2 versions of same movie

Right now when I rip a DVD I create two versions: AppleTV and iPhone. For example, if I rip Batman Begins, then I create Batman Begins.m4v and Batman Begins (iPhone).m4v. My questions is there a way to display only one item in iTunes and on my AppleTV? I hate having to see both the AppleTV and iPhone version listed. It makes browsing my library twice as long.

Create a new smart playlist, call it Lossless Library, and set up a single condition : Kind is Lossless (or whatever the abbreviation is, I don't use it myself as 256 AAC is as good as CD to my ears).
You could then create another one with the mirror of it : Kind is not Lossless.
Then you only need to browse whichever of those two you need and everything from your Main Library will be in there, assuming you keep dual versions of everything.
Something similar may work for the video question, but as I don't use iTunes for video, that's a pure guess.

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