Posted 04/09/2007 @ 06:30:00 AM by Joseph Molnar Filed under: Media , The Weekly Curiousity , Xbox 360

The Xbox Live Video Marketplace is a convenient way to rent movies and my wife and I have noticed a nice increase in films that suit our tastes, including The Departed and Babel.

What we don't understand is the rental period. Once you start a movie you can watch it as often as you like over the next 24 hours. This time period is too short.

My wife and I generally start a film after we put our little one to bed. There have been a few times where we wanted to stop and continue the movie the next day. Since movies expire 24 hours after they start we would be unable watch the rest. Why not change it to something like 36 hours?

Yes some folks will abuse this but lending your Xbox 360 hard disk is a lot less convenient than lending someone a DVD rented from a brick and mortar store.