Big day for Zune and Xbox fans…and anyone else out there still trying to decide if they should get a Zune HD and Xbox. This morning the Zune team launched Zune video to Xbox LIVE in 18 countries*. Zune video delivers a pretty amazing viewing experience with its ability to stream, instant-on HD video in 1080p and 5.1 channel surround sound. No wa.. more »

http://www.zunerama.com/2009/10/a-p...ized-projector/"In recent months, I’ve been intrigued by the new, very small projectors that are becoming available. Lately I’ve been looking at the P1 Pico Projector, kindly sent to me from AAXA Technologies. This projector displays pictures and videos on a wall or screen, and it literally fits in a shirt pock.. more »

Episode 46 dated November 13th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz). Zune HD firmware 4.3 update : (4:30 - 17:55), Tweets and listener questions : (18:30 - 21:45), Music and Shout outs! : (21:50 - 23:38), New Movies and TV shows in Zune, Star Trek Movie is coming to Zun.. more »

November 17th is the big day when Zune comes to the Xbox 360! Engadget has some great videos that they've disabled embedding on, so you'll have to go over to their site to see them . One of the interesting features is the ability to watch a movie in a shared virtual environment - meaning you can have a "movie party" and have several online friends .. more »

http://www.twice.com/article/388531...aker_System.php"Stillwater has developed a firmware update to make its existing Kicker-brand ZK500 Zune-docking speaker system compatible with the new Zune HD. Consumers who bought the $249-everday speaker system after Microsoft released the Zune HD in September are eligible for a free firmware update. .. more »

http://www.speckproducts.com/produc...kin/zune-hd/205"Add the simple, stylish protection of PixelSkin to the smart, multifarious genius of your new Zune HD. Textured, angular design and soft silicone material are grippy in-hand and create a cool armored look. A "grip groundbreaker," PixelSkin has been road tested and user-approved, as an .. more »

Your Zune HD is ready to play.   We just got a slew of new games available to download for your Zune HD. New titles include Project Gotham Racing, Audiosurf Tilt, Vans SK8: Pool Service, Lucky Lanes Bowling, Piano, and Checkers.   Check’em out, go to the Zune Marketplace and download them in the Apps section. Here is an overview on how to get thes.. more »

This morning six new games (well, five games and one app) were added to the Zune Marketplace for Zune HD owners: The games still have those silly ads in front of them - I can't imagine Microsoft is making any significant money off of the ads, so I have to wonder why they exist in the first place. The app story on the Zune HD isn't a good one, so .. more »

This is not one we saw coming. Microsoft released a bunch of games for the Zune HD today. Here's the surprising part: they're good - and they're FREE. The games include Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition, Audiosurf Tilt and Vans Sk8: Pool Service (which all make use of the NVIDIA Tegra processor to do some incredible 3D rendering (these games .. more »

There's a Zune HD firmware update that has just been released - it will take your Zune HD from 4.1 to 4.3...I don't know why they skipped 4.2, nor do I know what this firmware update adds or fixes. There's no information about this firmware update at Zune Insider. My Zune HD didn't automatically detect the new firmware update - I had to go into .. more »

Episode 45 dated November 6th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz). Show notes:Jessica and matt talk about matt's big presentation and planning for the future: (0:00 - 3:30), Zune on Xbox chat and extra info: (5:10 - 11:23), A few user questions answered: (11:30 - 14:.. more »

Well, colour me impressed - HMV, a CD and DVD retail chain store in Canada, has launched an online music store. We had a few of them already, but most were re-branded and based on on the back end, and up until recently that meant DRM-laden WMA files. Puretracks has been transitioning over to MP3s, but I find their store cumbersome to use. HMV .. more »

Digital Rights Management, or DRM as it's better know, is an ugly technology that ends up doing far more to alienate legitimate consumers of media content than it does to stop the people who want to take content they didn't pay for. Case in point: here's an email I received from a Zune Thoughts reader last week... Can you believe that? We're not .. more »

http://www.anythingbutipod.com/arch...e-hd-review.php"When holding the Zune HD it is very obvious that a great deal of time and resources were spent on the design and build. Its assembly is very impressive; there is no give or creaking at all. The lines where one material meets another are precise and buttons have the perfect amount of travel and .. more »

Waterfield Zune HD suede jacket a couple of weeks back, I also emailed the people at Waterfield and requested they send me both versions to check out. I didn't particularly like any of the first three cases that I looked at - I tend to prefer cases that add little to no bulk to the device, but also completely protect it. The Waterfield cases are .. more »

Episode 44 dated October 30th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz). Show notes:Matt and Jessica talk about planning and presentations (0:00-1:50). Interview with Bryan Nealer and Jordan Naftolin from the Zune device team (2:20  - 12:40). We discuss what the device team .. more »

Wow, these looks pretty amazing! Neville at spotted a couple new Zune speaker docks coming from Kicker. You have two options. There's the ZK350 which is basically a portable boom box and the ZK150 which is a radio alarm clock. The ZK150 is especially intriguing because there is a dearth of good radio alarm docks for the Zune. Both of these docks .. more »

With all of the competition here in US, it's often easy to forget that even parts of the Western world don't have access to a wide range of quality VOD services. As compared to their brothers in the US edition, who found nothing particularly interesting in the Zune video-on-demand offering for Xbox Live, Gizmodo Australia was excited to report that .. more »

Episode 43 dated October 23th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz). Show notes:Matt and Jessica talk about the Windows 7 launch (0:00-4:30). Interview with Wink Thorne, the program manager for Zune video podcasts in the Window 7 Media Center Internet TV sectio.. more »

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr...23b01f3ee927dff"A Disney initiative that could allow consumers access to a movie on any device imaginable comes not to bury the DVD, but perhaps to prolong its relevancy. Disney could demonstrate the new technology, code-named Keychest, in as little as two months, and it could be available to consumers next .. more »