Apple TV to display Movie Poster sized TV Show Art?

All of my TV Shows have movie poster sized artwork. The Apple TV displays movie poster art for Movies, but it displays square CD-style artwork for TV Shows.
Is there any way to get the Apple TV to display movie poster sized artwork for TV Shows?
Since all my video artwork is movie poster sized, the Apple TV displays a cropped version which isn't that appealing

No.

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The other day, I came across the videos on the Apple Website (below) and I'm truly amazed. But, I can't figure out how you guys at Apple managed to make such high resolution videos play so well!
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/in-action/
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from Byron.

You can indeed burn moves and shows from the iTunes Store to a data DVD (via Finder or other software) for backup purposes, which is I believe what Byron is asking about (though I can't be sure). You just can't burn them to a video DVD to be played in a standard DVD player.
Well, I'm not sure about that. Having just re-read the terms, it appears that you may re-download content, and that you can burn songs, but this appears to not include videos (unless it is iTunes Plus content):
(iv) You shall be authorized to burn an audio playlist up to seven times.
(v) You shall not be entitled to burn video iTunes Products or ringtone iTunes Products.
(vi) iTunes Plus Products do not contain security technology that limits your usage of such products, and Usage Rules (ii) – (v) do not apply to iTunes Plus Products. You may copy, store, and burn iTunes Plus Products as reasonably necessary for personal, noncommercial use.
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Some iTunes Products, including but not limited to Content rentals, may be downloaded only once and cannot be replaced if lost for any reason. It is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage iTunes Products once downloaded, and you may wish to back them up.
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Older Apple HD Cinema Display is detected but no picture

Forgive me, as I know this is an often-asked question but I have searched and can't find a response that fixes the issue.
Yet.
So I have a Mac Pro (circa 2008) that works fine. The Apple Cinema Display is even older from about 2004 (I think).
Everything was working fine and I was video editing and Photopshopping to my hearts content.
I had noticed that recently the display would not come back from sleep without rebooting the computer.
So that might have been an early clue.
Then this morning I came home from taking the kids to school and the Mac Pro fan was running loud and no image on screen.
I rebooted the computer. This time the monitor displayed black and white vertical lines.
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I rebooted again.
This time nothing but the heart of darkness.
Nothing.
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The Macbook Pro did detect the display though and showed it along side theMacbook Pro screen is the Display Prefences.
I also ran the MacBook Pro in Traget Mode to the laptop so i could run diagnostic checks and repairs uisng Apple Utilities and Disk Warrior. No problems were detected on the Mac Pro (tower).
I then connected a Samsung monitor (that the kids watch Netflix on) and that worked fine on both the laptop and the Mac Pro tower.
So I have isolated the cause to the Apple HD Cinema Display. The video card and other hardware tested out fine.
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I am replying to my own post here, but i have made excellent progress and wanted to let any other viewers in the same boat, know the solution.
Basically, the Duel Link DVI cable from Apple (£70 / $99) is the bad boy that works. My confusion was Thunderbolt, but apparently Thunderbolt IS ALSO a DVI port ! So, buy the 30 incher on Ebay or off a mate, and BANZAI ! done. Glorious res of about 2560x1600pixels is awesome!
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