Ricky Lim asked:


Downloads for Zune are relatively easier to acquire however, there are only a few sites catering to free downloads and searching for paid subscription is considered one of the best options yet. The idea of acquiring quality downloads is definitely music to the ear however, you have to take the risk of getting these kinds of services for it also risk your computer in general.

Most free Zune download sites are slower to download compared to paid Zune subscription sites since they require bandwidth and cost to run the site. Hence, you will tend to get more incomplete and corrupted zune media files downloads with free Zune download sites.

You also run the risk of getting your computer infected with spyware and viruses from free Zune download sites.

The best alternative if you plan on downloading many Zune media files is to join a paid Zune download membership site. These Zune download sites such as Zreactor allow you to download unlimited Zune movies, games, music and more for a one time fee.

There are no download limits and no monthly subscription. Although it isn’t free, the cost is affordable and usually cost less than 50 bucks one time fee.

There are millions of Zune media files to download and the download speeds are much faster compared to free Zune sites. I have not encountered a single incomplete or corrupted file download with Zreactor.

The files are also certified free from viruses and spyware and most of the files are preformatted to work directly on your Zune player. That means you can download movies to Zune immediately. No conversion required.

Zreactor also provides a free software that allows you to convert media files into Zune compatible media that you can play on your Zune player. You can use it and convert your DVD movies to zune compatible movies and watch them on your Zune as well.

Bill Dueease asked:


erber wrote a very popular book entitled The E-Myth Revisited about the myths of entrepreneurship. He explained that entrepreneurs must have three skills to win. Gerber claimed that entrepreneurs must possess and execute the technical, the managerial, and the visionary skills to succeed as an entrepreneur by creating a successful business.

I believe that Gerber was only partially correct. He leaves readers with the impression that the entrepreneur (alone) must consistently possess and exercise all three of these skills for the business to succeed, and for the entrepreneur to win. I believe that the key distinction is that the three skills represent the three FUNCTIONS of the business that must be completed for the business to succeed. I believe that the entrepreneur does not have to perform all three functions personally. In fact, I am convinced that the business and the entrepreneur will be more successful if the entrepreneur DOES NOT personally perform all three functions.

A business is like a chain. It is only as successful as the weakest link in the chain. The three links to any business chain are the technical function, the management function and the visionary function. The success of a business will rarely exceed the level of poorest execution of the three functions. For example, if the entrepreneur performs the technical and visionary functions at an excellent level, but performs the management function at a poor level, the business success will rarely rise above the poor management level. Therein lies the dilemma. The business is limited to the lowest level at which these three functions are performed. Yet, it is extremely unlikely that any one person, in this case the lone entrepreneur, can exercise all three functions to a high enough level at one time to generate the expected business success. Hence, businesses where the entrepreneur must personally exercise all three functions will rarely succeed. Let’s look further at each of the business functions to learn why this is true.

The technical function of a business requires someone to actually perform the duties of that business, which attract payments. This could include repairing air conditioners, extracting teeth, painting houses, writing computer programs, or installing tile. People who do the technical work have almost total control over what they are doing, they frequently do something tangible, and they receive almost instant feedback and gratification. This is the “doing function.”

The managerial function of a business requires someone to direct, coordinate, and organize the business activities of other people (and themselves) to achieve the daily and weekly success goals. People who perform the managerial function have much less control, because of reliance on others to actually perform other duties, and they have delayed feedback and gratification from one day to a week.

The visionary function of a business requires someone to look years into the future, set goals, organize, and lead the business to the completion of the vision. People who perform the visionary function have virtually no control, because they must rely on others to actually perform the managerial and technical functions, and the many unforeseen things that will happen during the years. They perform even less, if any, “doing” type of work, and have delayed gratification and feedback from one-to-five years.

It is extremely difficult for one person to simultaneously perform all three functions well.

