Movie rentals on laptop while traveling??

Hi all,
I rented a movie on my iBook that I intended to watch while traveling. While I know you need an internet connection to iTMS to transfer a rental movie to an iPod, evidently you need a connection to watch a rental movie on your Mac as well (as I unfortunately found out when I tried to watch and couldn't). The iTMS connection requirement really limits renting a couple of movies to watch on your laptop on, say, an airplane (or, in my case, a ship). I could've transferred the movie to my iPod when I rented it, but I'm able to connect my iBook to a TV - a capability that I don't have for my iPod.
I'm certainly not the brightest bulb on the tree, but I can't find this requirement documented anywhere. Does anyone know of any workarounds?
tia,
Brad

Same here, I rented three movies to watch for my flight to Korea, when I tried to watch then iTunes tried to connect to the internet to authorize the viewing. Talk about a poor implmentation, kind of defeates the purpose of renting if you can't watch them on the road w/o an internet connection, how many planes, car's and boats have internet?? Hardly any.
Please people at Apple update your iTunes app to allow the 24 hour rental watching period to begin without needing an net connection. The current implementation is useless.

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OK so many websites and music sites do not work when I travel overseas. I want to rent movies via iTunes to watch on my laptop, but want to make sure that having a 'non-US' IP address won't prevent me from watching rented videos. Does my laptop have to be connected to the internet to watch the movie, say when I am on an airplane? Do I need to connect at any time? If or when I do, will I be prevented from watching the movie in anyway if I am in another country?
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Can I play my rental on more than one device?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5922
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1933
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I live in Canada and will be travelling to Vegas next month. I'd like to be well prepared with some movie rentals through itunes on my macbook air.
My concern is, would there be any geographical limitations in viewing movies in USA that have already been previously rented and downloaded in Canada from the Canada Itunes store?
In simpler terms, If I rented a movie from iTunes Canada (while physically being in Canada), would it be viewable while in USA?
Also, would I have to have an internet connection to watch it even though it's been dowloaded in advance?
I've read through many boards (though there has been no clear answer) that many have been having issues playing movies without first having an internet connection.
I've read that some iPad and iPod users report that there are no issues with watching rentals without any internet connection to begin with, but I have yet to hear a macbook user report the same.
I was wondering if I could get a certain answer as to whether or not an itunes rental could be played WITHOUT ANY internet connection whatsoever to begin with on a MacBook Air.
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Movie rentals on laptop while traveling??

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