Long download times in Apple TV

I'm now downloading an HD movie to my Apple TV which started at 11:30, it is now 3:00 and it is only 27% done. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do to speed it up? I'm using the latest Airport Extreme device with a DSL line. Any info. would be appreciated. Thanks
Coach

Take a look at this page:
iTunes Store: Download times for purchases will vary
It should give you an idea as to what sort of download times you can expect, so you can determine whether or not what you're experiencing is normal. If you're on a DSL line that gives you less than 1Mbps, then an HD movie will indeed take a large number of hours, and there won't be anything you can do about it short of getting a faster Internet connection.

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Greetings again!
I, Dustin, have a nature photography business at
web.mac.com/debo0062/iWeb and some of my photo pages
have long download times. Now in Photoshop I have
saved each picture as a save for web and at a much
reduced quality. I know that with 99 pictures on a
page that can still add up. My question is why do
some of my pages take so long to download over a dial
up access? I have friends around the world on dialup
and I would really like them to view the site let
alone business contacts. Granted, I can reduce the
number of pictures but, is there something else I can
do to make the downloads faster? Any help would be
greatly appreciated. And, have any of you used this
site to estimate download
times?http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/anal
yze/ Please email me directly at [email protected]
if you know something about this and are willing to
share?
Thank you in advance for your help. Sincerely, Dustin
Mac OS X (10.4.4)
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HT1577 Why am I experiencing long download times for an HD movie rental from itunes?

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iTunes: Purchasing and viewing HD videos
When you purchase an HD video on a supported device or computer, only HD video will be downloaded. To download the SD version, you need to download the video again from your Purchased page. Conversely, if you purchase an HD video on an unsupported device, the SD version will be downloaded. Then, you will need to download the HD version from your Purchased page. Learn more about downloading previous purchases."

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