After
my little tantrum, I actually thought about it and thought this was a pretty good thing for Zune. Having Zune become part of Xbox live in a positive way can't hurt the Zune brand at all. If anything, it can help place in people's minds that Zune is a good thing.
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Originally Posted by engadget
- Video startup is nearly instantaneous because of the back-end proprietary Microsoft technology developed by Zune that seamlessly transitions between many different bitrates and resolutions of video.
- Video playback will start at a low bitrate for fast download time and then ramp up to a higher bitrate and quality, up to 1080p with 5.1 audio.
- Features such as smooth fast forward and rewind that users have only seen before with local physical media.
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Additionally, Microsoft announced it will more than double the number of markets where Xbox LIVE offers its TV shows and movies, growing from eight (the US, Canada, UK, France, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Spain) to 18, by adding Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Belgium.
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zune.net]
Zune Video Coming to Xbox Live in HD!
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