30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st — day of reckoning to follow

Do you have a Zune 30? If so, does the thing look something like the above? That is to say, stuck at a loading bar and completely non-functional? If so, you are not alone. We’ve been flooded with tips about users whose 30GB players started locking up at midnight last night, essentially bricking themselves without any help from their owners. The failures are coming 24-hours ahead of the big ‘09 changeover, but that hasn’t stopped Zune aficionados from dubbing this unfortunate flaw “Z2K.” No official word yet from Microsoft, but we’re guessing a made-for-TV doomsday movie staring Lewis Gossett Jr. can’t be too far off. Trailer after the break.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
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