You can see that the type of skills, activities, control, and gratification periods vary widely for these three very different functions. The very different nature of these three functions, the very different skills needed to perform them well, and the very different types of people who would be mentally and emotionally capable of performing these functions requires three very different people. It would require one lone super-human person with three very different personalities and motivations, and with excessive energy and time to simultaneously perform all three functions at a level high enough for the business to succeed. These wide differences are the reasons it is so difficult for any one person to perform all three functions simultaneously. Yet, entrepreneurs are lead to believe they must execute all three functions themselves. In addition, most entrepreneurs feel not only compelled to do everything themselves, but most feel they are very capable of doing so.

The business will succeed because the lone entrepreneur will not perform all three functions.

But, when the lone entrepreneur feels compelled to work long and hard to execute all three functions of his or her business, the business will almost always fail. In essence, the business will fail because the entrepreneurs did too many things and worked too hard. This year, over 800,000 of the approximately 2,000,000 start up businesses will fail! Nearly 1,000,000 of those remaining will fail within 3 years. Clearly the sole entrepreneur doing everything approach is not working that well.

Smart and successful entrepreneurs discover the three functions they have the greatest desire to perform and will be the most successful at completing. You will also want to know the functions you have the least desire to perform and at which you will probably be the least productive. This is an extremely important discovery process about you, the entrepreneur. Once you have made these discoveries, you will want to design your business around you. By custom designing your business to suit you and your personal desires, passions, priorities, and talents, you will orchestrate your ability to enjoy and excel at the functions you selected for you. Likewise, you will avoid performing the other functions you would have suffered and struggled to execute well enough for the business to succeed. You will want to enlist others to perform the functions of your business that you do not want to do. You will want to join forces only with people who have a strong desire to perform the functions you do not want to do and have a strong desire to avoid performing the functions you love doing.

It really comes down to creating the best fit for you first, and then creating the best fit for the people performing the other functions. It is almost like the sport of baseball. There are nine positions in baseball that must be played well by all nine players in order for the team to succeed. In the entrepreneurial small business world there are three positions that must be played well for the business to succeed. Pick the position you want first then have others play at least one, if not both, of the remaining two positions. This way everyone will be much more productive, have more fun, and the business will thrive.

Hire a business coach.

But how do you as an entrepreneur or business owner discover enough about you to be able to understand which aspects of your business are best suited for you? You engage a business coach. A business coach is, in essence, a life coach who specializes in coaching entrepreneurs and business owners to business related goals. The most common business goal clients achieve with their business coach is to become more successful and productive entrepreneurs and/or business owners and do so on their terms. The initial discovery phase of business coaching will assist you to unravel the mystery of you, so you become The World’s Leading Expert on You! You can work with your equal partner/coach to develop your business to allow you to fulfill your passions, follow your beliefs and values, maximize your talents, avoid as many of your self-imposed obstacles as possible, and operate your life based on your own priorities. Now that you know what you want your business to look like because you have your business coach/partner to support you with options and clarity, and because you as the entrepreneur/business owner have ultimate control over your businesses, you have nothing stopping you from custom designing and completing your business to suit you. By building your businesses to suit you, you will be virtually assured of achieving outstanding success, and you will get to enjoy the ride along the way.

If this is true, then how do entrepreneurs get all three functions executed well enough for the business to succeed, if they don’t do it themselves? Entrepreneurs have others perform at least one of the three functions for the business. We are listing several possible methods entrepreneurs can have one or more of the three functions successfully performed by others.

The partnership solution.

The simplest way to cover all three functions is to have a business with two or more partners who execute different functions. This is a very common success tactic. Do the names of Gates-Allen, Hewlett-Packard, Jobs-Wosniac, Disney-Disney sound familiar? They succeeded in large part because they had at least two people accomplishing the three functions from the outset. Sometimes, it appears easier to go it alone, but if you can find a partner who wants to and is effective at performing one of the three functions, you are way ahead of the game.

