Our new buds over at Microsoft have given us something really cool to giveaway – An Exclusive Battlestar Galactica branded 16 Gig Zune! This Zune is a pretty sweet little device. I find that I’m liking the Zune software more and more. Originally it was just so different than iTunes – which I really don’t like, just tolerate it because it’s cohesive and easy to use. The audio quality on this Zune blows away my iPod Touch and iPhone, the base on it is pretty thumping. I would actually switch to a Zune in a heartbeat if I wasn’t already so locked into the iTunes/iPod/iPhone ecosystem.
This exclusive Zune comes with ½ of Season 3 and the full final season of Galactica that’s 30 Episodes of Galactica on one little device. You also get one free month of access to the Zune Music Subscription service that will let you download almost 2 million songs for “free,” the service is $15 a month after your free trial. Contrary to popular belief, as the picture shows below, you can run the Zune on a Mac using Parallels.
Contest Rules
- Contest is simple the contest period will go from May 12, 2009 to June 12, 2009. Leave a comment about
- BSG, Music, or why you would want a Zune.
On June 12, 2009 I will select 1 winner at random to receive it.
I would really like to get a minimum of 50 comments (real comments, no spam. Only 1 of your comments will count) before giving it away otherwise I may put it back in the Prize vault. Many of you Non-DC area readers constantly complain about us only having DC Related contests, well here’s your chance to participate.
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I would love to win this Zune- I was so impressed with the quality of storytelling and compelling characters on the new BSG (so much better than the 70s/80s version!). Also, my iPod is ancient and won't hold a charge anymore – I need a reliable music player!
I would really like a new Zune to put all my Adam Lambert music on : )
I am a HUGE BSG fan and would love to with this Zune to hopefully watch new episodes of Caprica!
I love both battlestar and the zune. I've played with my friend's flash zune and was looking to buy one but maybe I'll win one.
I would love a Zune. I spend so much time repairing / reinstalling Windows in my job….I figure Microsoft owes me something that actually works well! LOL
I'm a huge BSG fan, and I would love a cool device to remind me of all the fun I had watching this show. I'm sad that it has ended, but at least I have my Friday nights back now!
I would like to win the Zune because I do not own one and like to try new things. 🙂 I have a 4GB iPod nano I could let my kids fight over if I won the Zune. 😉
I'm a huge fan of the Zune. Begin a previous iPod user I have to agree that the audio quality on a Zune is much greater. Also how can anyone turn down a free Zune with free episodes of BSG! I'd want another Zune because my current Z8 is almost completely full of music + shows.
what an awesome prize! Hope i win!
A good friend at work has a Zune and this would be a great time to get one – and with BSG to boot!!!
Who is BSG ? I want a Zune because it's free.
Do I have to post 50 comments or are you looking for at 50 comments in total?
50 Comments from 50 different people.
Birds on a wire
Like notes on a music score…
Both sing a love-song.
Life is a masked ball;
You have to face the music
Of perfect strangers.
Music to my ears
Are conversations with friends
Although we don't talk.
Wishing for music
I turn on the radio –
And I hear dirges!
Anyone writing a poem to win should win!
If I liked Poems we could turn this contest into a Poetry Slam 🙂
I am a huge Battlestar Galactica fan!!! It would be sooooo neat to have this Zune! I hope I win! And if I don't I hope the person who does win will appreciate the prize half as much as I would have (^_^).
frack me! 😉
This would be the best portable device on which to watch the new Caprica series!
Apollo: So, what's the charge this time?
Starbuck: Striking a superior asshole.
Apollo: And I bet you've been waiting all day to say that one.
Starbuck: Most of the afternoon, yeah.
I know ower Cylon technologie is much superior than this device….
And if you think we aren't around no more, you guessed wrong!
The Cylons will be back, all do it will not happen today.
Remember: This has happened before and will happen again!
But for now, I really like to get my hands on this one.
Don't let me sent the fleet!
I like BSG. I love music. I would like something portable to play music. Seems like this would be good all the way around, really…
Battlestar Galactica was all about choices.
I choose to use the best technology, not the most popular! Wwhen given a choice, thanks for giving us that choice!)
SciFiKid
Battlestar Galactica was all about choices.
I choose to use the best technology, not the most popular! (when given a choice, thanks for giving us that choice!)
SciFiKid
Speaking of SciFi…
You've got to see the new Star Trek in iMax, HUGE improvment!
Go ZUNE!!! My old Zen Microphoto just died.
Coincidentally, a friend and I just re-watched Kobol's Last Gleaming I and II last night. I can't remember anything else on TV that depressed me so consistently yet kept me coming back for more.
I sincerely miss Galactica.
Microsoft > Apple
BSG > StarTrek
This is the truth.
That Zune looks so freaking cool. I've never had reason to try out the zune software but it has to be better than iTunes…anything is better than iTunes.
I know BSG and music are listed separately but the first thing I'd do if I won this is load it up with the BSG soundtracks because the music on that show was always stellar.
I have get to get an ipod or Mp3 player-It would be great to start with this one.
