Download high-def movies to your Xbox 360

What do action flicks like 300, Enter the Dragon, Ocean’s 13 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have in common?

What do action flicks like 300, Enter the Dragon, Ocean’s 13 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have in common?

They all can be downloaded – in high-definition — via the Xbox Live service to watch on your television.

Beginning December 11, Canadian Xbox 360 owners will be able to rent these full-length films, and others, for as little as 310 Microsoft Points (for standard definition flicks) and from 460 Microsoft Points (for high-definition movies). As a point of reference, an 800 Points card can be purchased at retail for about $11.

With this eagerly-anticipated launch (first announced at the E3 Expo in July), Xbox Live Marketplace has become the first video-on-demand service to be available in six countries including Canada, U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Ireland.

Movie titles, which are listed at Xbox.ca, range from kids flicks (Wiggles: Getting Strong!) to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

Prices for the Xbox 360 start at $299 (for the Xbox 360 Arcade console, with five games included). The Xbox Live service costs $60 a year.

Question: would you pay to download high-definition movies? Or do you prefer the video store with its better selection of titles?

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