New feature: HD Movies for download - question

Curious - does anyone know what the specs are for the HD movie purchases? I believe on the rentals they are in AppleTV format which is the 940 x 540 size. Thanks.
Steve

Hi
I've been searching the net for an answer to this too. I can't find an answer. However, what it does throw up are links to numerous sites with the offer to download HD movies either for free or with a minimal payment. Whichever way, both are still illegal.
Me for one would much rather have access to legal methods of downloading and if iTunes offered this, I'm sure there would be a massive uptake in legal paid HD downloads in the UK, not only making the the studios their coffers but also taking away the temptation for people to become criminals purely because they are lovers of movies and the fact they would prefer their fave movies in glorious HD.
This isn't any fault of iTunes but the petty squabbling of film studios. I mean, we've had HD ready TVs for years now, downloading seems to be THE most popular way of building digital libraries yet we are not allowed to legally download HD! 3D TV is the next big thing and we still haven't caught up with HD! It's a crazy world.

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My question for you is basically if there is anything I should try to think about or remember to bring over. These are the things that I use regularly and what I have done on the other drive and will do here:
- Microsoft Office (mostly just Word): I will reinstall the disk, I have the activation code, and I will drag over all of my files
- iMovie: I've made one movie, and I like it, and I dragged it over and tested it on another MacBook and know it works
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- Chrome: I will download it again
- my printer: I think I just go to the site to download the driver
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- Contacts are exported, just in case
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figure 1
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Figure 2
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Figure 3
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Figure 4
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