Bullcrap. This only affected the oldest model which hasn't been sold in stores for well over a year now. Best Buy wouldn't accept a return on a used item that old.
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Zune 30 Failing EVERYWHERE, All At Once!
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Bullcrap. This only affected the oldest model which hasn't been sold in stores for well over a year now. Best Buy wouldn't accept a return on a used item that old.
I can really think of only one picture that would sum all this up:
And that was before the Zunepocalypse.
And that was before the Zunepocalypse.
This makes me laugh...
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Proof that MS shouldn't meddle with a market that is 60% iPod. Fools.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Proof that MS shouldn't meddle with a market that is 60% iPod. Fools.
LOL'ed at this.
I am sure that Microsoft will have a fix for it.
Before in this thread, there was a link to a somewhat simple fix -- if it works.
The one thing that is amazing, so far, is that there is not a hard reset via the buttons for the Zune.
My friend has a Zune and he can rip a DVD to MP4 format at it's full size and it plays on the Zune. On the iPod the video has to be resized a little bit down and programs like Handbrake have options to make a 'iPod version'.
Even Microsoft never expected Zune to last beyond 2008 so they put a self destruct function in.
LOL, best explanation so far!!
I'm not entirely sure about that. There are parametres required to make it an iPod format, but I'm not sure about resolution. I ripped a load of DVDs in the US standard 640x480 (UK being 571 but as if they'd support that) and they play perfect on my iPod 5.5G and look good on my monitor too.
Hah I've no idea. But that said I've never seen one since... Well... I'm absolutely confused as to why they haven't released the Zune outside of the US. They're clearly going after the iPod yet they release it to one market only?
So long as you drop the vertical resolution to 480 or less then you can use loose anamorphic settings in Handbrake and get an amazing picture quality.
My rip of The Dark Knight is 1032x432 at full res (when played on my laptop or
tv) at 2Mbps video bit rate yet it still plays perfectly on my iPhone.
This whole thing demonstrates the difference between the parents of iPod and Zune. While, as some pointed out, this could have happened to Apple, it didn't and most likely will never happen.
Apple has superior quality control - whether you throw out the 'third-party dev" or not doesn't change the outcome of the product.
M$ brings an inferior product to market quickly, and under the cover of huge marketing campaigns proceeds to update and fix what are at times HUGE bugs until people forget how bad it was, how bad it is or the product actually improves.
Apple has superior quality control - whether you throw out the 'third-party dev" or not doesn't change the outcome of the product.
M$ brings an inferior product to market quickly, and under the cover of huge marketing campaigns proceeds to update and fix what are at times HUGE bugs until people forget how bad it was, how bad it is or the product actually improves.
Remember the iPhone updates?
Remember when iPods were shipped with viruses?
Anyway, this is still fun. Luckily the people affected will have a working player shortly.
Sorry folks, but do you honestly believe that a variation on the Y2K problem, something solved over 8 years ago, actually just occurred but on a "small" scale?
As soon as I began reading this, I knew what it was. It was a test. A technology test, and every one of you with a Zune was tested. It was absolutely positively done intentionally. You HAVE to recognize this. You have to know how to recognize this....use your brains.
Here is just an example of all that was accomplished by doing this intentionally:
1. Tested what was previously a hypothetical scenario; Widespread reaction to global failure of a particular type of handheld. What if it was an iPhone, not a Zune?
2. Tested the viability and power of the remote-wipe system. When Apple tried to sneak this feature in under 2.0, by mentioning it as a possible function, they played it down as much as possible, while still mentioning it. Users were shocked and chagrined to find out remote wipe is always active and always in Apple's control. Your iPhone can be shut down a moments notice by its creator, and the ZUNE is no different.
3. And as usual, it tested a large group of people's ability to believe absolutely anything, even believing in a bug that was fixed a decade ago by most technology companies. Is it anything short of embarassing, that this would happen to Microsoft then? A leading tech company? People sure do appreciate irony, which is why they buy it if you tell its true. Unfortunately things aren't very ironic in real life, mostly deceptive and wicked.
Roll your eyes all day, but THIS was no accident, it was not UNFORSEEN, and is not nor ever was out of Microsoft's control. They may very well have gotten their directives and orders from those that know best and carried it out, but they are not caught unawares here.
As soon as I began reading this, I knew what it was. It was a test. A technology test, and every one of you with a Zune was tested. It was absolutely positively done intentionally. You HAVE to recognize this. You have to know how to recognize this....use your brains.
Here is just an example of all that was accomplished by doing this intentionally:
1. Tested what was previously a hypothetical scenario; Widespread reaction to global failure of a particular type of handheld. What if it was an iPhone, not a Zune?
2. Tested the viability and power of the remote-wipe system. When Apple tried to sneak this feature in under 2.0, by mentioning it as a possible function, they played it down as much as possible, while still mentioning it. Users were shocked and chagrined to find out remote wipe is always active and always in Apple's control. Your iPhone can be shut down a moments notice by its creator, and the ZUNE is no different.
