Download Speed of Movies?!

So as we all know Apple have just released movie rentals for UK users.
I decided to watch a few trailers and noticed they download extremely quickly and with no pauses while watching.
So my question is how do they do it?
I wanted to wirelessly stream my movies to my ATV that sit on an external HD. I use a Time capsule and know that it's not necessary to have an internet connection when streaming my movies that sit on my HD. So why is it that when I try to stream my movies it's all a bit hit and miss and yet Apple can stream their movies that I have to download from the internet without any problems?
Surely my connection (that doesn't come from the internet) should be better than something that needs downloading from the net.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks

I have actually tried various set-ups.
My first was to store my movies on an external drive attached to my iMac upstairs - Result = constant pauses. I also tried changing to different channels on my Time Capsule.
My second set-up was to see if there was a problem with the connection due to the fact my iMac was upstairs and my ATV and TC downstairs. So, I used my PowerBook downstairs, therefore it is in the same room as my ATV and TC - Result = Same problem as above
My 3rd set-up was to put my movies on the TC but still the same problem
Then of course I tried the wired set-up I spoke about and that's fine. I have also tried various other settings like changing the channel on my TC changing the Multicast rate etc etc but no joy.
The thing is my internet connection is fine, no problems at all and I also have a Sonos wireless music system which works without any problems whatsoever. I can only assume that for whatever reason it just does not like the amount of bandwidth needed to stream video. I have 3 computers that use the TC but when I try to stream anything I ensure everything is shut down and it is only the iMac that is sending data so not to clog up the bandwidth.
I should also point out that I am using a new iMac (nearly new) 2GHz Intel Core Duo with 2 GB RAM, so it shouldn't be a problem with the Mac.

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