You’re right, I’m not shocked but happy to see that this is becoming a reality. I’ve been wanting a good way to download movies for a long time, and this looks like it’s likely to be a winner. Microsoft will be offering HD movie rentals via its XBox Live service that will play on your big-screen TV in the living room via the XBox 360.
While a good part of me is excited about this, the other part of me knows that like so many other services that tried this in the past there will be next to zero content available in the Canadian market. I could be wrong, oh how I hope to be wrong, but whether it be cable VOD, CinemaNow, MovieLink, or any other service you sign in expecting to see all the great content that they have in their banner ads only to find a “Ohhhhh… you’re from Canada. I think we might have some independent films you can watch. No? How about this one - it has subtitles! Everyone loves subtitles!”.
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XBox Live HD movie rentals and TV
Posted by
pnear
Hi,
Paypal to me, and so on. If it’s the IP address, then you need one of those IP re-direction services. I’m looking forward to this service, it sounds great!
On the internet, how do they know where you are from? Surely they’re not looking at your billing address. If you need a US billing address, let me know, maybe we can work something out.