@Tubman & @Corey ... Thanks for the link over to the blog. Appreciate that. And, Tubman, yeah, all I have is the 30" Cinema Display at work. (A PowerBook G4, an MBP 17" and the AppleTV). Lookit I'm Apple to the gills. Legit on my music and video... and all I wanted to do is playback a RENTED video through to the Cinema Display same as the non-HD Pixar shorts I purchased (which DOES play back!).

I think Apple's allowed someone to stomp on their Johnson on this one (if not self-inflicted). My $.02 anyway. And, as a result I won't be renting any more HD content from Apple until this POS situation is rectified.