64 GB ZuneHD coming April 12th

Microsoft is going to sell their ZuneHD in the 64GB flavor for $350.00 and lower the price of their existing ZuneHD’s by $20 each.  The new price of the ZuneHD in the 16 and 32GB models will now be $200 and $270 respectively. Yes this means my 32GB is going to be on eBay shortly so I can finally replace my 60GB iPod 5th Gen from 2005. There isn’t much to tell here, we assume this will be running the same Tegra 1 chip and will have the same resolution as the previous versions of the ZuneHD. For the full Microsoft press release, read on after the break!

“We’re excited to share that Zune fans will be able to purchase a new 64GB capacity of the popular Zune HD device for $349.99 starting April 12th through ZuneOriginals.com. By increasing the Zune HD capacity to 64GB, users will be able take up to 16,000 songs, or 20 hours of high definition video from Zune Marketplace, or 25,000 pictures* on the go! Customers will be able to customize their Zune HD 64GB through ZuneOrginals.com, available in their choice of Platinum, Black, Blue, Red, Green, Purple and Magenta colors.

In addition to introducing the new 64GB capacity, we are also reducing the prices of the 16GB and 32GB devices. Starting today, price lists are being distributed to retailers, setting the Estimated Retail Price (ERP) for the Zune 16GB device at $199.99 and the Zune HD 32GB device at $269.99.

With its OLED multi-touch screen, built-in HD radio, HD video out capabilities and Internet browser, Zune HD is a full-function media player which has received accolades from press and consumers. We’ve also announced details of an upcoming firmware update which will add even more features to the device, such as Smart DJ auto-playlists directly on the Zune HD, ability to browse, stream and acquire music from Zune Marketplace on your TV (while the device is connected to a TV set through the A/V dock) and expanded codec support allowing users to play more video formats natively from the device.

We are excited to be offering a great range of storage capacities for the Zune HD at a competitive price point and will be sharing more news on the availability of the 4.5 firmware in the coming days.

*Music estimates based on 128 Kbps WMA files with length of 4 minutes each. Pictures transferred to Zune will be optimized for Zune screen size; video estimates based on 500 Kbps WMV files with 128 Kbps WMA audio tracks.”

[via Engadget]

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One Response to 64 GB ZuneHD coming April 12th

  1. Geez, everytime I see blogs this good I just want mine to be there already! 🙂 Great work. Can’t wait for this!

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