3. And as usual, it tested a large group of people's ability to believe absolutely anything, even believing in a bug that was fixed a decade ago by most technology companies. Is it anything short of embarassing, that this would happen to Microsoft then? A leading tech company? People sure do appreciate irony, which is why they buy it if you tell its true. Unfortunately things aren't very ironic in real life, mostly deceptive and wicked.
Roll your eyes all day, but THIS was no accident, it was not UNFORSEEN, and is not nor ever was out of Microsoft's control. They may very well have gotten their directives and orders from those that know best
and carried it out, but they are not caught unawares here.
I knew what it was. It was a test. A technology test, and every one of you with a Zune was tested. It was absolutely positively done intentionally. You HAVE to recognize this. You have to know how to recognize this....use your brains....<snip>
Roll your eyes all day, but THIS was no accident, it was not UNFORSEEN, and is not nor ever was out of Microsoft's control. They may very well have gotten their directives and orders from those that know best
Dude. You either have to get off the drugs, or you have to start taking some.
Sorry folks, but do you honestly believe that a variation on the Y2K problem, something solved over 8 years ago, actually just occurred but on a "small" scale?
As soon as I began reading this, I knew what it was. It was a test. A technology test, and every one of you with a Zune was tested. It was absolutely positively done intentionally. You HAVE to recognize this. You have to know how to recognize this....use your brains.
Here is just an example of all that was accomplished by doing this intentionally:
1. Tested what was previously a hypothetical scenario; Widespread reaction to global failure of a particular type of handheld. What if it was an iPhone, not a Zune?
2. Tested the viability and power of the remote-wipe system. When Apple tried to sneak this feature in under 2.0, by mentioning it as a possible function, they played it down as much as possible, while still mentioning it. Users were shocked and chagrined to find out remote wipe is always active and always in Apple's control. Your iPhone can be shut down a moments notice by its creator, and the ZUNE is no different.
3. And as usual, it tested a large group of people's ability to believe absolutely anything, even believing in a bug that was fixed a decade ago by most technology companies. Is it anything short of embarassing, that this would happen to Microsoft then? A leading tech company? People sure do appreciate irony, which is why they buy it if you tell its true. Unfortunately things aren't very ironic in real life, mostly deceptive and wicked.
Roll your eyes all day, but THIS was no accident, it was not UNFORSEEN, and is not nor ever was out of Microsoft's control. They may very well have gotten their directives and orders from those that know best
Sorry folks, but do you honestly believe that a variation on the Y2K problem, something solved over 8 years ago, actually just occurred but on a "small" scale?
As soon as I began reading this, I knew what it was. It was a test. A technology test, and every one of you with a Zune was tested. It was absolutely positively done intentionally. You HAVE to recognize this. You have to know how to recognize this....use your brains.
Here is just an example of all that was accomplished by doing this intentionally:
1. Tested what was previously a hypothetical scenario; Widespread reaction to global failure of a particular type of handheld. What if it was an iPhone, not a Zune?
2. Tested the viability and power of the remote-wipe system. When Apple tried to sneak this feature in under 2.0, by mentioning it as a possible function, they played it down as much as possible, while still mentioning it. Users were shocked and chagrined to find out remote wipe is always active and always in Apple's control. Your iPhone can be shut down a moments notice by its creator, and the ZUNE is no different.
3. And as usual, it tested a large group of people's ability to believe absolutely anything, even believing in a bug that was fixed a decade ago by most technology companies. Is it anything short of embarassing, that this would happen to Microsoft then? A leading tech company? People sure do appreciate irony, which is why they buy it if you tell its true. Unfortunately things aren't very ironic in real life, mostly deceptive and wicked.
Roll your eyes all day, but THIS was no accident, it was not UNFORSEEN, and is not nor ever was out of Microsoft's control. They may very well have gotten their directives and orders from those that know best
People have such short memory. While it didn't stop itself, the iPhone had a bug that screwed up everyone else's cell capabilities for a while.
Remember the baseband code version that ramped up the 3G iPhone power output until the towers were max'd out and calls had to be dropped? And the "urgent" 2.0.2 fix?
Much more impact than losing one's MP3 player for a day or two. Radio code should be much more tested than clock drive code. And Apple was much less open about it.
Yeah it could have been worst except a lot of people did not even realize it. I did not. Maybe because I am in Canada and there just weren't that many iPhones out there to max out the towers? Also in the states it wasn't happening to everybody.
Yup, their "fix" is wait until tomorrow. Apparently the problem was a programming error. The Zune's internal clock didn't properly recognize 2008 as a leap year, so it freaked out when it was connected to PC that did. My favorite comment on this:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-zune1-2009jan01,0,2503973.story
Apparently the zunes are to "fix themselves" on 1/1/09. Anybody hear if this actually happened?
And we are not????
Run, it's Y31,622,401K.
Extra second, PLUS extra day (Leap Year), which would be today.
It is actually, MS have released a statement on the zune fora
No worse than the MobileMe farce, or DL-DVI cables that fail, or Laptops that fall apart, or a Mobile Phone that can't record movies or send MMS's
Doug