Streaming rentals from mac to ATV - possible?

Hi,
I've recently purchased the new 2nd gen Apple TV. I have to say it's great for streaming content from out three macs to watch/listen on the TV. However, last night we tried to rent out "How to Train Your Dragon", and have been met with the "it will take X hours and XX minutes" before it is ready to play. We're on a 6Mbps connection, with average download speeds of c. 4Mbps (tested on several sites).
We let the movie download overnight, which it did, and I hit play to see if it would start, which it did. I then paused it, as my fiance was in the shower, and when she joined me, the **** thing has started to download all over again. So we're in for another 4-8 hour wait (depending on what ATV is telling us). And our 48 hour watch period has now been activated! I'll definitely be asking for a refund on this rental.
Now, what I wanted to ask is, would it be possible to rent a movie on one of our macs and then stream the rental to the Apple TV? Has anybody tested this to see if it would work?
The only other option I see, other than renting things hours in advance and praying that they will actually have finished in time (and actually play), is to download the SD versions instead. Does anyone know if there is very diminished quality when watching the SD versions on a 32" LCD TV?
Thanks for your help!

Ge0ph wrote:
On my 32" I can't tell the difference between SD and HD. On my 42" I can't tell a little bit of a difference. If I had a larger TV the difference would be more appairent.
Rule of thumb:
The larger the TV the more you need HD.
it also depends if you are sitting too close, too far away or the correct distance from the TV.
many either sit far too close or too far away.
on my 32" (before i upgraded it), it was very apparent the difference between SD and HD (on both appletv and broadcast TV). On my new 40" it is much the same (although the panel on this new TV is far superior than then 32").

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