Apple TV purchases - will they get wiped out by a sync to a new computer?

Ok, here's my issue: I've got an Apple TV, currently synced to an old and near-inoperable computer, through which I've bought several movies which, given the state of my old computer, only reside on the Apple TV.
I'm hoping to sync the Apple TV to my new computer which I understand will wipe out the old content on the Apple TV that was synced from the old one. I'm OK with this. But my concern is for the movies bought through the Apple TV - will these also be wiped out when I do the sync to the new computer? I'm hoping not of course.
Thanks for all tips and pointers.

Replying to my own question for the sake of anyone looking for this answer in the future. Got impatient and went ahead and disconnected Apple TV from the old computer and synced it to my new one. All purchased movies were preserved - didn't have to do anything, Apple TV just held on to them and has now allowed me to pass them over to the new computer.

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