Xbox 360 Video Marketplace

TV Shows

Microsoft has partnerships with oodles of TV networks to command you latest and highest shows. You can download the latest South Park just a few days after it airs. You can download condensed versions of NASCAR races. You can download ESPN’s College Football Game of the Week. You can even get the complete chain of Lost if you want to. There is a ton of comfortable here, and it is all just a badge horde or two away on your Xbox 360.

These TV aren’t free, nevertheless. The cost is about 160 points ($2) for normal-definition episodes and 240 ($3) for high-definition . That comes out to about what a term of a show costs when you buy it on DVD, so it isn’t too bad. And this way you can pick and cherry-pick the episodes you want. Once you buy an incident of a TV show, it is yours persistently. You own it.

Movies

Microsoft has also made with flick studios to convey you full-length movies. Most of the big are , and you can download many movies the same day that they are offered in food. Another serious matter to note is that many movies accessible in high-definition only on Blu Ray (you know, Sony’s high-def DVD plan) are available for download on Xbox Live.

The cost for downloading these movies is about the same as a moving picture hire charge. Prices have a range from 240 MS ($3) for everyday-definition on up to 480 MS points ($6) for high-def movies. It also must be noted that you cannot keep movies that you download. Once you start looking a movie, the letting will expire in 24 hours. You can watchdog it as many times as you want in that time historical. After you download a film, you have up to 14 days to start viewing it before the 24 hour time period kicks in.