Do MacBooks support google play movies in 1080p or 720p High Definition?

I have a MacBook Pro 2011 with Yosemite and am trying to watch a movie purchased on google play in HD on the chrome browser.

Hi
Part of answer
HD to use them to export to DVDs
There are no HD DVD format - DVD is as standard SD-video as it's best !
To get HD - one needs to use Blu-Ray (Roxio Toast™ + BD-burner + BD-disks)
And to put even more salt in the wounds. iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 are not tools of choise
when doing DVDs. They discard every second line resulting in even less quality (50%)
Use
• iMovie up to HD6 - or -
• FinalCut any version
Yours Bengt W

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