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Zune HD revealed and now coming in XBOX Posted: 27 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT We had some rumours about Zune HD coming to Xbox and now that news is come true.Microsoft today announced the evolution of Zune, the company's end-to-end music and entertainment service.Brian Seitz from Zuneinsider gave some interesting news about Zune HD. For those that have not had a chance to check it out yet,Zune HD is a portable media player from Microsoft which will feature a HD Radio receiver, HD video out capabilities, an OLED screen with multi touch, and an internet browser. Find HD Radio stations in your area by visting the HDradio site.The Zune HD appears to have a capacitance 16:9 OLED Touchscreen which appears to be greater than 3 inches. This comes powered by the NVIDIA Tegra which  acts a fuel to its HD capabilities. The platform is believed to allow simultaneous playback of HD content, while still being able to drive and LCD display of 1280×1024 resolution, which can be noticed by the HDMI port on the left side. Some features: Zune HD comes with a built-in HD Radio receiver so users can listen to higher-quality sound than traditional radio on the go. Users also will have access to the additional song and artist data broadcast by HD Radio stations as well as additional channels from their favorite stations multi casting in HD. If you don't like the song playing on your station's HD channel, switch to its HD2 or HD3 channels for additional programming. The bright OLED touch screen interface allows users to flip through music, movies and other content with ease, and the 16:9 widescreen format display (480×272 resolution) offers a premium viewing experience on the go. The HD-compatible output lets Zune HD customers playback supported HD video files from the device through a premium high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) audiovisual docking station (sold separately) direct to an HD TV in 720p. Zune HD will include a full-screen Internet browser optimized for multi touch functionality. Zune HD is Wi-Fi enabled, allowing for instant streaming to the device from the more than 5 million-track Zune music store. More information on Zune and related images is available at http://www.zune.net/press and http://www.zune.net/ZuneHD. Zune will also be coming to the Xbox 360, taking over the existing video marketplace. Expect to hear more about this at E3 taking place in Los Angeles next week.You can read the full press release for these 2 announcements here on PressPass. Will Microsoft come against Apple is hard to tell but they certainly got right this time. Though no Apple device is HD capable yet but they might come up with the launch of new ipod devices.The Zune HD will be hitting the market later this year. I suggest keeping your eyes on the Zune Insider.

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