Download HD episode only?

Hi I'm new to iTunes store and I like it very much. One thing bothering me is that whenever I purchase an HD episode, iTunes download both the HD and SD versions. If I stop and delete the SD download, iTunes just start it again next time I launch it.
So is there any way I can keep the HD version only? I do not plan to sync the show to iPhone or anything so the SD version is useless and takes much disk space (as my library is on system disk, those 600M per episode actually matters).
Thanks in advance.

There's no way to prevent the SD version from downloading, but once it finishes you can just delete it. I'd recommend archiving it, though, rather than trashing it, just in case you might need it some day. If you do need it and you've trashed it, you'd have to buy it again.

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Hi
I downloaded a full season of a tv show from iTunes on to my I pad, but when I went to watch the first episode only a portion of it was fully downloaded. I checked and some of the other episodes have the same problem. After sinking to my pc the episodes are still only half there. What should I do?
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I think I would start here with this article named Troubleshooting iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7 video playback performance issues found http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1718.
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If the issue does not persists in the new library then I recommend recreating your iTunes library.
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
If the issue does persist in the new library then I would use this article to help isolate whether or not it is system wide or user specific.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4053
All the best,
Sterling

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(1) Checking for Available Downloads repeatedly.
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(4) Downloading from two different physical locations.
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s there any way to get rid of this stupid feature in iTunes for Windows?
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