Poor video quality of Itunes Videos

All of the videos purchased on Itunes look great...on my Ipod. When i try and view them on my 24" IMAC they look grainy and disgusting.
Yes, I realize this is because the video is made to look good ont he Ipod, not the computer. My concern, however, is what about Apple TV? I am considering buying one, but if the Videos look that crappy on my 24" IMAC, how are they going to look on my 42" TV? It's not as if there is an option in Itunes to download it for Ipod or TV. This means that Apple TV is going to grab the same file I view on my Ipod to show me on my TV.
What does it do to make it look better? It has to do something because if it looks on my TV the way it does on my IMAC, no one is going to buy one.

Hi Macs,
I would still check this out and one answer might be that due to the large amount of space a video takes on a computer etc. the quality of a downloaded video is not the same as one on a DVD from the studio. Similiar to a photo with the number of megapixels the size of the photo in terms of KB or MB grows with quality. This is why .mac mail shrinks a photo file to email it. To have a downloadable video the quality of a movie DVD today would take 8 hours to down load and about half of the space on that 80GB IPod. How good is your 42" TV? Also make sure you have good cables made for digital and the same for your surge protector? Keep your ITV receipt. Many a glicth was found in an Apple product release and you may have to have the machine updated, exchanged or blessed. Apple will cover it. A hassle to mail in or what ever but they do cover with RECEIPT. Try kicking your TV if noting else works. This must help, people have been doing since the TV came out. (LOL) Bye Macs!

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