More Gripes with the Zune 80

Let me just say, the glass screen looks beautiful compared to the plastic; looking brighter and more crisp. Sad to say the same can’t be said for the resolution; pixels are prominent up close. The software will sync videos with 640 x 480 resolution, but it only displays it with 320 x 240 resolution, which makes absolutely no sense, and will only do so at max resolution when outputting to a television.

Next, the battery life for video is still a marginal 4 hours. With my videos, I can probably get about two to three hours. Microsoft claims the Zune can playback music for thirty hours, but I’m getting around thirteen.

Sure, for every user, the battery life varies, but thirteen!

Twenty-five would be fine, but thirteen is nowhere close to thirty, just in case you’re so shocked by how wrong Microsoft is that you forgot how to count.

Still, thirteen is an improvement over the ten of the old Zune. That still doesn’t warrant a $250 price tag, though.

That being said, I’m still quite pleased with the Zune 80, and it feels like an entirely new product, even though it’s the exact same interface I’ve come to appreciate.

Oh, by the way, I need a new camera.

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