As a side note, the most frequent reason business partnerships break up is because the partners are too much alike. Partners with like interests and personalities want to perform the same functions and compete to do so, while not paying attention to the other functions. Friction occurs and partnerships or businesses dissolve. How often do two programmers, or two electricians, or two salespeople, or two mechanics, become partners only to see their partnership and the business implode because they focus on the same function at the expense of the others?

The hiring solution.

Another way to solve this dilemma is to hire someone to perform one of the functions. Normally, the function that is the easiest to hire in is the technical function. However, this fact frequently creates a conflict with entrepreneurs. Normally, entrepreneurs begin their business by performing all three functions, including the technical functions themselves. The baker bakes, the plumber plumbs, the graphic artist does graphic artistry, the printer prints, the accountant accounts, and the list goes on. The sooner entrepreneurs can have someone else perform the technical functions of the business so they can focus on the management and visionary functions, the sooner the business will start down the road to success. When entrepreneurs have others execute the technical functions they transition from being a technician to becoming a business owner.

The Franchise solution

However, if you are excellent at performing the technical functions, you may want to bring in someone to perform at least the visionary and probably some of the management functions. The franchise structure of business has been used for years to allow performers of the technical functions to utilize the franchiser to perform the visionary functions and provide considerable guidance in performing the management functions. Look at the successes of the McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut and other such franchises. The headquarters of each of these groups perform all of the visionary functions and design and teach a large part of the management functions. The franchisee performs the technical functions and some of the management functions. Through this separation of duties all three functions get performed exceptionally well to produce great successes.

Conclusion

As the entrepreneur you have the power, control, and obligation to design your entire business around you. You want to discover and know yourself very well going into the design of your business, so you will know exactly which functions and duties you will really want to perform. You will undoubtedly create excellent results from the duties you want to perform. Likewise, you will want to find, attract, and surround yourself with others who will want to perform the other functions of the business you chose to avoid. They will also produce excellent results from performing their chosen duties. This way you get to do what you love, and you will do it well. You also have others producing exceptional results because they enjoy it so much at the other functions of the business you chose no to do. You win because you will work less and enjoy yourself more, your supporting cast wins because they will enjoy what they do and they will be rewarded for their high quality results, and the business wins because all three functions will be executed exceptionally well.

Everybody wins!

Provided as an educational service by Bill Dueease of The Coach Connection, where “connecting great people with great coaches” is their goal. You may contact Bill at 800-887-7214, 239-415-1777, coaches@findyourcoach.com, or http://www.findyourcoach.com/0o-business-coach.htm

Richard Seng asked:


Microsoft Zune player, released to compete with the iPod allows you to play music and videos. You may already have your own videos and want to play them on your Zune Player. Instead of carrying around discs, you can convert them so that you can watch these movies on our Zune anytime, anywhere - without the inconvenience of carrying all the discs. DVD to Zune Converter software helps you to easily convert your favorite DVD to Zune MP4 video. Most of the DVD to Zune converter software programs are easy to use. With just a few clicks, you can choose subtitles and audio tracks and customize output video and audio quality.You can also rip almost any DVD movies, even those that are region protected, css, Macrovision and sony arccos protected DVD discs.Features included with DVD to Zune Converter:• Easily rip and convert DVDs directly to Zune video MPEG-4, H.264, WM• Convert DVD to Zune with customizable video and audio quality• Super fast conversion speed provided as it full supports Intel Pentium D Dual-Core Processor and AMD Athlon™ 64 X 2 Dual-Core Processor which ensures full use of your CPU• Fast converting and ripping DVD to Zune MP3, WMA and AAC• Select DVD subtitles and audio tracks• So easy to use that only a few clicks are enough and all properties and settings are displayed in the interface which you can handle easily.• Set and convert starting and ending points • CSS (Content Scrambling System) protected DVD. • REGION protected DVD. • MACROVISION Protected DVD. • SONY ARCCOS protected DVD.• Automatically Shutdown your computer after long conversions • Creates best picture and audio quality with up-to-the-minute industry standards • Excellent image and luxuriant sound are provided Many of the DVD to Zune converter software programs will convert at a fast speed. There are a some programs that you will have to convert in two steps, but we suggest you get a program that will convert in just one click. This will allow the program to convert at a faster speed.DVD to Zune converter software automatically converts almost all formats of video files that are already on your computer (AVI, MPG, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV, 3GP, AMR, FLV, FLIC, SWF, RM, RMVB etc.) into a format that’s compatible with Zune video, that is, Zune mp4 format.DVD to Zune software automatically detects your hardware configuration and decides an optimized conversion scheme. Its preview display enables you to observe the whole converting process, making the waiting time enjoyable! Another function is that you may pause converting process any time and the converted part won’t be lost. This is especially useful when you have to stop for another job.Are you looking for a smart DVD to MP4 Converter or DVD to Zune Converter? Do you want the tool to be very compatible, very quick speed, and with very excellent output video quality? Below we have the best DVD to Zune Converter software programs for you to check Avex DVD to Zune Converter

