Rent a Movie on Mac - Play on Apple TV 2 - Has anyone done it successfully?

Yes I did this last night, had a rented movie sitting on my mac in iTunes which I streamed to my telly with ATV2.

One thing I have noticed is once you have viewed your movie you usually get a time limit placed on said movie. Mine still says I have 16 days 3 hrs left to view it.

Does seem a bit strange that you can view TV Shows but not Movies.

Message was edited by: Razor NZ

....as posted earlier Joseph;

We watch a movie we rented about 15 days ago, a classic drama "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" My wife started watching this morning and we just finish re-watching the entirety this evening. This was downloaded to my iMac and streamed to the ATV2. We live in Florida.

i am from NZ and i was curious as to whether the selection of movies you get on NZ iTunes 10 is the exact same as the selection you would get on the latest Apple TV?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819. Says you can't do it.

I am in Australia and rented +Clash of the Titans+ and +Journey to the Center of the Earth+for my son last night. Neither will play. I get the message "Error occurred while downloading content. Try again later." Meanwhile the daily meter ticks away. As I only bought ATV2 yesterday, I'm not happy and will try to get a refund.

Actually, I believe the document pinette refers to is in need of an update. I'll bet it's talking about streaming rentals *between computers*. The iTunes store movie rental FAQ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1657 has a better explanation:

If you download a rented movie on your computer: You can transfer it to a device such as your Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, or iPod if it’s a standard-definition film (movies in HD can only be watched on your computer, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation), or Apple TV). Once you move the movie from your computer to a device, the movie will disappear from your computer's iTunes library. You can move the movie between devices as many times as you wish during the rental period, but the movie can only exist on one device at a time.

Now, it sounds like this was written in the ATV1 days, but if the policy remains the same, then it should work to rent on your Mac and watch on the ATV.

Of course, when I browse the store for rentals, I see many that are HD only if I rent them directly via the ATV, and if I involve my Mac and iTunes, then I can only get standard-def.

Does anyone know why some movies are available in HD on ATV or ipad but only standard def on Mac??? Just curious.

Thx