Can movie purchases/rentals be disabled?

I have never bought or rented movies or tv shows, but today for the first time ever I accidentally purchasesd a move (Broken City). I had never tried to buy or rent before but just always assumed that it would ask for confirmation before charging my account, but I accidentally pressed the BUY button and there was no configuration of any kind. This is scary and could lead to a large bill. Is there any way to disable this feature on the AppleTV 2? Thanks for your help.

danny whittington wrote:
I think I found my own answer. Under "Parental Controls" you can set Purchases & Rentals to Allow, Hide, or Ask. I previously have used Parental Controls to hide applicaitons (this does not require setting a passcode) but had never noticed this options before, which does require a passcode. I have set it but am afraid to try it because I don't want to be charged for a movie if it doesn't work. Does anybody use this setting and know if it works? I do know that the Hide option hides the movies icon entirely so that you can't even preview; I want tob e able to preview but not buy or rent.
Yes, it should work but why not test it yourself?
There is ususally a confirmtion screen that you can exit if it fails.
Personally however I think the best thing to do is not allow AppleTV to remember your itunes password in the first place - then even if parental controls was to fail and you selected to rent, no one who did not know the password could do so.
AC

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