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If you buy a movie or tv show it is stored on a hard drive for as long as you want it. If you rent a movie or tv show you have 30 days to start watching. Once you start watching you have 24 hours to finish it or it automatically erases. You can start, stop, pause, rewind and fast forward at any time. With Apple's home share you can share stuff on the AppleTV with your PC. We can stream slideshows wirelessly from the laptop to our projector through the AppleTV and it will add music from our Itunes library.

What I like about the AppleTV: I have Directv Basic. I can download whole seasons of shows from HBO, Showtime, and other Premium channels. I can download movies and shows from the 60's and 70's. Recently rented Old Yeller and Lost in Space episodes for my 10 year old.