How do I watch iMovie events on 2nd generation apple tv or TV?

How do I watch iMovie events on 2nd generation apple tv, or just on my tv? I thought there would be an easy solution to something so obvious, but I just cant figure it out. There must be some way to take my imovie events and watch them on my TV...whether via appletv or not.
Thanks for the help. I have the latest versions of all software.

Yes, your videos are all recorded in HD. But, when you imported them into iMovie you likely chose the "Large" size at import and not original size. The large size is 960x540 lines which is less than the 1280x720 HD capability of the Apple TV 2. Therefore you didn't get the HD option when adding to iTunes.
An important point is that the HD video files captured on the iPhone 4S are going to be very large if you import them into iMovie at Full Resolution. iMovie will have a hard time processing full 1080P video. Importing as Large makes the video much more editable.
Your right. There is overlap that can be confusing regarding AirPlay and having your movies added to iTunes.
I'll try to explaing this
AirPlay is primarily intended to allow you to be using your iOS device and deciding, "I want to see that on my TV" or "I want to hear that on my stereo." In this case you might be playing Pandora radio app and thus not even using iTunes, yet your music can be redirected via AirPlay. If you were watching a movie from the ABC tv app and you decided you want it on the big TV, you'd use AirPlay to get it to the Apple TV 2, yet it's not in iTunes.
iTunes on your computer has AirPlay but currently the Mac OS X does not have system wide AirPlay available so only content in your iTunes library can be redirected (AirPlay).
Having the Apple TV see your iTunes Library isn't really AirPlay. This function is Home Sharing. You see, you can't redirect from the Apple TV to some other device, computer or TV.
It's not "better" to use AirPlay from an iOS device or iTunes on your Mac than say using the Apple TV 2 to fetch the content directly from your iTunes Library. It's more a matter of convenience. What's in your hand the moment you're ready to watch or hear something; your iPhone 4S, the Apple TV 2 remote, or your Mac keyboard? Whichever you have at the moment you want to access your content, you'll get the same quality.
Kind of long, hope this helps!

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