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Microsoft said tonight that it would offer movies and episodes of television shows for download through its Xbox Live online service in the United States, beginning Nov. 22.

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WorkerSS
Nov. 7, 2006, 8:47 a.m.
About $2.00 for a tv episode and more for HiDef content...sounds really great for M$ (and Apple) but not consumers...I'll keep to getting my entertainment the old fasion way "Pirating" (speaking for those of us who just have enough to pay for internet service)thank you.
If they charged a reasonable price (25 cents per episode) then that would really curb pirating but $2.00 is a joke.
I have Xbox live and a cable connection and I could care less about this extra content but I'm sure someone will pay for it. (sucker born everyday)

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  esmLIVE
  Nov. 7, 2006, 10:07 a.m.
  Dude... 2.00 is too much for you? Are you kidding me? I laugh at people who say this show is worth a bag of chips to watch.
  Do you realize that a cell phone polytone costs more than what your saying is too much? A hero sandwich from a corner store?
  Its amazing how cheap some people can be. I think 2.00 is fine ESPECIALLY if you get to keep it.
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pacodurf138
Nov. 7, 2006, 1:17 p.m.
It's cool that now they're using the "itunes method" with downloading tv shows. you can now buy one episode you like instead of spending 35 bucks on a whole season. plus, if 2 dollars is too much for you... get a job!
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Freshness
Nov. 7, 2006, 1:50 p.m.
I agree with you pacodurf138. I just recently had to purchase a whole dvd season set so i can watch just 3 episode that i enjoyed from that series. and WorkerSS, you might just have to change your name to NON-WorkerSS. Its only $2.00.
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SilverPaladin
Nov. 7, 2006, 3:31 p.m.
Unfortunately I live out a good ways into the country and can't get a broadband connection therefore I'm stuck with dial-up and really can't comment much on online downloads.. however I think home consoles should be more pointed in home use than internet uses, otherwise a lot of the dial-up users like me out there are going to be really left behind. They should at least hold off a little more until DSL and these other fast connections are more universal.
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WorkerSS
Nov. 7, 2006, 8:57 p.m.
Ha ha, you guys crack me up "get a job" "non-workerss"....I'll leave it to you suckers to keep the krap comin in.
I should get old vhs movies and copy them to the computer and then sell em for 50 cents to make up for the krap you all might be missing...or are you all already eating that too ? oh ya and
I'll make up some extras with nothing but advertisments...I know how you all love commercials and just cant get enough of em.
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WorkerSS
Nov. 7, 2006, 8:59 p.m.
I wonder if we could get them to pay for infomercials ? Oh sure they'll pay for anything.
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