ITunes Refusing To Play on Samsung PN58C8000 due to HDCP

I have a new Samsung PN58C8000 TV hooked up to my MacBook Pro via an HDMI cable. I try to play a HD movie I purchased in iTunes, and it refuses, complaining that my display is not HDCP compliant.
According to Samsung, my TV is in fact HDCP complaint:
Please advise, as it is very frustrating to not be able to play content that I purchased specifically to watch on my HD TV.

I'm having the same problem on my Toshiba HDTV. I've played several HD movies from iTunes using the same computer, TV and HDMI cable for months. But last night, I suddenly could not play a HD movie through my TV. (Played fine on the laptop.) The computer-to-TV connection seems fine. I can view my desktop on the TV, and the TV recognizes that it's receiving a 1080p HD signal from the computer.
I can only assume that one of the bazillion iTunes updates is to blame. What can I do about this? Please help.

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Hey guys, here's my problem.
I had some major issues with OSX last week that a trip to the Apple Store couldn't fix. Their only advice was to save all my pictures, music, documents, etc. and reformat. I did that yesterday. I reinstalled everything and then downloaded all the most recent updates.
Today, I can play all the music I own in iTunes (music imported from CDs, bought from other sites, and music bought from iTunes itself). However, it won't play any of the music videos I have (all bought off iTunes).
I have authorized the computer again and again. When I try to open the videos in Quicktime it tells me that I don't have permission to play them and that I need to authorize the computer.
I'm lost. Any help?

Yup, this Audio but no Video WAS exactly the same trouble I was having, on my MacBook and iMac but not the other 2 MacBooks. This was due to the speaker settings at the bottom right hand corner of the iTunes window. I do use multiple speakers via Airtunes, on the two that were having trouble but not the other two, and although the speakers were only set to the computer it still wouldn't play the video content.
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