Zarqoo Zaimoo asked:


Trying to decide which Zune download site is the best can be a pretty confusing business, as there are now so many different download sites, that trying to assess each one individually would take forever, and trying to wade through all of them you might end up on some sites that are just no good at all. So to save you all this trouble, I have put together the pick of the crop in terms of the top download sites for your Zune gadget.

Unlimited Media Access talk about the huge amount of files they have available for download, and claim to be the place for all your file download needs. You have to pay a $34.95 membership fee for these services, but it may well be worth it for all the good stuff you’ll be able to get. At Unlimited Media Access you don’t have to worry about limited download and bandwidth, and you can access files for download any time you want. At this site you are sure to be able to find that song that continues to play on your mind.

A close contender to Unlimited Media Access is Zune Reactor, which comes in a little more expensive. So is it worth the fee? Actually, it is. Zune Reactor has actually become more popular among Zune player owners as it provides top quality downloadable files such as Zune movie downloads, and HD quality movies. Additionally, if you become a member, you’ll be able to make use of their free spyware removal software.

Zune Cyclone has a very reasonable membership price of $39.95, which allows you to enjoy some good quality Zune movie downloads, music, videos, games, and a lot more. If you are not satisfied with their service and what they offer, Zune Cyclone has a money back guarantee.

Zune Video Pro, as the name suggests, is a popular site for Zune movie downloads. Its membership price is the same as that of Zune Cyclone, but this site offers mainly sports videos. The only downside to this download site is that you may not really get your full moneys worth, as they only offer video downloads.

So from these popular Zune download sites which one is your top pick? Hopefully these reviews will help you to choose the one that will work best for you. It is also worth bearing in mind that these download sites, although varying in terms of features, all offer unlimited downloads. So by choosing one over the other, you most likely won’t be making the wrong choice, as there is not a great deal of difference between them anyway. Know what you want for your Zune player and you’ll know which one to head for.

aadersh asked:


Smart Internet marketers know that buying master resale rights is a shortcut to getting products on the market. But did you know that invoice That’s right - the richest man in the world bought the rights to DOS, the operating scheme that begin the Microsoft Empire.

There are five significant educations invoice Gates could teach you about master resale rights.

1. Find a hungry market with a burning need and fill it.

Bill Gates read about the Altair 8800 computer in Popular Science in 1975. Realizing Altair needed a simple programming language to make the computer popular; Gates sold a version of BASIC to Altair before it was even written. Then Gates worked night and day with Paul Allen and Monte Davidoff to develop it. Microsoft was born.

In 1980, IBM created the desktop PC - but they didn’t have an operating system. Gates saw a burning need waiting to be filled, and learned a new lesson:

2. You don’t have to create a product to fill a need if you can buy the master resale rights instead.

IBM approached Bill Gates to create an operating system for the PC. Gates initially recommended they contact Digital Research to purchase their CP/M operating system. But those negotiations failed, and IBM came back to Bill Gates.

Gates learned that Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products had developed a clone of CP/M called QDOS. Microsoft bought the rights for just $56,000.

