Front Row High Def?

Hey guys. I am relatively new to Mac and have been playing around with Front Row. I am noticing that the movies are not in high def. A few Google searches suggested running a Terminal command, but this hasn't changed anything for me. I am running OS X 10.5. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get Front Row to display at least 720p movie trailers?

I believe the utility Front Row Trailers will enable HD trailers even if you're not trying to change access to the foreign language trailers.
-Doug

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