Battlestar Galactica on XBox Live

[Chris Gohlke]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/08/28/Video_3A00_Battlestar-Galactica.aspx' target='_blank'>http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/08/28/Video_3A00_Battlestar-Galactica.aspx</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Xbox Live users in the U.S. can now download the full length TV show 'Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far' in standard def from the Xbox Live Marketplace. Just in case you are wondering, this marks one of the first times that a complete TV episode has been digitally delivered to your Xbox 360 over Xbox Live. The file size is 492.20 MB."</i><br /><br />We are just seeing the beginning of Microsoft's strategy to go after all things iPod and iTunes. Content delivery over Xbox live and future portability of that content through the Zune platform. I'm willing to bet we will see more of the same in the near future.

[stephman]

I was very excited to see Xbox Live had this episode for download.
But after downloading it and watching it on a 50" Rear Projection LCD, I was a tad dissapointed. The SD quality looked worse than other SD material I watch through my cable box. And it was in a smaller window that doesn't fill the screen.
I think it's a great idea of MS to make episodes available, but to continue down that road, they need to provide better quality downloads and a larger harddrive for the Xbox 360.