Xbox 360 Fancast 117 -- One One Seven

what!

(looking gift horse in mouth)

'on time' today.. sweet!

Congrats, guys!

*raise wine goblet* Here's to 549 more!

not on iTunes...

Should be up soon.

I own a Zune, I have never owned an iPod but its pretty good.

Ooooh. Parlour Steps! Love this track. Seriously, check out their album 'Ambiguoso.' It's awesome.

Oh... and I guess the show was okay too.

where are these show notes they are always referring to?

Zune owner from day one and I love it. Hmph!

Wow, I can not believe you guys started hating on the Zune so much. From everything I have heard the Zune is a solid product, and besides the New Year bug every one seems to be happy. I would suggest you guys ease back on the Apple Koolaid. The Ipod as a device is OK, but do not let the hype override the functionality. Itunes is a really bad software package. The Ipod may not be in danger of loosing marketshare, but that does not mean the Zune HD is going to be a bad project.

If Zune HD is anything like the rumor I would pick one up.

where's the link for the panzer dragoon saga (?) poll?

Xav and Alexander need to stop smoking! I have an iPhone and a Zune. I only use my iPhone for apps and calls. The ipod feature never gets used because the interface is on par with Zune, not better. The whole iTunes/iTunes store tandem sucks. (I'll take DRM free tracks from amazonMP3 thank you) Seriously, iTunes is sluggish and is horrible at managing my media.

But anyway, you guys should want Zune to succeed. Apple needs a strong competitor. You know what happens when you there isn't strong competition in the market? You get the Madden series. You get Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Why innovate when you can just gouge people for incremental improvements? You guys should never encourage a monopoly ever. Think before you speak.

I have a Zune. It's pretty awesome. I don't have an iPod because I just don't like the brand.

One thing to say about the 2nd Gen zunes: They are fucking crazy durable! I've dropped mine almost 20 times with the headphones in since I got it in Feb 2008. It still works perfectly. My Sandisk only lasted a couple falls.

I have a Zune, second gen. Moved over from iTunes. I like it a lot better. Especially the software interface. iTunes interface is so dull. Zune's software interface is a lot better on the computer. Plus the monthly subscription is awesome, where I can download whatever I want for a flat fee (and download to own 10 songs a month).

And finally, I think the audio quality is better. And that's from a hardware standpoint. But also, the standard Zune file is 192kbps as opposed to Apple's 128kbps. Some people may not notice the difference, but I do.

I agree, the first gen Zunes were ugly. That's why I didn't buy one. But the newer Zunes with the software upgrade smoke anything (save the iTouch) that Apple offers. And as we know, the iTouch is more money. So for the money, Microsoft wins. Additionally, we'll see what this Zune HD looks like.

I think you guys on the podcast are just living in the Apple world oblivious of what MS has to offer now. Go and check out the newer Zunes and then come back and tell me they're crap. Zune software is free to download, so there's a good place to start.