Zune or 30gb ipod which should I get?

tukai · 03-24-2007, 08:22 PM

I'm having a real MP3 player fetish right now. I have a ton of songs but I'm tired of burning CD's to listen to my car (and the only hold about 130 songs). I've read up on both them and am just stuck. From what I can tell the zune has some copyright issues and the ipod just sells off the name itself. I mainly just want to use it for listening to music in my car and at work but have the option to put movies on there. Can someone please help me?

06si · 03-24-2007, 08:34 PM

i hate ipod. You should go with the zune or a toshiba gigabeat video (i have a toshiba gigabeat).

tennisfan16 · 03-26-2007, 11:22 AM

i am a fan of the zune.

FG*SQUAD Nick · 03-26-2007, 11:25 AM

Ill sell you my 30gb ipod video if you decide you want to get an ipod.. (its black to) got a F*CK load of songs on it too.. $300 shipped with wires and everything...

PS:got it for christmas dont ever use it... I dont drive as far as I use to.. got a new job closer to home..

07Sin4Door · 03-26-2007, 11:28 AM

you could wait for the new sansa also...will be like the Zune..wireless transfer, i think this one will even upload songs from your home pc...like say if you forgot to laod a song..you can laod it from work..I know sansa are not known for being able to load 4k songs...but there very well priced..sound great..and the video on them is excellent

**dentrecords** · 03-26-2007, 11:53 AM

I'd say iPod because I love mine. The user interface is tops IMO.

[IVI] · 03-26-2007, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dentrecords

I'd say iPod because I love mine. The user interface is tops IMO.

+1

06si · 03-26-2007, 12:34 PM

I had 35 videos including the full southpark movie, 300 songs, on my 60gb toshiba gigabeat and only used about 3gigs of memory on it. Just a word of caution, do not get 60 gb unless you have like 20,000 songs that you need on you mp3 player.

jdrumstik · 03-26-2007, 12:35 PM

The zune is really bulky, and I love my iPod. So I say iPod plus, the Zune need WMP, and the iPod can use iTunes which I think is lovely.

Bootsie · 03-26-2007, 12:38 PM

I love my iPod! I would say go with that, plus the iPod gives you many more options to connect it to your car.

tukai · 03-26-2007, 01:56 PM

I went with the zune. I'm actually really happy with it. I just can't figure out how to put some music videos i have saved on it. The videos play with media player on my pc but i cant get them on the zune

**dentrecords** · 03-26-2007, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tukai

I went with the zune. I'm actually really happy with it. I just can't figure out how to put some music videos i have saved on it. The videos play with media player on my pc but i cant get them on the zune

I'm sorry to hear that.

tukai · 03-26-2007, 08:07 PM

I went to zune forums and found this program called cucusoft that converts the files for you. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

[IVI] · 03-27-2007, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 06si

I had 35 videos including the full southpark movie, 300 songs, on my 60gb toshiba gigabeat and only used about 3gigs of memory on it. Just a word of caution, do not get 60 gb unless you have like 20,000 songs that you need on you mp3 player.

I need a bigger iPod. I have a 30GB and it's full. 5,000+ songs, a Dane Cook comedy movie, a few music videos, and some podcasts. Gonna have to step up to the 80GB soon.

volvo9 · 03-27-2007, 09:04 AM

I had an ipod and switched over to a Zune. They're both good, but I loked the user interface on the zune a lot more, you can set a wallpaper, and album art shows more often then on the ipod, like when searching and stuff.

The ipod is easier to use though because of the click wheel, it's a lot faster to find a song.

If you want to watch videos I'd say zune because the screen is bigger. If you like eye candy I'd say zune because it takes advantage of having a color screen, where the ipod dosen't. If you want an mp3 player that's good for driving and has a ton of accessories get the ipod.

8GenSi · 03-27-2007, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dentrecords

I'm sorry to hear that.

+1

Civic4u · 03-27-2007, 04:22 PM

buy both

nwsi07 · 03-27-2007, 04:44 PM

I just ordered the Coby MPC-941 20GB MP3 Player with FM Tuner for $158

CrippyBlunt · 03-27-2007, 04:53 PM

If you buy an i pod make sure you buy an extended warranty as well... They break quite often

SIg · 03-28-2007, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrippyBlunt

If you buy an i pod make sure you buy an extended warranty as well... They break quite often

Yeah...i had a 1st gen 40gb iPod that broke 2 months after the regular warrenty...it really sucked.

View Poll Results: Which should I buy?
Zune	25	40.32%
30G iPod	37	59.68%
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03-24-2007, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
tukai Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Str8 90210 gangsta! Age: 31 Posts: 1,729 tukai iTrader: 1 / 100%	Zune or 30gb ipod which should I get? I'm having a real MP3 player fetish right now. I have a ton of songs but I'm tired of burning CD's to listen to my car (and the only hold about 130 songs). I've read up on both them and am just stuck. From what I can tell the zune has some copyright issues and the ipod just sells off the name itself. I mainly just want to use it for listening to music in my car and at work but have the option to put movies on there. Can someone please help me?

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