Microsoft Zune at Office Depot for $200 - after mail-in rebate

dud

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Searched the forum ... found nothing related to this so here goes:

I received a 2 page OD flyer in the paper today (Orlando) advertising a 3 day sale. On the back page the Zune is for sale for $249 but with a mail-in rebate the "New Low Price" as stated in the ad is $199.99. The "New Low Price" cover the Black (954623), White (9854009) and the Copper (986522).

If you are looking for a Zune this seems like quite a deal.

Good luck ...
 

dud

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Thank you Allisolm. The thread title and body has been modified to reflect this ...
 

tydas

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whats the advantage of the zune? price seems comparable to ipod? and itunes has a much better music collection?

not thread crapping since i am in the market for a player, just want to know the pluses and minuses from anyone that has a zune...
 

shl0791

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minus: big, can only buy tracks from Zune marketplace.
Plus: nicer screen, easy to use, can use wma or mp3, wifi available

It's a really good player. But I picked up an ipod because my pioneer deck only takes ipods. I don't like the ipod, itunes sucks. But, what can you do.
 

dud

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"minus: big, can only buy tracks from Zune marketplace.
Plus: nicer screen, easy to use, can use wma or mp3, wifi available"

Who said you have to buy MP3s JUST from MS? I was under the assumption that when connected the Zune is detected as just another physical drive ... then, unlike the IPOD, you just drag and drop.

My wife has an iPOD and loves it but the screen is way too small. The Zune screen (for video) is so much better and bigger.


 

TheDrake

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I think he is only talking about encrypted music files that you can buy from iTunes, yahoo, etc... Which you cant do on iPod's either. Easiest way is to strip the DRM off or burn the music to a cd then rip it in mp3 to get rid of the DRM. If you bought the song then there is no reason you should even have the encryption on it.