Do I still need 3 versions of each movie 1) Computer 2) Apple TV 3) iPod?

Not sure the best format to import movies into iTunes (not from the store) but do I still need to have a version for
1) The computer
2) Apple TV
3) iPod
and is there a way to sort or filter these 3 types in iTunes or Apple TV?
Dave

Welcome to the Apple Community.
The first thing to check would be your internet download speed, you can do this at www.speedtest.net.
HD movies require a recommended speed of 6 Mbps, while SD movies require a recommended speed of 2.5 Mbps.
Netflix uses an adaptive format, i.e. it varies it's quality according to connection speed and can go as low as 0.5 Mbps, although it won't look too good.
You have two options:
You can download to iTunes on your computer, it likely won't download any quicker, but it will stay there and so don't need to worry about stopping the movie in the middle (movies downloaded to the computer will need to be fully downloaded before they will stream to the Apple TV).
You could also switch to SD (settings > general > iTunes Store), your movies will download more quickly if you do this.

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