Buy HD TV shows from itunes

Is it normal, when buying a series in HD, that the SD version downloads as well? I suppose the SD version is for syncing to an iphone.

Yes, that's normal. Surprised me the first time it happened, I checked the invoice very carefully to make sure I hadn't been billed twice

There's an option in iTunes prefs to play the HD version automatically if your display will handle it, if you use an AppleTV it will get the appropriate one depending on the display settings.

Thanks. I wish they'd give the choice. It's for apple TV, I don't watch shows on my iphone. It was a heart stopping moment when I bought a series comprising of 16 shows, only to find that there were 32 downloads waiting.

In reply to a post by Aliturk:

I wish they'd give the choice.

Don't knock it, it's not often Apple give you something without you asking

I assume you can delete the SD versions if you really don't want them, but I'm not short of HDD space (yet) so I haven't tried.

It was a heart stopping moment

Yup, been there

Yes they can be deleted. Does your atv get really hot? mine does, I assume this is normal as the demo one in the store was really hot too.

Not what I'd call really hot- I could leave my hand on it indefinitely if I had a mind to.