HT3209 why does it say my device is not hd compatible, i have 15 inch macbook with retina display

I was trying to rent a Movie on the itunes store and it had an error message saying my device was not HD compatible.

I had the same problem on my fancy new retina display macbook pro.  It appears that if the last device you watched a movie on was not HD compatible (e.g. my old Apple TV at 720P) it will give you this error, even though you intended to watch the movie on your laptop.  Just go to the output selector button next to the volume slider and select your computer as the output device, then retry to download the HD movie and it will work.  My Apple TV was (literally) thousands of miles from my laptop when it gave me this error.  Software glitch.

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