more american TV show's on european servers

i want, i need, i demand... Knight Rider!

Why not get both systems.. lol and man i hope they make the video's able to be downloaded in canada soon cause i would love to see batman begins again on my HD

First off, who says anyone copied anyone? Has it ever occured to you that they all probably were trying to get to this point when Microsoft first started? No ones copying anyone. Its always been an idea and now it is executable by both companies.

If you ask me, the 360 is a little better since you get everything you get from a PS3 at half the price. They are, in the long run, both equal since, when you think about it, there are really no cons and the pros are about the same.

I would go with either of them if the 360 wasn't supporting Halo 3 since thats my taste. Quit bashing. Don't bring up the "Well on the PS3 you can browse the internet for free" crap. Its only a matter of time until the xbox does the same. They are pretty much equal systems. Its just based on what games you want to support.

will this feature ever be avalible to canada or japan or england or would it only be avalible in the USA

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Halo552
What About Canada they said it was only coming to the U.S.. "

you guys will probably get it too, we're practically the same country.... lol

I wonder how many people will ever use this feature.

With the movies they should keep on server saying "He bought that, let him watch it whenever" instead of deleting it.

Very nice

What About Canada they said it was only coming to the U.S..

Seems like just buying the external HD-DVD drive will be the way to go... unless you can somehow burn the shows/movies through Windows media. (Yeah f'n right) There is just not nearly enough room on the current 360 hard drive. All will be okay if they get HBO to join.

Give us a bigger hard drive already.

About 200GB is reasonable. And no, 60GB is not enough either.

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"dtfann003
Thats why the 360 is the way to go!!! Ps3 it a $600 kiddy toy. "

Wait. So you're saying this is the only legitimate reason to own a 360? I'm not really sure where you get off on calling PS3 a kiddy toy, but I don't think i want to listen to your weak logic try and explain it. This feature is extremely unimpressive, so I'm not sure why they're making a big deal out of this. You can get entire SEASONS for free with bittorent or other illegal programs, and it's less of a hassle than to go through all of the things on Xbox live. Plus, you don't have to pay the evil microsoft empire.

Wow, this sounds nothing like what sony had announced at E3 '05 with their 'downloadable movies and shows' idea. hooray microsoft and their creativity. Seriously, so what? 20 gigs is not nearly enough space, especially when 7 gigs come occupied to start with. And, uh, there's this really neat invention called T.V., where you purchase subscription and watch stuff there. I know companies rip each other off all the time, but for Microsoft to straight up mimic sony's plans and then criticize them in the same sentence is a little nauseating.

I already pay for a service that delivers television shows to my livingroom. It's called CABLE. If I miss the first run of a show on cable for whatever reason, I don't feel the slightest guilt over downloading it from BitTorrent or Usenet, as I've already paid for it. Sorry, not interested.

I don't have an HDTV nor will I probably download any TV shows or movies myself, but I think this is a great idea from Microsoft for those gamers out there that would do this stuff. The 360 becomes more and more what Microsoft said they visualized it as, not just a gaming console but a multi-media center of your living room.

bulletsword, I live in Japan, and, no one has Xbox 360. GameCube outsold it in monthy new sales. That may change a bit though.
See my comment below. If Xbox360 wasnt region encoded, I may by one so I could play American games online with friends. So, unless Xbox360s "second launch" is succesful, not sure if this service will be available to people here.

When will this feature come to canada????

PS3, you've just been owned. anybody know what Japan's getting? the thought of anime just brought that up. (i don't live in Japan, I just feel like knowing)

Wait, ChoadS has a good point. I think this may be the first step in online game rentals. If all 360 games now are about 5-7gb and thats about the size of a HD movie. If MS can work out the kinks with moives then maybe they will move to game rentals.

boo robot chicken, are you mad? but comedy central must be there! this is the colbert report!!!!!!!!!

Yay South park! Boo Robot Chicken

Bring on Lost and I'm a happy bunny

will we be able to download these to an external USB flash drive or does it have to be HDD/mem stick?

Thats why the 360 is the way to go!!! Ps3 it a $600 kiddy toy.

I am all about pricing.....what are they?

I can't even imagine how long it will take to download just one HD Movie and the amount of space it will suck up. They are not small people. THis also asks the question why should i buy a HD-DVD drive if i can just download them to the hard drive?

wow this looks really cool, i like where they are going with the 360...

hang on, i think i've seen something like this before...

... hmm

oh yeah...

it's called a COMPUTER. ffs.

way to go reinventing the wheel.

"take that sony, u suck "
Lol i love it , sony's having loads of problems with the PS3s launch (YAY!), but this is just a kick in the balls for 'em, yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rikardo10, if Sony suck then why is it a big deal that Microsoft have/are doing something great and Sony aren't? I mean Sony suck, they're nothing...

Yea right...

