Why does AppleTV 2 not buffer itunes movies

I have tried to order two movies through iTunes to watch on my ATV2 and each of them have indicated that they will be available for watching in over an hour. This is unacceptable! Why are the movies not buffered? Why can't part of the movie be loaded and started why mthe rest is loading.
Please do not tell me that this is my internet connection problem because that is not the right answer. If this device can play movies instantly from other soources it should be able to do so through iTunes. I have had this product for a year now and have yet to watch a movie from iTunes.
My husband actually ordered this movie on Saturday to watch Sunday night and when we went to watch it it still needed to download. I would like to get a refund for this movie.

llicari wrote:
I have tried to order two movies through iTunes to watch on my ATV2 and each of them have indicated that they will be available for watching in over an hour. This is unacceptable! Why are the movies not buffered? Why can't part of the movie be loaded and started why mthe rest is loading.
That's exactly what does happen, the movie is downloaded and at the point the Apple TV calculates that enough has downloaded that the rest can download while playing without catching up with itself and stopping, it starts the movie.
Please do not tell me that this is my internet connection problem because that is not the right answer. If this device can play movies instantly from other soources it should be able to do so through iTunes. I have had this product for a year now and have yet to watch a movie from iTunes.
It very likely is your internet connection, the reason you see different loading times from different sources is because the movies are of different qualities, HD iTunes movies are up to 10 times the size of netflix movies and consequently can take up to 10 times longer to download.
The first thing to check would be your internet download speed, you can do this at www.speedtest.net.
My husband actually ordered this movie on Saturday to watch Sunday night and when we went to watch it it still needed to download. I would like to get a refund for this movie.
It only needed downloading again because you had either used the Apple TV for something else or allowed it to be turned off, both of which erase anything on its drive. If you don't have sufficient bandwidth to your internet connection either order SD movies or download to your computer for viewing later.

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