Of course you don’t have to invest $56,000 to get rights worth selling. Often you can buy master resale rights for $100, $50, even $10 or $20. You can even join resale rights membership sites and get thousands of dollars worth of products for a small monthly fee. Sometimes you can even find master resale rights products for free!

Why so cheap? Sometimes the products aren’t very good, but often they’re great products that weren’t marketed well. Not seeing the opportunity, people sell their work for almost nothing.

Smart marketers know that sometimes you can just rename a product or change the marketing and have a hit. This is where Bill Gates could teach us the third lesson:

3. Repackage or rebrand, change the marketing approach, and build your own brand.

QDOS stood for “Quick and Dirty Operating System.” IBM might have bought it even with a name like that, but being a savvy marketer, for more detail visit www.plr-vodoo.com Gates decided to rebrand it. He dubbed it “PC-DOS,” for “PC Disk Operating System.” He targeted it squarely at IBM - and they bought it, big time.

When PC clones hit the market, Gates saw another hungry market with a burning need. Microsoft quickly rebranded DOS, dubbing it “MS-DOS” for “Microsoft Disk Operating System,” thus building the Microsoft brand at the same time. The rest is history.

Resale rights products are often widely available. If you do the same thing as everyone else, why should someone buy the product from you? Than you have to visit www.resale-rights-explained.com but if you take the time to repackage or rebrand the resale rights where permitted, you will have a unique product you can market to a hungry audience with a burning need.

Ricky Lim asked:


Do you like your Zune and want to find the latest Zune music downloads? Or you want to buy a Zune and you’ll want to download Zune music when that happens?

By reading this article you will be able to take advantage of all the Zune features.

Zune music downloads are a very popular subject on the Internet.

Why?

Because there are a lot of resources and sites that offer music downloads for the Zune. With the help of these sites you can find the songs you’re looking for.

Remember these 4 lines when you download music for the Zune and your experience will be much better:

- You Must Know the Right File Formats to Download Zune music .

If you download audio files you should remember that you can only play AAC, MP3 and WMA formats on your Zune. If the files you download for your Zune aren’t of that format, then the files will not play well.

- You can Convert or Rip Music CDs for Zune

But it can be very difficult, especially for those that don’t know much about software or computers. If you don’t know much about using software, you should look for a site that offers Zune music downloads of quality that makes it easy. It’s so easy to download Zune music online and on the proper format.

- Subscription Can Be Better Than Individually Paid Downloads.

If you want to download only once Zune music, or just a few times, maybe paying for individual downloads is the best option. But if you’re looking for music regularly, then you would be better off paying for a lifetime membership.

- Free Zune Music Downloads Can Be Risky .

Remember that you might download spyware and adware with your music. These programs can harm your computer so you should pay attention.

Remembering these four tips will help you find the best Zune music downloads site for you.

Sean M. Clarke asked:


Introduction

In an age where the super rich invest their wealth in various interests such as football teams, vintage aircrafts etc., Bill Gates stands apart. He has not only pledged a large percentage of his wealth to charity, but has also stated that after July 2008, he will be devoting all his time to charity work.

There are very few people who are able to walk away from their wealth and also devote their time to help society. It is for this reason the Spiritual Science Research Foundation proceeded to find out through spiritual research, the contributing factors behind this noble act and to find out the spiritual factors that contributed to Bill Gates taking this life path.

Information about some relevant past lives of Bill Gates

Bill Gates has had a rich spiritual background in his past lives. He is a seeker of God following the Spiritual ‘Path of Action’ (Karmayoga) which is inherently about practicing Spirituality according to the principle ‘As one sows, so shall one reap’. The knowledge received also revealed that his faith and his efforts undertaken on this path to God, has made him a philosopher with thought-leadership on the Path of Action.

Through spiritual practice he has acquired a place in the subtle highly evolved plane of existence, the Mahaloka (a region which is more subtle and spiritually progressive than Heaven).