I would love to to win this Zune. Not only because it's a freaking Zune with the BSG emblem on the back, but also because I have yet to watch the final season of Battlestar Galactica. I was unable to pay for cable so I couldn't watch the final season of my favorite show ever on Sci-fi (or is it syfy now?). I was also trying to save up money to be able to buy an ipod touch, and since my brithday is coming up on June 25, this will be the greatest birthday present I can imagine. 🙂
Wow! This is incredible! I'm a huge battlestar "geek" Trust me, we prefer geek… I just droke 4500 miles round trip from Michigan to Pasadena just to attend the "Last of the Best" Battlestar Galactica auction and couldnt even afford to buy myself a hotrel room… I just wanted to go… So ya, I'm a huge fan. i've been curious about the zune, I hate my Nano… So this is perfect.
Please gods let me win!
So say we all!
This Zune would be PERFECT to watch Battlestar Galactica Wherever we are. I Could watch all the time, all the seasons again, only to remember Starbuck !!! I Love you, Starbuck !
I want one! i Want one! I LOVE BSG! and I neeeeeeed an mp3 player.
Please pick me! 😉
i love techno gadgets, but i've felt like i didn't have much use for some of them. however, my thoughts and feelings on that have changed, and are changing every day because my life is changing. i would love to own this Zune, especially a Battlestar Gallactica one, and hope i'm selected since i can't afford to buy one right now. thank you.
BSG was a great show – and that coming from a non-geek. I would love to replace my Creative Zen with a new Zune so Bear McCreary could DJ my morning commute.
My Boyfriend's IPOD broke a year ago and we can only afford small Mp3 players that hold less than 100 songs. My Boyfriend lives and breathes music and has over 3,000 songs. This Zune would be able to hold all his songs. I would love to surprise him with this awesome win.
Thank you for offering such a great opportunity !!!
Have been looking to buy a pmp and don't know where to commit my $ – this would would be a solution to my problem. Plus, I love BSG! I've bought a couple of the seasons and will complete the collection eventually. Best not-crucial-to-the-story moment of the last season was Lee's outburst of "GAIUS BALTAR!" which made me laugh so hard i cried.
BSG is amazing… I don't watch much TV, but I couldn't get enough of the series after seeing the pilot and 33. Didn't think a show could still put a spell on me like this one did!
A BSG Zune to replace my 2004 iPod would be rather excellent because, like a certain beloved character, she's earned a rest after all she's endured over the last 5 years. 😀
I want a Zune because I Hate the Ipods, all the thing about Apple is different of Microsoft… they are the same, an enterprise that only can see the Money. I love BSG too, so the enemy of my enemy is my friend… 😛
Love your work… havent found much time to cope up with online stuff.. Still take the time to read through yur posts. I love gadgets gadgetaholic i can say. Zune is one i dont have 🙂 yet..
Well I gave my wife an 8gb zune for her birthday june 24th last year. She used it religiously everyday to help her study for nursing school. She just graduated in April of this year, yay!! Unfortunately her zune just died a couple of days ago. I feel so bad because I know she loved it so much. I am currently the only one who is working and I can't afford to get her another one right now. We both are Sci-fi buffs and we had been talking about possibly getting her a bigger zune for christmas. This would be an awesome surprise birthday gift, even if it's a little late.
ahh i love zunes 😀
right now I'm stuck with a broken piece of crap iPod. :/
it would be nice to win.
Can the Zune be used as an external drive as well for documents and photos?
I am the biggest fan of BSG ever! I have never missed an episode and I now miss my show terribly. I am still waiting to see a show that can compare to the incredible storyline and characters that Battlestar Galactica had. There's not one day I don't watch an episode on my computer so this Zune would the awesomest present ever! It would also be great to replace my antique Ipod. I cross my fingers!
It's a cool new product. Would love to see first-hand how it stacks up against the Apple products. Plus I work out every day and my current creative MP3 player is broken, so I hope I win! 🙂
I'm entering for my loved one. 🙂 He's hardcore into BSG, and his iPod has been failing on him. This would be a dream for him!!
I'm big into BSG and I loved my old Zune a ton (before it brutally died on me :/) so this would be awesome. It'd be especially awesome (and extremely nerdy :P) if I could listen to Bear McCreary's musical masterpieces from all 4 seasons on a BSG Zune; what could be better? haha
So anyway this Zune looks amazing (I love anything BSG themed) and I'd really love to finally have a Zune again for my listening pleasure.
*crosses fingers*
Thanks for the chance at this! It's really cool that you guys are giving it away; seems like most people would've gotten it and kept it for themselves, haha
First of all, look at my twitter avatar. See? It's Starbuck. Would you deny a fictional-virtual-wannabe-Starbuck a Colonial Zone?
Let's try again: I need this pretty device as much as Adama needs Roslin. Not moved? Frak, even a cylon centurion would be moved by that.
And if all fails, remember that our ragtag fleet abandoned all technology. Hence the need to secure this device on a safe place. My home.