Warning: Video Store

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LOS ANGELES — HD movie purchases are possible through Sony’s new PlayStation Video Store, but Hollywood studios are not allowing any HD purchases through the Internet, according to Grace Chen, senior manager of the PlayStation Store.

Consumers can rent movies in HD through Sony’s new service, but they can only purchase them in standard definition. A two-hour HD movie takes up about 5GB to 7GB of space, while a standard definition movie runs between 2.5GB and 3GB of storage space.

Unlike Microsoft’s Xbox Live Marketplace service, gamers will not be able to download a TV show multiple times. Chen said because PlayStation 3 has plenty of hard drive disc space, consumers shouldn’t run out of storage space. Microsoft allows consumers to erase and re-download any purchased content.

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