He has done spiritual practice for 20,000 years in the subtle plane of existence called Heaven and for 3000 years in the subtle plane of existence called Mahaloka. This amounts to a total of over 180 million years of effective spiritual practice in Earth years before being born as Bill Gates in this lifetime.

What is the purpose of Bill Gates’ birth on Earth?

Bill Gates due to his ample spiritual practice in previous births has already transcended (gone beyond) the attachment to happiness one enjoys in Heaven and has attained Mahaloka, and has taken birth on Earth to ascend (progress) from actual actions of sacrifice to complete renunciation.

By virtue of his merits and spiritual level from previous lives, Bill Gates is destined to lead a life of fame and fortune and hence he has been able to earn so much wealth. As a seeker his spiritual practice is that of offering his wealth for the benefit of others in order to experience renunciation.

As Bill Gates does not have any craving or attachment to wealth, he now has the privilege to experience first hand, the Bliss of giving away wealth and of the resultant renunciation.

Future of Bill Gates’ spiritual practice

The wealth acquired by Bill Gates is a result of his pure thoughts and unshakeable faith in the Path of Action.

Giving away his accumulated wealth helps do away the sense of achievement associated with it. Thus he will ascend from the level of sacrifice (giving away), where there is a sense of achievement of wealth, to that of renunciation where even this sense of achievement is overcome. This is his goal. Thus he is close to achieving his objective and is now moving towards renunciation.

Summary:

We often look at our lives from a very myopic viewpoint i.e. we are born, we live and then we die and there is nothing before or after that. However, according to Spiritual science, our life is but a part of a continuum of many lives from our first birth till we finally realise God or until our dissolution. In other words, we all come from God and finally have to go back to God. Every time we are born on Earth, it is an opportunity to make spiritual progress so as to move closer to our final goal i.e. becoming one with God. From the standpoint of spiritual growth, the opportunity to be born on Earth, if used well, can result in our rapid spiritual growth.

By donating the acquired wealth, one is liberated even from the thoughts of achievement and one makes progress faster. Bill Gates is an excellent example of this. He is an example of a great evolving soul.

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Jonathon Hardcastle asked:


As the co-founder and chairman of the mammoth Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates is the moving force behind a company that has been regarded as “The Most Innovative Company Operating in the U.S.” (1993, Forbes magazines). Microsoft introduced several revolutionary technological advancements in the computer industry that made the company the first truly dominant player among home computer operating systems. Microsoft also created the most widely used operating system in the world, Microsoft Windows.

Gates is widely regarded as the brains behind the Microsoft Corporation, primarily responsible for product strategy from the time the company was founded in 1975 until 2006. Among his key contributions are extensively broadening the company’s product lines and vigorously defending Microsoft’s dominant position in its key areas of operation. And while some of his decisions have led to antitrust litigation over Microsoft’s business practices, his reputation as one of the most popular and respected entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution remains intact. His fame actually surpasses the realm of computers and business and extends into mainstream society. For instance, in a 2006 list compiled by New Statesman magazine, Gates was voted eighth in the “Heroes of Our Time” category.

In June 2006, Gates announced that he will be handing the reins of Microsoft’s day-to-day operations to someone else by July 2008 to concentrate on the philanthropic work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, although he will continue to serve as the company’s chairman and as an advisor on special projects. Plans are already afoot to transfer Gates’ role as Chief Software Architect of Microsoft to Ray Ozzie, the former head honcho of the Groove company which Microsoft purchased in 2005.

Gates has donated several millions of dollars to various charitable groups and scientific research studies. By some estimates, Gates has contributed over half his fortune to charity. Even if such were the case, he can easily afford it. Recently, the prestigious Forbes magazine named Gates as the world’s richest person for the 12th straight year, with a 2006 net worth of $50 billion. Incidentally, he actually became the world’s first “centibillionaire” in 1999 when his net worth surpassed the 100 billion mark briefly.

