HD shortcut on my Apple TV

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HD shortcut on my Apple TV

Hi, I just converted my original DVD Avatar (in HD @ 720p) with Handbrake for my Apple TV, all went good but I now see the HD shortcut (on Avatar title) on my Apple TV when I scroll the movies list.

Question: does exist a way to find out on my iTunes (synched to my Apple TV with reference way) the movies that will be rendered as HD on my Apple TV ?
I'm asking this because I created a smart collection with Composer field in which I put the HD letters to find out and group them all the movies in HD viewable on my Apple TV.
I'm going to convert the same way my Lord of the rings trilogy (always in HD @ 720p)...it's much better to have them converted and ready to watch on my Apple TV than to insert/remove the DVD on my DVD player...!!!

Thanks a lot, Roberto.

iMac late '09 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 1067 MHz RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Jun 11, 2010 5:35 AM

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Answer 1

Chenks

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Jun 11, 2010 6:16 AM in response to dalrmi

dalrmi wrote:
Hi, I just converted my original DVD Avatar (in HD @ 720p)

if it was a DVD then it isn't HD @ 720p.

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Answer 2

Jun 11, 2010 7:49 AM in response to dalrmi

We are not permitted to discuss methods for avoiding copy protection of commercial DVD's on these forums.

However in general you are wasting your time increasing the resolution of any conversion beyond its original resolution.

The tv adds the HD symbol to any content that has a horizontal resolution of 1001 or greater.

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Chenks

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Jun 11, 2010 7:52 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill wrote:
The tv adds the HD symbol to any content that has a horizontal resolution of 1001 or greater.

it does it based on vertical resolution also.
i've had a few show as HD when the vertical resolution was greater than 567 (horizontal resolution was around 768).

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Answer 4

Jun 11, 2010 8:21 AM in response to Chenks

Yes it does. It's 577 or greater for vertical resolution.

I can understand the vertical spec, it's the horizontal specs that are somewhat baffling.

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Roidy

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Jun 11, 2010 11:34 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill wrote:
The tv adds the HD symbol to any content that has a horizontal resolution of 1001 or greater.

Nope, I've got content thats 1024x576 and it isn't shown as HD, as far as I know the HD tag only shows up on the ATV if the vertical resolution is over 576(PAL vertical resolution).

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Answer 6

Jun 11, 2010 5:04 PM in response to Roidy

Then you are experiencing something that very few others are experiencing.

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