Microsoft's official press release announced the release of 64-gigabaytovoy versions Zune HD. Purchase it can be starting from April 12 in the U.S., the price is $ 349.99.

This capacity sufficient for about 16 thousand songs or 20 hours of video in high definition. The player will be sold in seven different colors: Platinum, black, blue, red, green, purple and burgundy.

Simultaneously, the price will be reduced by 16 – and 32-GB version of Zune HD : up to $ 199.99 and $ 269.99 respectively.

In addition, Microsoft reported an updated flash player to version 4.5. It will be added to support automatic playlists Smart DJ, work with the Zune Marketplace through the TV (when you connect the player to a TV via Docking A / V), to support additional formats.

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Microsoft unexpectedly lowered the price on the Zune HD. At Amazon player now costs $ 190 for 16-GB model, which is $ 32 less than before. 32 GB model will cost a bit more expensive – at $ 250. At Microsoft's own website prices slightly higher: $ 200 and $ 270 respectively.

In a press release Microsoft said that the new prices are valid during the "sale", which certainly means that they are temporary, but when the sale is completed, not reported. The proposal is very profitable: at the same price the buyer Zune HD gets double the memory capacity than the iPod touch.

Site Electronista believes that the way Microsoft is trying to revive sales after a stormy Christmas season. This is not the first time Microsoft introduces a discount on Zune; she had done so before, when the player was sold particularly poorly.

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Through resource WMPowerUser (which, incidentally, very few people have heard – and that's not the essence:)) in the Network has a new photo of the intended player from Microsoft – Zune HD.

In addition to photographs of Internet resources and managed to get some of the characteristics devaysa. Thus, the media could easily play the video. Video can be procured directly from the store Zune Marketplace.

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It also became known that the player will have 32 GB of internal memory and OLED-display, combined with the capacitive sensors – in other words, the «multitach».

In addition, the rumor that the Zune HD video processor will use the NVIDIA Tegra. But actually, on this we have already written a few days ago.

As the new monitors to the ports mini DisplayPort, which dealt with the two earlier news, Zune HD should appear in September.