Ricky Lim asked:


Downloading free Zune movies is a great way of enjoying your favorite motion pictures and is considered as an efficient way in gaining movie entertainment access. A lot of various ways in downloading movies have emerged yet; downloading movies to Zune is a distinct way in guaranteeing legal downloads.

There are many ways to get free zune movie downloads online. One way is via P2P networks.  P2P stands for peer to peer technology and it allows millions of users worldwide to share and download zune files online.

However, one of the biggest problems with P2P is that there are many viruses and spyware on P2P largely because it is un-moderated. Hence, it can be dangerous and I highly recommend you have an anti spyware and virus software on your computer before downloading Zune files from P2P.

The download speeds on P2P may also vary depending on the number of users uploading the files. Hence, less popular Zune movies may take a longer time to download. You may also encounter many incomplete and corrupted downloads as well.

A better alternative is to join a paid Zune movie download site. These Zune download sites allow you to download unlimited Zune movies for a one time fee. There are no download limits and besides unlimited Zune movie downloads, you can also download unlimited Zune games, music and more.

The download speeds are also much faster and I have not encountered a single incomplete file or corrupted downloads since I joined a paid Zune movie download site. The files are also certified free from spyware and viruses.

Although it isn’t free, the cost is quite affordable and it usually only cost a one time fee of less than 50 bucks. So if you want free Zune movies downloads, check out some of the Zune movie download membership sites.

Johnny Bristau asked:


How to download DVD movie Video to the second generation Zune

Before we get into how you would download a DVD movie to Zune here is a brief run through of the 2nd generation Zune.

First is the screen….no more plastic, Zune 2 now comes with a glass screen. As I’m sure you will agee this is a vast improvement for image quality.

If you got the 80MG Zune you now have the ability to watch what you have loaded on your Zune on you TV with Zune’s video out capability. The resolution has increased to 720×576 vs the original 320×240.

Microsoft listened to its customers and made their second generation Zune small. It actually weighs less than the latest 80gb iPod. Is that a critical thing….naa, but its nice to see Microsoft listening to its customers.

Like to listen to the radio? The new Zune has a built in FM tuner….if you want that with other players it will cost an extra $50 or so.

Those are the highlights of the second generation Zune. So on to watching movies on a Zune.

The Geek stuff first…here are the Supported Video formats…(though dont worry too much about it, we’ll guide you through it. Windows Media Video (.wmv): Main Profile, CBR or VBR, up to 1.5 Mbps peak video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., with Windows Media Audio up to 192 Kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo audio; Simple Profile, CBR, up to 736 Kbps video bitrate, 320 x 240 (720×576 80MB) pixels, 30 frames per sec

STEP 1

You need a program that will decrypt your DVD onto your hard drive. There are a number of programs out there to choose from. Some are easy to use while others are costly and require a degree in computer science to use. I use the one that Zune Empire has built into their download site, it’s easy to use and you get step by step instructions (with pictures…my favorite kind of instructions).

Once you have the DVD decryption software loaded decrypt the DVD on to your hard drive.

Step 2

Now we are going to convert the DVD you just decrypted to a format call AVI. To do the you need to download a program called Deep Burner. DeepBurner is an advanced and powerful CD and DVD burning package. Wiit it you can burn any data, copy discs, make backups, burn astonishing photo cd albums, make ISO CDs and DVDs with just one easy to handle software- DeepBurner.

Simply choose beginner, locate your file and select the AVI conversion format from the above software.

Step 3

We are almost there so stick with me. The last thing we need to do is convert the file in a Zune format using a MP4Convert PC Version software. Again, I use the one in Zune Empire. Simply select the created AVI file and the software will do the rest.

Once that is done, you simply need to transfer the file to your Zune. That’s all there is to it.

ONE STEP Method

If you want a one step process and are willing to spend about $30 then check out the Cucusoft DVD to Zune Converter ( http://www.free-lnfo.com/DVD_TO_ZUNE ). Its the easiest to use DVD to Zune converter software available. It can convert almost any type of DVD to play on Microsoft Zune Video player.