Trouble downloading Apple TV movies

Hi,
I just purchased Apple TV and watched two movies.  I downloaded two others one morning and went to play them that evening only to receive the message "can not download movie right now, try later".  I have tested the connections, restored the settings, checked my Home Sharing, etc... but I still get the error.  What does anyone recommend??
Many thanks,
JW

Went to rent a movie from Apple on my Apple TV (Not Netflix). I agreed to pay $4.99 to rent a recently release movie. Then the spinning circle appeared and said movie will be ready in 1 hour and 19 minutes. After a few minutes I resigned myself that it would take that long, so I turned off my TV and left it be for 24 hours. Well, when I returned I navigated back to the movie I rented and it said 29 days left to watch the movie. Well, that was fine because I intended to watch the movie by selecting the play button. But to my surprise when I selected the play button Apple TV began downloading the movie again with a message placed back on the screen, "Movie will be ready to plan in 1 hour and 19 minutes." Frustration is the word. Has anyone had this problem with Apple TV? If so what is the fix? Also, if I had known that it was going to take in excess of 15 minutes to down load a movie, I would not have bought Apple TV and stayed with renting DVDs. Waiting in excess of 15 minutes, let alone in excess of one hour is logistically terrible.

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