Multitasking with Apple TV

But the company has more work to do before Apple TV's a bona-fide hit. Apple TV is one of a growing number of so-called media extender or digital living room devices.

[Michael_E_Cohen]

You wrote: "That means if you started watching a two-hour movie on a Friday at 8 p.m., say, and go through half of it, you'd have to finish the other half by 8 on Saturday night, or be forced to rent the movie again."
Actually, that's not quite true. In your scenario, you'd have to START watching the second half before 8PM on Saturday night. That is, if you resume watching any time before the 24-hour deadline, you can continue watching: the movie won't vanish while it's playing.

[jason]

Was star trek II shot in hd?