable human beings might really want to listen to their favorite radio show at work. All these USELESS features that ipod lovers glorify, all they do is clutter the device. Keep it simple, a higher quality ,MUSIC player is better than a device which tries to cram useless "stuff" to try to please everyone. Coverflow?????? someone tried saying ipod is superior because of coverflow????? That makes about as much sense as Mike Tyson teaching organic chemistry. Lets move on to the build and quality. Ipod classic has a cheaper sound chip. And if you look back to previouis generations, where zune and ipod had the same one, zune sounded better. Because, ipod has cheaper internal engeneering. Cheaper internal engeneering, and a cheaper soundchip, and you have a music player who does not focus on music, but darnit if it doesnt have all those amazing features. Zune has a stronger, more durable build, which sounds better. IT tends to focus on music. Screen size....they have the same resolution......SO if you have te same resolution screen, but zune is bigger.....I think most "rational" human beings would rather watch movies on the larger screen... Not to mention, ipod is just plain white menus. ANd that half screen menu thing, I dont know what they were thinking there? Zune has custom backgrounds, and a more pleasing interface. Thats all for now, Good day
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Yeah what happened? This was $279 just a few days ago and frequently was available for as low as $240. So what gives? Looking to get this, but not at over $400! And be warned, with USB 3.0 quickly becoming the standard, any HD camcorders with USB 2.0 built in will be passe very soon.
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They make alot of those boomboxes, the original one your looking at is probably out of stock and there trying to sell you a another one, I tried ordering the same one just to find a different one which have different features which I returned.
931918
Sorry to take so long. I had to go back and look at the box and to see what I had. I have a 120GB regular non-HD Zune. So I don't know. Sadly, I answer I could give, I'd be making up.
2259216
Hard to fund currently, as they were discontinued because of poor design/quality. Try ebay if you really need one, but do not expect it to work.
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If you mean the old model is more expensive, I believe 1.) it is harder to find for sale 2.) There are a lot of notes indicating the older model may have come from a time when the quality of the units were actually better. 3.) I am going to purchase an older model because I do not need high resolution, I want quality, and I am connecting to XP.
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I purchased my HD2000 from ebay for $569.00. So it is really silly to buy the 1010 for 600+$
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See previous discussion..http://www.amazon.com/zune-hd/forum/FxDHIZT1P0VBHF/Tx38JOP43KNDEJ6/1/ref=cm_cd_dp_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&s;=electronics&asin;=B001666GLE&store;=electronics
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Hmmm.... why only 60?My 40G player I got 3 years ago has 36G full. And my music is on a machine that does not run windows. But, of course, I'd "upgrade" to a Zune if I weren't such a fanboy. Instead I'm going to pay an exhorbinant $100 (40%) more, and get almost 3 (267%) times as much storage because that's the kind of stupid thing we fanboys do.Further proof of my fanboy lunacy is that I'm investing more dollars into a "closed" ecosystem when I could buy something that works on a multivendor platform like Plays For Sure.But hey, it makes me feel cool and pretty. Hmmm.... why only 60?My 40G player I got 3 years ago has 36G full. And my music is on a machine that does not run windows. But, of course, I'd "upgrade" to a Zune if I weren't such a fanboy. Instead I'm going to pay an exhorbinant $100 (40%) more, and get almost 3 (267%) times as much storage because that's the kind of stupid thing we fanboys do.Further proof of my fanboy lunacy is that I'm investing more dollars into a "closed" ecosystem when I could buy something that works on a multivendor platform like Plays For Sure.But hey, it makes me... » Read More Hmmm.... why only 60?My 40G player I got 3 years ago has 36G full. And my music is on a machine that does not run windows. But, of course, I'd "upgrade" to a Zune if I weren't such a fanboy. Instead I'm going to pay an exhorbinant $100 (40%) more, and get almost 3 (267%) times as much storage because that's the kind of stupid thing we fanboys do.Further proof of my fanboy lunacy is that I'm investing more dollars into a "closed" ecosystem when I could buy something that works on a multivendor platform like Plays For Sure.But hey, it makes me feel cool and pretty. « Show Less
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I am pretty sure they DON'T come with premium headphones. I ordered my Zune 120gb yesterday, I am getting it tomorrow. I guess I'll find out then.
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I Believe, but don't "quote me", that I read that on a forum(presumably good information)that they ARE backward compatible, so that the new dock V2, should work on all forms of Zune Players up to 80gigs, and I believe that either this newer Dock, or the next generation possibly V3, not sure, will handle 720P res. Feel free to correct/verify this information.