RE: Xbox 360 Update - DivX / XviD Playback

["Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks like the UK is getting VOD over xbox too from next week!


Xbox Live users will be able to access and watch a range of movies from
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Tuesday after Microsoft confirmed rumours that the firm is to launch its
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video-on-demand service.
On December 11, the Xbox 360 manufacturer will make available
high-definition films, including 300, The Good German, Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Downloading a rental movie will cost 250 Microsoft Points (around =A32)
for=
a
standard definition 480p movie, while the HD films will cost 380 Microsoft
Points (around =A33.20).
=93Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store in Europe is all about adding to the
ever-expanding number of entertainment choices that our consumers have on
their Xbox 360,=94 Microsoft's director of Xbox Live for Europe Robin
Truch=
y
said.
=93We want to give them the entertainment they want, in the format they
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t,
when they want it and at an affordable price. We were already offering HD
games, HD music videos and the option to enjoy HD-DVD format films, now we
are offering HD movies to download and rent as well. This is very exciting
for us and the consumer.=94

http://tinyurl.com/ywvglg


M.