In response to Microsoft's latest dealings with NBC, it appears that the Redmond based company may be implementing a piece of software on their Zune devices that actively searches on whether or not television shows are legally purchased. If said software discovers that the show was downloaded illegally from a torrent or other P2P type network, it will not play in the Zune.
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i find this funny because mac users don't have to worry about this with running windows even see we have a application called meta x which adds the meta data to all video files you can even add a purchase date so i don't see how microsoft could do this they would have to check not only all torrent sites but then they would have to block every metadata editior out there as well.
ITOUCHU, I got my son a 30 G for $80 US. The player is good quality. It is probably better quality than the ipod. I have never heard one complaint against the player. It is the software most people hate. It is a true testamony to the arrogance of Microsoft that they could screw up such a well known technology so utterly complete.
kapkirk, even $25 chipods sound great. That technology was hammered out 30 years ago. All mp3 players are HiFi it is the ear buds that make the difference.
susieqbbb, maybe you can help me. I have a friend who has a Mac and wants to get into digital music. I have serious quality issues with itunes. It down grades high bit rate mp3s to 128 BRs. It down grade them when you play it, when you burn a CD and when you sync your ipod. ipods do not have this defect so if you can get higher BR mp3s on it you get the HiFi sound. I have asked around in the Mac and ipod forums for a Mac program that rips CDs at a higher bit rate than 128 and have not gotten a responce. I have seen 160 BR m4s and I have wondered how they were made. Now I am believing they were ripped on a PC. itunes may not degrade m4as like it does mp3s.
All Microsoft needs to do is check was this video purchased from us. If it was play if not don't play.
HAHA there has always been this DRM in Zune. All that's going to happen is that if you download an NBC show from the Zune Marketplace, it'll have Itunes-like DRM where you can only play the media from the device, or the program.
All other Zune media will not be regulated by DRM, and any music you download from the Zune Marketplace is DRM-free from day 1. and for $14.99/month with unlimited downloads of unprotected music, vs. iTunes' $.99/song that you can only play with the device or program, I wonder which one I will pick? hmm....
Honetsly, I love my Zune. I have 3500 songs and 25 full-length movies on my 30 gig and i've only used %40 of the full space. The Zune software will automatically convert almost any video file on my hard drive to the Zune format (Divx, Xvid, ffdshow, mpeg, etc.), and I can view/sync/play any file on my Zune from any of my computers in my network and my xbox360, wireless.
I haven't even touched my 80gig iPod Video in months. I love how misleading the headline is on this article, though.
