should i buy a zune 2

Poizen22 · 05-25-2008, 03:51 PM

well im in need of an mp3 player, i thought i could have boguth a micro sd card for my phone and used that but ive come to understand that the use of yoru phone as an mp3 player is very bad for the batery so im in the market for a mp3 player. im looking at a zune 80gb from ebay.ca, that or i can get a creative zen 4gb for 89.99. the zune 2 is about 200$ while the zen is 89$ which would be a better option?

WorldIndustries · 05-25-2008, 04:33 PM

There is a huge difference between 80GB and 4GB... The zune will hold pretty much anyone's music library, as well as a large collection of movies and videos and stuff... If that appeals to you... Go for it.

Static_11 · 05-25-2008, 04:34 PM

why spend 90$ for a 4gig mp3 player?

Spend 80$ on a 30 gig zune. (the original)

:P it's great.

Gilinator · 05-25-2008, 05:20 PM

One guy on here hates his 30GB Zune. He says it has awful battery life. He reccomended getting one of the new ones.

Problems with iPod

Mak213 · 05-25-2008, 06:44 PM

I have a Zine 30 and it is just fine. I have used it for 10 hours straight before with no issues at all.

Plus a Zune 80 is the best. Love it. But it doesnt hold my whole music collection. Would need 3 of them to do so....

carnageX · 05-25-2008, 07:34 PM

Battery life on mine is awesome as well. Watched a 2.5hr movie on it, and then listened to music right after (road trip..heh), and it still had over half battery...then I listened to music for 3hrs on the way back from my trip (same day), and it was just around half battery according to the battery guage...quite awesome battery life.

surgeVel · 05-27-2008, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mak213

I have a Zine 30 and it is just fine. I have used it for 10 hours straight before with no issues at all.

Plus a Zune 80 is the best. Love it. But it doesnt hold my whole music collection. Would need 3 of them to do so....

You seriously have more than 80GB of music? Holy crap! That's like 20,000 songs!!!!! Plus you said you would need 3 of them to hold all of your music... so that would mean you have close to 60,000 songs!!! Do you do anything BESIDES listen to and download music?

Mak213 · 05-27-2008, 05:32 PM

My collection is small. Ask EricB how much he has at some point. Either that or go into the Audio area and see that he has almost 300GB of music.

I have just about 200GB. Yes i do all sorts of things other than listen to music. That is just the thing i do while surfing the web.

surgeVel · 05-27-2008, 07:12 PM

Seriously, though... how can you have that many songs? That's just insane! Either you have spent literally tens of thousands of dollars on music! (if you acquired them the legal way, that is)

I only have like 600 songs and it's always hard for me to find new ones I like.

Mak213 · 05-27-2008, 08:32 PM

All the music i have is from stuff i have owned. I backed up my stuff to my PC. I had a collection of over 400 CD's at one point in time. I also got CD's from a friend.

It is not that hard to get this much music legally. All CD's that i have on my PC is available in my collection of media as well. I have my CD's all stored now.

I like music. I have since i was 12 and have been collecting it for 18 years now. Not hard to build that big of a collection after that much time. Sorry you think that is insane but after 18 years to get just about 1,000 CD's isnt that hard. I have about 3x as much PC applications than that in just under half that time.

05-25-2008, 03:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Poizen22 former amd gt player Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,628	should i buy a zune 2 well im in need of an mp3 player, i thought i could have boguth a micro sd card for my phone and used that but ive come to understand that the use of yoru phone as an mp3 player is very bad for the batery so im in the market for a mp3 player. im looking at a zune 80gb from ebay.ca, that or i can get a creative zen 4gb for 89.99. the zune 2 is about 200$ while the zen is 89$ which would be a better option? __________________ cpu-q6600 3.6 lapped 38 c idle 51c load 1.368v -mobo 750iftwpencil modded -gpu g92 8800gts ram-1x2gb rendition value ram ddr800 4-4-4-12 crucial on rma-psu 600w silverstone strider-160gb caviar drive+ 160gb wd mybook external-lg dvd rw x3-nzxt apollo-tuniq tower 15982 3d marks in 06. liquid loop coming soon. sli coming soon.

