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hey guys in this mkbhd video we're going to be revisiting what I think is the single most underrated piece of hardware out there today there are a lot of consumer electronics that I could have talked about but I know it's a bit of random video but I want to talk to you guys today about the Zune HD by Microsoft I'm even going to be crazy enough to put it out there as my number one mp3 player over everything else out there yeah I know I'm going to get a lot of comments saying well you know it's the holiday season everyone just got their iPod Touch and Microsoft really just missed the boat with the holiday season sales and the Zune HD - and none of that really working out but still nevertheless I think the Zune HD really deserves a shot so let me go ahead and take a look the awesome pocketable design of the Zune HD is arguably best in its class and all the buttons around it are really nicely laid out by Microsoft with the home button up the front reminds you of the iPod touch of course and the empower button up top and everything is just nicely spaced also keep in mind it's only 9 millimeters thick so it's thinner than the thinnest of the mp3 players out there very very lightweight as well it has an all-black design on the black version and you can also get a platinum version which is a combination of silver and black and that looks really good to the front of the device boasts a 3.3 inch high resolution Oh le D display this contributes to a number of things first of all it's ridiculously long battery life I can literally unplug this thing off the charger and it will go for a week without charging second it contributes to a very nice responsive and fun to use UI the user interface of the Zune GD is based off of an original operating system that they later brought over to the Windows Phone 7 platform but it's really as you can see really intuitive really responsive and it's classified mostly by speed so if you've ever used a Zune HD you know that even without a gigahertz processor it is a really fast device you can also learn to navigate around it within it probably about an hour learning curve there really isn't that much to learn when getting to use a Zune you also get to know the hardware buttons on the side of the device pretty quickly and you'll get to controlling your music in your pocket pretty soon even without looking at the screen in fact I found that it's easier without a cook wheel actually you know adjust the volume and do things in my pocket when I'm not looking at the device things that you just kind of think of like swiping to go to the next track or dragging up and down to it crease or decrease the volume or all things that just kind of come naturally which decreases the learning curve to the Zune HD now there are two main things that really separate the iPod Touch from the Zune HD and I hope you watch this far into the video the two things are the marketplace and the actual gameplay of applications now the Zune HD has that LED display and colors really pop when you're actually playing apps versus the Retina display which is an IPS display but still is really nice and also the marketplace in the Zune HD I mean let's face it it sucks it's really not that great doesn't have that many applications but I'll tell you what application gameplay of that Ferrari app which is one of the key apps that that really got me you know really hoping for the Zune HD is incredible it's really really fun it's difficult to show you because of the way recording a screen with a camcorder works oh there's lines on the screen those aren't really there but the the application gameplay is actually just phenomenal I couldn't get enough of it people next to me in school would be looking over my shoulder like what is that device you know what are you playing at on because that looks really cool and I had to tell him it was a Zune and their job probably just dropped right onto the floor so overall to wrap it all up if you're looking for a device that is a a great media experience for both high-definition music and high-definition radio be is very sleek and portable and even pocket operable and C is just an overall clean clean lines device nice fancy just looks really good overall I highly highly highly highly highly recommend the Zune HD I can't even stress enough how underrated this device has been can't believe that people who call themselves geeks haven't even heard of or haven't even given a chance to the Zune HD it does all the little things right from the the sweet design to Zune pass to HD radio just all the little things it just has it all together in this device and I really really recommend it so this I mean it's kind of like I've just written a promo for Microsoft or some it's like a YouTube channel that has been doing work for years which hasn't gotten the exposure it's deserved this is definitely the type of device you want to check out so until next time there's been mkbhd be sure to subscribe if you 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