storage problems in my 360

[El Brujo]

ok, i have a 20gb hard drive, but im already ruinning out of space, (1.8gb left) , last week i installed final fantasy xi on my 360 and it took like 1/3 of my hard drive, (or even more), THE THING IS : how am i supposed to store movies or programs that i buy on xbxlive if i dont have any space left??? even if i didint have ff xi installed, if i buy 2 hd movies its gonna take 12gb off space, so im thinking about some kind of external hard drive or find a way to transfer those movies/programs to my pc, how is people supposed to buy movies or programs (or games) on xbxlive and still have space left on the hard drive??? i really need to find a solution since there;s a lotta stuff i wanna download/buy from xbxlive,

[Kingfalcon]

Buy the 120GB hard drive... that's why they released it.

[ZForce915]

You don't "Buy" movies, you rent them. Once you watch them you delete them.

[El Brujo]

well i thought those movies were for sale and not for rent..... and yeah i know there is a 120 harddrive, but i was kinda hopping there was a cheaper solution, $175 for 120gb is too expensive ..

[magiic]

$175 for 120gb is too expensive ..

Welcome to the XBOX XPERIENCE lol

[PyroGamer]

well i thought those movies were for sale and not for rent.....
To be absolutely clear (the elipses make it seem like you don't understand): you thought wrong. Movies are NOT for sale, they are for RENT.

TV shows are a different matter.

[Malik112099]

delete all those demos and vids taking up space....and remember...anything you buy on live (other than rentals) will ALWAYS be free to re-download later...so if you arent playing a game at the moment with a lot of downloaded content just delete it and download it later if you ever play that game again.....speaking of this i think im going to delete all the halo 2 shit doing nothing on my hard drive

[El Brujo]

welli guess im stuck with my 20gb for the moment, but thanks you all for your responses

[mrx1]

Meet the Datel XSata.
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-df-49-en-70-1bxf.html
IGN review
http://gear.ign.com/articles/718/718315p1.html
"Sadly, what you can't do is transfer pictures, music, or movies to the 360's HDD. While it would be nice to dump a chunk of your mp3 collection into the 360, the 360 won't take it. To get media like that into the 360, you'll have to stream it via Windows Media Connect or use a USB HDD to get the 360 to accept the media."-IGN

[El Brujo]

thank you very much mrx1 you saved my life :)

Yep i use windows media center to watch movies/music videos on my 360 (i dont really care about playing mp3s on my 360), as long as i can use the Datel XSata to transfer files to my pc to free space in my HDD i'll be happy

[Decker]

I got the older Datel Xport for about $17 at Best Buy, but embarrassingly haven't used it. With that product, you can't communicate with the 360 like you can with the Xsata, but you can back up files.

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9263/xporttl2.jpg