why no HD downloads?

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in iPod + iTunes + AppleTV edited January 2014
whats the deal stevie? why can we rent in hd and not buy in HD? dont get my wrong most tv shows look awesome upscaled on the appleTV but im still curious.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    galleygalley Posts: 971member
    The lack of HDCP on your Mac.
  • Reply 2 of 4
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    Originally Posted by Galley View Post


    The lack of HDCP on your Mac.



    HDCP? im not really sure what that it....i know my ibook deff cant handle HD video (it cant really even handle SD video) but my Core2Quad PC even has HDMI output and i doubt im alone on that. so there are people out there who have the hardware to support it.
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    areseearesee Posts: 776member
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    Originally Posted by shady104 View Post


    HDCP? im not really sure what that it....i know my ibook deff cant handle HD video (it cant really even handle SD video) but my Core2Quad PC even has HDMI output and i doubt im alone on that. so there are people out there who have the hardware to support it.



    High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP
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    Originally Posted by aresee View Post


    High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP



    o that helps...so downloading a temporary movie in HD is somehow different from downloading a permanent hd movie?
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