HT1551 How long should it take to download a movie on Apple TV?

I'm trying to download a movie using Apple TV.  Screem says Ready to play in 10 hours 58 minutes. However, the time changes to various different times such as 15 hours then 9 hour then 20 hours. 
Am I using up my minutes as it is loading?  Should it take this long to load?

Hi anobles,
Download times for purchases & rentals from the iTunes Store will vary depending on the speed of your internet connection. The Apple TV will regularly recalculate your estimated time to download based on the current download speed that it is seeing. You may find the following article useful:
iTunes Store: Download times will vary
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1577
Cheers,
- Brenden

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