Why wont my rented movies move to my apple tv

I have a 1st gen Apple TV and I have three rented movies with 23 remaining days. I want to transfer them to the Apple TV and it wont do it.
I'm in the appleTV tab , rented movies, and I'm clicking the MOVE button, then the SYNC button at the bottom of the screen
I get the spinnign wheel for a moment then it all jumps back to the starting point and never moves the movies.
I have reset the apple tv, made sure the passwords are all up to date on all machines and it just wont work
HELP!

Have you rented in 1080p HD? AppleTV 1 does not support 1080p only SD and 720p.
AC

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