HD - Hmmmm GOOD

take that sony, u suck

I prefer to rent movies as I have found I spend $20 to buy the movie and watch it once and than it just takes up space on my shelf. I already have pay-per-view on my cable but it's not HD. This is a great move by microsoft in my opinion. The 360 is doing more than I ever thought it could. People complain about the 360 hard drive but when you can stream media off of your PC you don't have to put your music, pictures and video on your 360's drive. And you can even play games on the 360 with music from your PC streaming in the game- that's amazing. And the 720p vs 1080p thing is way overblown- unless you are watching on a screen 60+ inches studies have shown the human eye can not tell the difference. The 720p trailers I have downloaded off XBL look beter than movies on HD channels from my cable company. That being said would I like to see a 100gb (or more) drive? Hell yes! Or someone comming out with a case similar to this one:
http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/mods/USB%20Hard%20Drive%20Mod.htm
that would function as the main hard drive on the 360. By the way I'm getting Gears of War today- see you online!

no thx.

cool

I hope they find a new method of compressing the files, otherwise this is a no-no. Unless family guy is added

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Sounds ... okay - however i do think ill give it a miss, i prefer to have hardcopies of movies and films i buy ( + i get 5 free fox Box Office movies per month for movies i dont want to buy ). Also i hope people understand if you download a series of family guy or such u WILL need another HDD - at 5gb for 720p movies ... wait till you get them in 1080p using VC1 instead of MPEG-2 ... then think 10 - 12gb per movie on a 20 gb HDD :/

Without a bigger hard drive and - more importantly - a way to back up your movies, this is outright stupid. I'd never buy a movie like this.

Me_becoming_I - you're joking, right? Sony might have a powerful system, but they don't have a unified online system like Live. They maintain that they don't need it. They'll probably have some system for distribultion, but it's not going to be as nice as Xbox Live. I didn't really think much of Live until I played some games on Live with my buddy's 360. I dare say it's even better than PC, at least to the casual user that doesn't look for mods/patches/etc online. Besides that, they won't distribute movies online, they'll be too busy trying to get people to buy Blu-Ray movies than support HD-downloads.

sweetttt....
ufc in high def...

I think this is a very cool thing. Would love to watch V for Vendetta in HD.

Sonicgod, what do you mean about watching HD with or without HDMI? Its your choice? Dont you need a cable capable of transmitting at a full HD resolution? If so, what do you use as an alternative?

I live in Japan, and we have this "D-terminal" thing that outputs up to 720p(my HD cable has it, and so does PS2 and Xbox360). But, I was told only HDMI can output up to 1080p. Most of my Japanese stations are in 720 HD, and look great.

Which makes me wonder if the Xbox 360 doesnt have this output, what is the hi-def and all the 1080p upgrade/HD-DVD addon/ondemand HDTV going to mean?

Funny how you say Sony can do the same thing MS is doing if they wanted to, Me_Becoming_I. The difference is that actions speak louder than words.

I wanted something like this on consoles for A little while now. My plan was to buy A PS3 install windows on it and just download/rip the things I want onto the PS3 itself. It's a nice idea on MS's part. Though it would be nicer if they would just let us install windowsXP onto the 360...

""This really highlights the difference between us and Sony," Shane Kim, general manager of Microsoft Game Studios told GameSpot. "Sony has a very hardware-centric approach. You have to buy the Blu-ray drive whether you want it or not...The fact that we're a software company gives an enormous competitive advantage, because we can add capabilities like this. This is totally integrated seamlessly for our users...That's a big, big difference when you talk about future-proofing and flexibility...We're in a much better position to continue to add capabilities, that's the big difference between the hardware-centric and software-centric approaches.'"

That is the biggest piece of garbage I've heard come out from someone like him... Sony can do the exact same as what Microsoft is doing, and they can do it even better, considering they have the tools to do it, and most of the entertainment industry anyway. They are making standard definition, and HD videos available soon, among other things. You don't need to buy Blu-Ray discs or anything then if you don't want too... Couple Sony with some deals for additional programming, and Microsoft is done when it comes to this catagory...

AWw well it won't work if you don't have a HD TV so whats next

I get plenty of Full Hd with no hdmi

My other DLP HDTV for movies i use supports 1080p with out HDMI or with it is my choice.

If you are going to whine about HDMI the whole time then buy another T.V. the one you have must suck if it has to have HDmi for 1080p.

ALL of the movies listed on here are only 720p even my 32 CRT HdTV does that . and 720p Is not "full HD'' even with HDMI they can just get away with calling it HD because it is better than the old square T.V's HDMI will do you Almost no good with 72op anyway other than making it slightly more clear thanks to it being digital.

So there you have it 720p video is not "full hd" with HDMI anyway get over it.

None of the HdDVD/blueray disc have the HDMI protection yet until that is in place Hdmi is pointless and if your T.v can't support 1080p with both Hdmi or componet then your T.v must suck and you should get one that does they are easy to find.

I own an HDTV and bought a DVD player capable of HDMI, and I can tell you that HDMI isn't a big improvement over component. Period. Microsoft's New Video Marketplace is ingenious. I am so glad that I can be content with a Wii and 360 for the rest of my college career. So long, Sony. I don't need a Final Fantasy after XII, or a Metal Gear Solid after 4. As for actually playing MGS4, I'll stick with playing it on a friend's system.

Go Nintendo and Microsoft!

YES!!! I love Xbox360