Microsoft officially outed the Zune HD a week ago, but the Amazon product listing under the Technical Details section is talking about Xbox Live integration that wasn’t mentioned in the Microsoft presser.
Integration with the Xbox LIVE network gives you access to millions of videos, TV shows, and games from Xbox LIVE720p HD video output to your HDTV with optional docking station
There is more too.
This is under the Product Description section.
Zune is a premium partner in the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace, bringing an exciting catalog of TV and film to the platform. Zune is in the first slot on your Xbox user interface in the Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace.
That’s pretty darn clear language. We could speculate how the service would work with Netflix and other services. About how you could buy and play certain XBL games on the Zune HD. And how Microsoft is finally supporting the Zune like it should have from the start, but we won’t. We’ll wait for Microsoft’s official word on the subject.
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