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Netflix

Netflix, the company that started out as an online over-the-mail DVD renting service, is expanding rapidly towards online streaming and promising high definition (HD) content delivered directly on the Xbox 360.

Netflix has chosen to make the HD service available only on the Xbox 360 at first and then turn to the PC market. The service will be available through a dashboard update scheduled in mid-November.

Subscribers of the Netflix service will also have to be subscribed to Xbox Live! to be able to enjoy over 10,000 standard definition titles along with the new HD content. If you’re a big movie watcher, this offer might be very interesting…

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Sony PlayStation Store

The Sony PlayStation Store is really nice for renting and buying movies. You will be able to watch a rented movie for 24 hours, which should be enough to enjoy it once or twice.

Buying movies should be as enjoyable as renting. So how long can you keep your purchased movies? As long as you don’t delete them! What happens if you delete them accidentally? Well, according to the T&C, you are scre*ed.

However, if you contact Sony’s customer service, you might get a redownload autorisation code to get your payed-for-movie back on your hard drive once again.

Word to the wise: ”don’t delete!”

ars technica