Thu Nov 1 19:24:01 2007 by Eric Hokanson

My favorite spontaneous shopping site, Woot!, had 30GB Zunes up for $99 a couple weeks ago.  My last MP3 player was from back in the 90's as I never really bought into the whole iPod thing.

It arrived quickly via FedEx, which surpised me being that shipping was only $5.  Technically it's a refurbished product but came in a retail box with all accessories.  It does have "Refurbished" printed on the box and on the metal strip on the back of the Zune but no big deal.  Setup was easy and I had my Zune updated and uploading all my music in minutes.  The software does leave a lot to be desired and lack of "Podcasting" or Ogg support was dissapointing.  The packaged ear buds are of pretty low quality and I've never really been a fan of ear buds anyway, so those will have to go.  With some nice headphones on the quality is great and the video looks fantasic as well.  I'm interested to see what will become of the wireless support.  Being able to listen to shoutcast streams would be great.  If the $99 (or $79 if you like brown) deal returns, I highly recommend it.