05-25-2008, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
WorldIndustries Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,236	Re: should i buy a zune 2 There is a huge difference between 80GB and 4GB... The zune will hold pretty much anyone's music library, as well as a large collection of movies and videos and stuff... If that appeals to you... Go for it. __________________ A64 3500+ (@2.2GHz) 1GB OCZ Plat DDR600 DFI Lanparty NF4-D XFX GeForce 8600GT Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Samsung Spinpoint 120GB IDE Toshiba Satellite A-200 C2D T5250 @1.5GHz 2GB DDR2 RAM 200GB SATA Drive ATI Radeon HD 2400

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Gilinator Super Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 277	Re: should i buy a zune 2 One guy on here hates his 30GB Zune. He says it has awful battery life. He reccomended getting one of the new ones. Problems with iPod __________________

05-25-2008, 06:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 15,433	Re: should i buy a zune 2 I have a Zine 30 and it is just fine. I have used it for 10 hours straight before with no issues at all. Plus a Zune 80 is the best. Love it. But it doesnt hold my whole music collection. Would need 3 of them to do so.... __________________

05-25-2008, 07:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
carnageX Lurker Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,687	Re: should i buy a zune 2 Battery life on mine is awesome as well. Watched a 2.5hr movie on it, and then listened to music right after (road trip..heh), and it still had over half battery...then I listened to music for 3hrs on the way back from my trip (same day), and it was just around half battery according to the battery guage...quite awesome battery life. __________________ /Antec 900...................................Intel e6750 @ 3.53GHz\ /Xigmatek Rifle S1283..............GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R mobo\ /2x1GB G.Skill/2x1GB OCZ Gold DDR2-800 @ 5-5-5-15, 441MHz\ \EVGA 8800GT 512MB @ 730/1000................Corsair 520hx PSU/ \19" Hanns-G Widescreen LCD.............19" AOC Fullscreen CRT/ \SeaGate 500GB/320GB; Maxtor 160GB external; W.D. 160GB/ 3DMark06 Score: 13700 \| carnageX \| e6750 @ 3.53GHz \| 8800GT 512MB @ 760/1080 \| XP Home 32bit

05-27-2008, 05:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 15,433	Re: should i buy a zune 2 My collection is small. Ask EricB how much he has at some point. Either that or go into the Audio area and see that he has almost 300GB of music. I have just about 200GB. Yes i do all sorts of things other than listen to music. That is just the thing i do while surfing the web. __________________

05-27-2008, 07:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
surgeVel System Builder/NZXT Deals Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 1,065	Re: should i buy a zune 2 Seriously, though... how can you have that many songs? That's just insane! Either you have spent literally tens of thousands of dollars on music! (if you acquired them the legal way, that is) I only have like 600 songs and it's always hard for me to find new ones I like. __________________ -surgeVel Surge Velocity - Custom Built Computers For Speed and Power that is Light on Your Wallet! If you'd rather not risk building yourself, we won't charge an arm and a leg to do it for you! www.SurgeVelocity.com-Updated! \| NZXT Cases at lowest prices! \| Inferno Deals: The NewEgg Alternative! Latest Build: Case: NZXT Tempest, Mobo: Asus Rampage Forumula X48, CPU: Q9450 at stock (OC later), HS/F: Xigmatek Rifle 120mm (--C idle, --C max), GPU: Diamond Radeon HD4850 (CrossFireX later ), HDD: 500GB Seagate 7200.11, RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Reapers 1000 DDR2, PSU: Corsair 750TX, OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

05-27-2008, 08:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 15,433	Re: should i buy a zune 2 All the music i have is from stuff i have owned. I backed up my stuff to my PC. I had a collection of over 400 CD's at one point in time. I also got CD's from a friend. It is not that hard to get this much music legally. All CD's that i have on my PC is available in my collection of media as well. I have my CD's all stored now. I like music. I have since i was 12 and have been collecting it for 18 years now. Not hard to build that big of a collection after that much time. Sorry you think that is insane but after 18 years to get just about 1,000 CD's isnt that hard. I have about 3x as much PC applications than that in just under half that time. __________________

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