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hey guys it's brandon minuman from technobuffalo and in this video we're going to take a look at the hardware of the new zune HD before we actually turn on the device and look at the software and look at how it compares to the ipod touch so to start a little note on size as we mentioned in the unboxing the zune HD is a very petite device very lightweight but how small is it well here it is compared to a standard credit card quite small and here it is compared to the ipod touch again so definitely smaller than the ipod touch obviously bigger than a credit card so the screen is 3.3 inches diagonal and again it uses OLED screen technology which no other media player of this kind has yet let's zoom in on the bottom here down here we have the zune logo +1 button that will bring you back home to the main screen and again we're going to go through all of this in the software tour and other comparison videos now what's interesting if we turn over to the size that we see the zune HD is kind of built-in wafers so there are there's a black layer gray layer and black layer and this is continued throughout the entire device it's a really interesting way that they built the device and it looks quite nice too this button here brings up the play controls on the screen so whether you're in internet browsing or the marketplace this button will always take you back to just a kind of overlay screen where you can adjust the volume and change the track on the bottom we have the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack next to the syncing and charging port what I found audits that the zune HD did not come with a wall charger only a sinking cable so they kind of require you to plug it into your computer unless you have a converter jack on the other side we have nothing and on the top we have the power button and on the back we have this beautiful brushed metal although tapping it makes me think that it's not metal actually and probably plastic and it probably isn't it could be a composite some sort of mix here we have the zoom logo a serial number and uh and that's pretty much it so that's it for the hardware tour on the zune HD overall I think Microsoft did a fantastic job designing a very sleek looking device in hand it feels light compared to the ipod touch which makes it feel a little bit cheaper it feels it feels like the zune HD uses a lot of plastic whereas the ipod touch uses a lot of glass and metal so that's probably why it's it's a lot more kind of lightweight in hand so we'll be back soon with more coverage on the zune HD including comparisons with the ipod touch and a look at the software will be back soon