Video file conversion question

I have some TV shows I downloaded off the iTunes store for my kids that I want to be able to send to my TV. They are 1080p M4V files and I thought this would be a no brainer.
I have a WDTV that plays everything known to man that will not play these and an Apple TV 1st generation that will not play them due to the fact they are 1080p!
I considered converting these down to 720p for the ease of playing these on the Apple TV, but cannot find a converter that will preserve the surround sound. MPEG streamclip does stereo only, Handbrake will not reconize these files, and Quicktime will not allow me to export these either.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,

These are probably protected videos; TV shows and movies on iTunes mostly are.
Since you posted in the MacBookPro forum, I'll assume you actually have a MBP. It will be far simpler just to show these movies on your TV by connecting your MBP to the TV and using iTunes to view them (you can show full screen, btw).
Trying to convert iTunes M4V protected videos is 1) against the terms of the iTunes store, 2) exceedingly difficult and 3) against the TOU of these forums for anyone to suggest how to circumvent the protection.

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