this is really bizarre. i had just synched some new stuff at a quarter to midnight on my 30g with no problems. at midnight, the show i was watching was over, so i reached for my zune, hit play and the screen went dark, but you could still see it was lit. i started to do the back+down thing, watched the gray bar load and it's not gone back since.
i'm a little relieved i'm not the only one, but this still sucks!

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