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Back in early February of this year, Verzion gave exclusive console rights of the Redbox Instant movie service to Microsoft's Xbox 360 platform. Redbox Instant is a cool movie streaming service with a variety of movies to choose from. Now, Redbox Instant is available on Xbox Live as an app!
Available for Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers, Redbox Instant (http://www.redboxinstant.com/) by Verizon allows subscribers to enjoy the latest Hollywood releases as well as a collection of movies available for unlimited streaming to your Xbox console. You can even purchase or rent new releases and stream them directly to your Xbox 360 without even needed a subscription.
However, if you want to go the subscription route, a package will run for $8 a month for DVDs or a dollar more for Blu-Ray releases. Users who own a Kinect can also use their Kinect device to search and select a movie using voice and gesture control. Pretty cool feature! "As an added bonus, Redbox Instant by Verizon will be unlocked from Gold for a limited time so download it from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace today," Microsoft's MajorNelson stated in an official blog post.
As far as being a competition to Netflix or any other streaming service, you will have to be the judge of that. We checked out the movie collection and there is a lot of variety available, including categories such as "Popular", "Just in", "Thrillers", and many more. Worth checking out if you have an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription!
source: MajorNelson