360: Video Marketplace now LIVE!
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it depends as you can get the points on sale!
but yeah, 1600 points is $20 USD. .80 cents per 100 points.
Downloading Posiden HD now. Will watch and review and compare it to HD DVD quality later
How fast is that going for you?
scooby_dooby
Legend
Downloading Posiden HD now. Will watch and review and compare it to HD DVD quality later
Can you report back on DL times and streaming functionality?
heliosphere
Newcomer
Bah, only in the US, no Canada
I think renting. Once you play it it's 24 hours. The real question is when are they going to go ahead and announce a 60-100 GB hardrive.
scooby_dooby
Legend
Both. Rental movies, and purchase TV shows. TV shows are yours once purchased, and can be deleted from your HDD and redownloaded later.
Must say, I'm very surprised this didn't coincide with the announcement of a bigger HDD.
RancidLunchmeat
Veteran
I don't think they can at this point. A bigger HDD will probably result in a change in price structure for the existing storage devices, and they don't want to get into that can of worms in the holiday season.
Joe DeFuria
Legend
Agreed.
Any significantly new hardware or SKU is not going to happen this year. Will probably be February at the earliest...more likely March or April at this point.
Not really. I started it this morning and headed in for work. No streaming on the movies from what I can recall.
scooby_dooby
Legend
I'm fairly positive the TV shows are not rentals.
You own the TV shows like you own the arcade games I am certain.
From the Live press release:
Edit: Found the relevant info:
I don't really see the full terms of agreement around, though. I assume the TV shows are on the same terms as Xbox Live games, but movies seem to be rent only; one assumes a 24-hour period? I certainly hope the stream well, then, as they're supposed to appeal to the impulse purchaser.
Edit: Found the relevant info:
Usage Rights
You can download two kinds of content from Video Marketplace: Purchase and rental. What is now called purchase is pretty much what you're already used to. You download the video and you can view it on your console with any profile. In addition, you can download and view any video on another console as long as you're signed in to Xbox Live®with the profile you originally downloaded it with. Most of the time you'll see a "does not expire" tag when you check the info for this kind of video.
Rentals are a new concept for Video Marketplace, so I want to be very clear about how this works. Think of it as a combo rental/pay-per-view deal. When you rent a video, you have 14 days to watch it. Once you start watching it, you have 24 hours to finish watching it, so long as it's still within those 14 days.
When you look at the info for a rental video, you'll see that it's tagged with an expiration countdown clock. When you first confirm the video download, the 14 day countdown will start. This countdown starts the moment you confirm your rental, whether you start the download or not. Once you start watching the video, it switches over to the 24-hour countdown clock. You can watch the video as often as you like until it expires.
One note about rentals: You have to watch them on the console you originally downloaded them on. You can't watch it on another console through your profile like you can with purchases. Also, if you delete a rental before the 14 days are up, you'll have to rent it again.
RancidLunchmeat
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So the 360 rental is just like Comcast On Demand, except that it's slightly more expensive and you have up to 13 days to start watching the movie.
With Comcast On Demand, you begin watching the movie immediately (although you can just stop it and start it again if you want to.. but why?), and then have 48 hours to watch it as many times as you like.
I really can't see Comcast enamored at the prospect of where this is headed. I would assume Time Warner would have a similar service, and they wouldn't like it too much either.
With Comcast On Demand, you begin watching the movie immediately (although you can just stop it and start it again if you want to.. but why?), and then have 48 hours to watch it as many times as you like.
I really can't see Comcast enamored at the prospect of where this is headed. I would assume Time Warner would have a similar service, and they wouldn't like it too much either.
