Comments on: First look at the Zune HD with NVIDIA Tegra – Video

By: fduch

fduch — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:45:37 +0000

zima, please read the rules. Dumb trolls aren't welcome here.

On the other note, Zune has always had better sound quality than iPod. And now it also beats Apple in style, battery life, video support, screen quality, weight (ZUne weights noticeably less than iPod Touch) and size (while screen is the same size).

By: zima

zima — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:54:34 +0000

How times change…supposedly it was always Apple who went only for “style” ;p

By: zima

zima — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:52:33 +0000

Not only it turns out that you have to transcode anyway / it will be hard to find a device which supports all the format one would like…

…BUT – most importantly – it's a total non-issue with todays dekstop CPUs to transcode HD videos on-the-fly while transferring them to such portable device (it might even be FASTER due to much smaller amount of data going through USB). And, when on the device, only benefits. Lower battery usage. More space available, no need to carry around useless data describing details that you won't be able to see anyway. No, there won't bo any perceptible quality loss – a) small (and not very good, due to power limitations) screen/resolution b) transcoded files might have relatively large bitrate (for their resolution; still being WAY smaller than HD version)

Yes, yes, some people might like to connect such device to some random TV…how many actually do so? Is it even 1%?

By: 1stkorean

1stkorean — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:42:13 +0000

I wish this was a smartphone, if it were I would already have one.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:23:30 +0000

It's on hold for the moment, but Gizmodo put together a nice roundup
yesterday:

http://gizmodo.com/5397986/hd-media-player-batt...

By: Mikez

Mikez — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:13:09 +0000

Brad, how goes the project to review other, small, Media Boxes?
I have a list here:
http://minimodding.com/tiki-forums.php

By: ninjustin

ninjustin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:54:04 +0000

I'm a big fan of my Zune HD it's just slick to use. What it lacks in Apps it makes up for in style. The Games for it are a decent waste of time and the web browser gets me to Twitter and Facebook so theres really not much more I'd ask from it other than better video codec support. On a side note the Zune Software rocks microsoft should install this defaultly onto windows and just add slightly better video support to it and just drop Windows Media Player.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:29:35 +0000

The main appeal of HD video on a tiny device is the fact that you don't need
to convert your video collection to watch it. As I mentioned, I have dozens
of TV shows I've recorded with a high definition TV tuner. It would be nice
to be able to sync them with a portable device without having to transcode
them into a different format with a lower resolution.

Unfortunately, since I've been using DiVX as my compression format of
choice, I'll still need to transcode my old videos if I want to watch them
on the ZuneHD. But I just configured my media center software to start using
H.264 instead so all future recordings should sync up perfectly.

By: zima

zima — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:03:46 +0000

iPod Touch counts too; why would you dismiss it? Yeah, a different kind of PDA, it's called like an mp3 player of past, changes few things here and there, but still PDA.

And BTW, could somebody explain to me why we need HD video on such devices? (versus, for example, more powerfull CPU; Cortex-A8 for example instead of ARM11)

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By: Mithinco

Mithinco — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:40:15 +0000

Dell should make another go with the Axim line. Looking forward to more Zune HD coverage! Especially with the Tegra.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:07:51 +0000

Heh, I stand corrected. I had no idea HP was still making these. Good for
them!

By: obo

obo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:56 +0000

“nobody really makes standalone PDAs anymore”

iPAQs don't count?

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