The Xbox 360 is quickly taking center stage as not only the top home gaming console, but also as your personal entertainment system. There is now over 1000 hours of “premium high- and standard-definition content available” through the Xbox Live® Video Marketplace. With access to CBS Broadcasting Inc., MTV Networks Co., Paramount Pictures Corp., Turner Broadcasting System Inc., Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, its no wonder why Microsoft is once again taking the lead in technology evolution.
At the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft announced that, “Lionsgate will be bringing a lineup of high-definition films to the service in the coming year. Films such as An American Haunting, Blair Witch Project, Crank, The Descent, Employee of the Month, Hard Candy, Ninth Gate, The Punisher, Requiem for a Dream, Saw III, See No Evil, and Stir of Echoes will be available for download on Xbox Live Video Marketplace in high definition in 2007.”
The 360 has already had earlier success with tv downloads. Over the past year, the Xbox Live Marketplace has over 100 million downloads of game content, television shows and movies. Comedy Central’s Caleb Weinstein, senior vp of strategy and business development, said, “Xbox 360 has become one of COMEDY CENTRAL’s leading digital distribution platforms… In nearly two months, Xbox has become our second highest performing digital distributor. COMEDY CENTRAL is thrilled to continue this partnership and is working to bring more and more content to Video Marketplace in the coming year.”
It’s far fetched to say that the 360 will supplant the cablebox, but be sure to look for gaming consoles to become an intergal part in planning your home media entertainment systems.
Heres what you get….- Unlimited access to the most widely used musicdownloading networkson the planet!- Search from millions of songs from all over the world - in every style and genre!- There are no limits to the amount of songs to download! And no fees per download!
sounds like a waste to me. I’d rather download to my ipod.