Xbox LIVE Gold Discounted and Zune Music Pass Trial

Dec 14, 2011 by Josh Pollard

Microsoft is offering 1 month Xbox LIVE Gold subscription for $1 and a 14-day free trial of Zune Music Pass via the Xbox Dashboard.

Entertainment 2.0 #119 : What the WEC?

Mar 18, 2011 by Josh Pollard

Entertainment 2.0 is back yet again with Josh and Craig. This week started off with more great emails from the listeners with great questions and useful tips. Most of the news of the week was dominated by speculation about Microsoft’s Zune portable media player and media service. First there...

Kinect Control Coming for Netflix, Hulu, and Zune this Spring

Jan 5, 2011 by Josh Pollard

Tonight, during Microsoft’s CES keynote they announced an update to XBOX Live’s services for Zune, Netflix, and Hulu. Starting some time this spring you’ll be able to control all three services using your voice, or gestures, using the...

Remote Simplicity: Using a Zune Remote in Media Center

Feb 11, 2010 by Josh Shenkle

Some times you just want to keep things simple or gasp keep it “Apple” like. That is the case with this nice little gem of a find. A user over at Life Hacker found out that with a simple registry edit you can use alternative IR remote controls within Media Center and even Windows Media...

Microsoft live streaming their CES keynote

Jan 4, 2010 by Adam Thursby

Just like last year, Microsoft will be live streaming their CES keynote. No one is quite sure what MS will be showing but there have been rumblings… The company has worked a lot in the last year to bring Zune and Xbox Live content together and we have to assume they’ll continue to move...

Review: Casa Tunes Multi-Zone Audio with Media Center

Aug 12, 2009 by Josh Shenkle

For years I have been slowly building up a multi-zone audio system in my home. The first system I had was based off of my Yamaha AV receiver that had a second zone output, to which I used to feed speakers in my garage. Later on I expanded that to also feed audio into my kitchen/living room area,...

Zune80 $149.99 With A/V Dock at Woot.com

Jul 15, 2009 by Adam Thursby

If you just can’t wait for the ZuneHD and want to get your hands on portable media player now, you won’t see this price again until sometime after the HD’s launch. Woot has the Zune 80GB (normally $250) with the home A/V dock (normally somewhere north of $50 online) for $149.99 today. ...

Does Microsoft Allow Employees to Talk to Each Other?

Jul 8, 2009 by Adam Thursby

Many people would call Michael Jackson dying a tragedy while others couldn’t care less. But I’m not writing this to talk about Michael Jackson. Well, sort of. What I want to talk about is the fact that his funeral was netcast in HD via inMusic in Canada. The cast wasn’t country...

Zune HD Rumor: 16 and 32GB-Sept8th Launch

Jun 24, 2009 by Adam Thursby

Gizmodo claims to have someone on the inside… This anonymous tipster has provided documentation stating that the Zune HD will launch on September 8th and come in 16 and 32GB varieties. It’s not the 80GB that I’m used to now, but it’ll do. Head over to Gizmodo for the full...

Zune HD Rumors and Power Consumption

Jun 17, 2009 by Adam Thursby

Zune Thoughts published two interesting articles yesterday regarding the upcoming ZuneHD. The first is one that a lot of people have been wondering about, and while it’s still a rumor, it’s worth mentioning. It’s starting to look more and more like the ZuneHD will be using the Nvidia...

Zune 4GB And Car Pack: $100 or Less

Jun 2, 2009 by Adam Thursby

We all know the ZuneHD is on the way. But, if you don’t want to wait until it releases, you have a chance to pick up a 4GB Zune and a Car Pack for less than $100 from Buy.com. I can tell you from experience that the car pack alone normally runs right around $70 so really, you’re getting it...

Zune Video Marketplace on XBOX Live

Jun 1, 2009 by Josh Pollard

Microsoft announced more details about the integration between the XBOX Live Video Marketplace and the Zune Marketplace today at their Electroic Entertainment Expo press conference. The biggest new features are that you will now be able to get videos in 1080p. You also won’t have to wait...