One of the best devices on the market today for portable downloading of movies, TV shows and music is the zune. It also looks pretty cool too. Until the zune I was not really into the idea of hand held video devices I can listen to music 24/7 but washing video on the go never appealed to me. However now that it is possible to load your favourite movie or latest tv show in seconds. And if like me you spend time commuting on a train. It's a welcome break from reality. I think the whole area of hand held media is now coming into its own. It is only a decade ago when anybody seen carrying a mobile phone smaller than a house brick would be considered space age.

We are now able to carry our entire entertainment collections in our pocket. en fact the shear amount of information anyone of us can carry on a device like the zune is mind-boggling. We've come a long way from the days when cold war spy's risked their lives smuggling rolls of microfilm containing the entire contents of one A4 folder in their shoe heals in fact these days anyone of us can easily be walking around with a device the size of a shoe heel capable of holding a million volumes of the encyclopaedia Britannica.

The idea now of being able to escape my humdrum rail journey watching an entire season of Friends or listening to yesterday's radio casts is so enlightening. I'm at home with my feet up an entire weeks vacation ahead of me hang wait a minute the train is just pulling into the station just enough time to run for the bus. Never mind Ill watch an entire movie whilst sitting in the worst traffic jam London has seen for a decade and be blissfully unaware.

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Multimedia players are fast becoming amongst the most popular mobile devices around cornering the market for mobile videos. Top of the current range is the Zune 80GB (second generation Microsoft mp3 audio and video player). Navigation has been made easy with the user interface being simple and straightforward; a fairly large 3.2-inch display allows for good quality viewing integrated with in depth support for audio and video pod casts.

All Zunes come with good quality headphones as standard. Free extras include a great FM radio module complete with RBDS info, wireless connection options for sharing and syncing of data. Composite video for output, recently upgraded marketplace software for the PC, being a microsoft product means that the player benefits from easy software integration the Zune 80gb is currently Microsoft 's top of the range model. Other models in the range include the Zune 30GB, 8GB an 4GB. Microsofts 80GB is currently only available in Black but many colours are available for other models in the range.

The 80GB is a fantastic multimedia device offering state of the art technology, a wide range of models and many accessories. In our opinion it is a worthy alternative to the current crop of other MP3 multimedia players.

A number unlimited download sites have sprung up recently to allow for unlimited downloads for games, video and audio. Sites are reviewed in the locations below.

The Zune player is a personal favourite and is well on the way to the top of the list for multimedia hand held devices.