Just in case you – the loner, who refused to get "caught up" in Lost hysteria – feel left out while everyone (everyone who still cares that is) watches the season opener of the popular cliffhanger-fest, Microsoft has announced that their deal with ABC Television and MGM (first announced at CES) is finally coming to fruition. Part of that deal is ... wait for it ... high-def Lost episodes on Xbox Live Video Marketplace. You can nab the first three seasons now – at 160MS points for SD, 240 for HD ($2 and $3 respectively) – or get the first episode of season four tomorrow (or at abc.com for free if you prefer).
Other ABC shows like Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives are being added, along with Disney Channel programming like Hannah Montana (you know, for kids). Those MGM movies are being added beginning February 18th, including the complete Rocky series, some James Bond pics, and Mr. Brooks. Most notable, perhaps, is this month's addition of King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, the well received documentary about two arcade champs.
Reader Comments (32)
Posted: Jan 31st 2008 11:33PM The Wicker Man said
how much flamming will you use is the question?
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Posted: Jan 31st 2008 11:42PM ArtificeDrake formerly known as said
*flaming
the Spelling Nazi strikes again!!
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the Spelling Nazi strikes again!!
Posted: Feb 1st 2008 12:56AM (Unverified) said
i think he was joking, its shot in video (not HD)
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 4:34PM (Unverified) said
i was talking about king of kong not being in HD, i guess i wasn't paying enough attention.
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Posted: Jan 31st 2008 11:35PM (Unverified) said
I never had download a movie from the Marketplace... they come with subtitles?
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Posted: Jan 31st 2008 11:36PM (Unverified) said
*I have never downloaded... or how is the correct phrase?
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 8:34AM (Unverified) said
"Free" as in "I don't mind screwing over the writers"
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 9:45AM GiggityGiggityGoo said
Watch it on ABC.com in a small window with commercials? I'd rather pay $3 and watch it on my big screen without commercials in HD.
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 12:20AM waynski1457 said
so what if i never watched lost, im not paying that much for it...
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 9:20AM foxhoundadam said
LOL it's so true. I tried soooo hard to like LOST. The individual episodes are really good but when you realize you've watched 14 episodes and ti's only like 2 hours after they have crashed in their time you're like WTF I'm not waiting till season 15 to find out how the hell they get off the island.
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 11:05AM (Unverified) said
I gave up after half a season... but always worried I was missing something.
Luckily, someone posted a 6 minute recap of all the seasons so far on youtube... and i realised I wasn't missing anything at all.
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Luckily, someone posted a 6 minute recap of all the seasons so far on youtube... and i realised I wasn't missing anything at all.
Posted: Feb 1st 2008 1:19AM (Unverified) said
I would totally pay $3/season instead of downloading via bit torrent at 25gb (the only option since those idiots at ABC made it so that linux users can't access it -- it even crashes firefox in WINE).
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 2:22AM (Unverified) said
Hell yeah, $3/season would be hella sweet. Except I think that's just a typo. $3/episode sounds more like M$' style.
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 12:24PM Drago Dracini said
^^; In my opinion Lost doesn't compare to Heroes... but at least the network is releasing a show people actually watch on Live... ;p
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Posted: Feb 1st 2008 5:38PM (Unverified) said
$3 for an HD episode is absurd. A physical set of Blu-ray discs (currently $58 on Amazon), which includes all sorts of extras, is like $10 cheaper than buying all the episodes via download on Xbox Live ($69 for 23 episodes). The people guiding these pricing decisions will make a lot more $$ once they figure out that most of us won't pay more money for digital media than it costs to own an actual physical copy of it.
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