Sep 11, 2009
by Matthew Akers at 5:10 PM

Alive sounds better than just live, right? Of course it does! Welcome to the highlight of your week, the newest installment of the Zune Insider Podcast! This week we stimulate your aural senses by talking about software development and deployment, some cool tidbits about the Zune HD, and of course the many somewhat organized pieces of randomness that you have come to expect from this epic audio journey that we take you on every week.

Go get it here or listen now from the Zune Insider Podcast page at Zune.net.

4 more days to Zune 4.0! GET EXCITED!!!

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Great Podcast, you two. I am excited about the Zune HD! I just can't get it here in Germany. =(

Zune HD in Canada please!

When is parity with the xbox live video market place?  The xbox  guys keep promising that the two will be merged. I wanna watch the stuff that I bought on my xbox on my zune, and Visa versa.

oh, i just can't wait for the new software! Hope it works with my zune 8. Oh, i'm dieing of suspense!

Great podcast, seemed so short. Can't wait for the next one to be out.

2 questions for ya

1. Does the new Zune HD have the ability to share music with other Zunes using the wi-fi like past Zunes?

2. Are any stores going to have demo units available to play with and see the different colors in person?  

I'm planning on getting a 32GB but I'm still torn between black and platinum.  If I go with platinum I can get one on launch day if I go with black I'll have to wait a little bit.  Will Best Buy or Walmart have even demo versions that I can look at to my color?

Any chance The Blueprint 3 is ever going to be available on The Marketplace?

3 more days!!!

Hey guys... is that little music at the start custom-made for this podcast?  I think I've heard it before in a Zune promo video... if it is, can we get a download? :P

And if not, what is it?

Thank you once more for sharing your thoughts on this podcast and if you permit me, I have an idea Jessica

With the coming new software and Zune HD, wouldn't be lovely indeed if you could change the picture of the podcast?

Or if that is not possible, change perhaps the resolution to make better viewable on any Zune screen as of now, the picture is a little "distorted"

can you guys please make it so we can get this podcast without zune marketplace. There are people outside the US who would like to listen, and are frustrated by the links not being accessible to us.

fidgetwidget - I listened to it right through my browser by following the "listen now" link.  

I've been downloading tons of albums to get ready for Tuesday :)

Can we get a count down on zune.com for the new software? Can you guys do a video diary for your next zcast showing you working on the deployment of the new software tomorrow?

Hello,

DigiDose.com would like to receive a review unit of the Zune HD. If this is possible, please contact us from the "submit" page at the top of our site.

You can check out our past Zune HD coverage here:

digidose.com/.../zune-hd

Thanks!

Blargh! I wanted to listen to this during the downtime but the links are down...

Can't wait 'til tomorrow!

@fidgetwidget you can get it at zuneinsider.feeds.zune.net/rss once they bring zune.net back up which reminds me I think I found a minor bug if zune.net is down & you have Internet access then if you attempt to access the marketplace in the 3.1 software it says you need to accept a new TOS & sends you to live.zune.net/.../UIPStartPage.aspx which gives you a Page unavailable. In this case I wish the software knew you were working on the site & would have given me the message when I went to zune.net

I keep pressing refresh on zune.net waiting for it to be back up! I definitely can't wait to try out the new software!

Hey with the 4.0 update I notice one thing was missing. Canada's Marketplace. Where is it?

Also i notice that i can download shows like The Guild on my xbox, but not through the zune software. When you release zune on the xbox will I lose such shows(if the zune marketplace overrides the xbox)?

Does anyone know if 1 Zune Subscription can feed multiple Zunes?

I currently have a 4GB Zune and want to get a 16GB Zune HD.  With my Zune Pass can I put music on both the Zune 4GB and Zune 16GB?

Found it in the EULA.  3 PCs and 3 Zunes are supported with 1 subscription.

Thanks.

Why cant we put Podcast on playlist??

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