We all love to hate Sony. In fact, I could make a full time job out of hating Sony and still work overtime. Instead of ranting about some of the reasons I think Techcult did a fine job of it here.
One of the things that really bugs me the most is how Sony crippled the PSP so it could not output to an external screen, like say your TV. So you had these PSP movies that you had to watch on a tiny screen instead of hooking up to your 46 inch flat screen. Thanks Sony. Not a good selling point.
Well, the Zune must have realized what idiots Sony were and decided to do the opposite and include TV out capabilities. You can watch your Zune content on your TV which is nice because seriously who wants to watch movies on a tiny screen especially if you want to show someone else? This may require some extra Zune accessories like a Zune AV cable but that is pretty common.
Another nice feature of the Zune is the ability to stream video and audio to your XBox. Sony could have easily done the same with the Play Station but nope, why would anybody want to do that? It amazes me that Sony is still in business.
On top of it all the Zune has a battery life up to 30 hours. This beats my old iPod by a long shot. Another nice feature of the Zune is the Zune charger. You can plug Zune into a standard powere outlet to charge and not have to plug into your computers USB ports, although that is an option if you want. This bugs me about my iPod I have to plug it into my PC and must have iTunes installed on the computer to charge the device. Not exactly convenient on the road sinceI don’t have a laptop to bring along to charge it.
The Zune seems to take some flack as a second rate player but I like the feature I have described and it easily beats the pants off PSP for any media content. Whether you’ll like if over iPod is matter of preference.
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July 14th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Hard to see an article more full of FUD that this one, next time someone pay you to do a blog article to promote his product please just include a commercial for it (Less annoying for your readers than an article without research on the other solution you speak about and repeating 11 time the name of the product).
FYI The PSP slim released last year have a TV output (That the first version lacked) and while streaming from the psp to the ps3 isn’t here the invert is possible and a LOT more useful (As it work over the internet and the PS3 have a lot more hard drive space than the PSP)
Regarding ipods and chargers while not included in last generation ipods (And i agree that it sucks) its not hard to find : http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB051LL/A?fnode=home/shop_ipod/ipod_accessories/power&mco=MTU5MjU (And it could be a lot more cheap if you don’t look for official apple merchandising)