How to Get Movies on Your XBox 360 Hard Drive

Xbox 360 owners can download movies to their hard drives through Xbox Live. Some movies need to be purchased before they can be downloaded, but many of them are available for free. The movies are downloaded onto the hard drive for future viewing. The movies available include feature length films, television show episodes, trailers, gaming event coverage and video game strategy guides.

Instructions

1. Go to the Xbox 360 dashboard by turning on the console without a game inserted or pushing the "Xbox" button on the controller.

2. Scroll up to the "Video Marketplace" tab of the dashboard menu.

3. Select the "Explore Video Content" option. This is the default selection of the Video Marketplace menu.

4. Select the "Browse" option. This is the default selection of the Explore Video Content menu.

5. Browse the selections by the title of the movie, title of a television show or genre of video.

6. Select the title of the movie or television show you want to download. Select the episode you want to download if selecting a television show.

7. Press the blue button to bring up the Microsoft Points menu. This only needs to be done if you have fewer Microsoft Points on your account than are needed to download the video.

8. Add Microsoft Points to your account. These can be purchased with a credit card directly through the Xbox Live Marketplace. Microsoft Points can also be added to your account by entering the code from a Microsoft Points card, which can be purchased at video game retailers.

9. Exit the Microsoft Points menu by pressing the red button.

10. Select "Download Now" to begin downloading the video.

Tips & Warnings

• You can start to watch a movie before it finishes downloading to the Xbox 360 hard drive. Some movies are rentals, rather than full purchases. Rentals will only be watchable for the number of days indicated when initially downloaded. The movie is deleted off the hard drive after the rental period is over.

References

• Xbox.com: Xbox LIVE