How do I rent SD movies on my 3rd Gen Apple TV?  I have changed the output resolution in Apple TV's setup to 720, but it didn't make any difference.

I returned my 14 month old 3rd Gen Apple TV to the Apple store today because it would no longer see my wireless network.  Apple said that because of this problem, it was still covered under warranty, and gave me a new one.  Took it home and went through all the setup screens.  Even downloaded the latest software update.  Everything else appears to be working fine, but I can't rent a movie in SD like I used to be able to.  Everything I've read says that the settings is where I change that, but the one setting that I did find and change, under audio and visual, made no difference.  What am I missing?
Thanks!

This problem has been solved by me.  The settings under the Apple TV menu for audio/visual do adjust for the output to your screen either 1080 or 720, but don't have any effect on the iTunes purchases.
The solution is under the Apple TV menu option "iTunes Store".  There you can choose from 1080 HD, 720 HD or 720 SD.  Now my movie selections in iTunes do offer the SD option.

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