Below is a list of confirmed rental and purchase titles, along with possible rental and/or purchase titles, to look for coming to the Apple TV this week.

Confirmed Rental Titles For This Week
Smart People (Rental Release Date 8-27-08)
Doomsday (Rental Release Date 8-27-08)
Doomsday Unrated (Rental Release Date 8-27-08)
Stargate Continuum (Rental Release Date 8-28-08)

Confirmed Purchase Titles For This Week
What Happens In Vegas: Extended Edition (Purchase Release Date 8-26-08)

Possible Rental/Purchase Titles For This Week
Redbelt
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

In our effort to cover all HD content associated with the Apple TV our Apple TV Junkie HD Trailers page returns. The page returns in a slightly different form only listing what HD trailers are available on the Apple TV. Previously we had each title linked to its online counter part, this has been removed, and a general link to the www.apple.com/trailers HD page has been added. If your curious as to the HD trailer offerings on the Apple TV, head on over to the HD Trailers page.

[Engadget HD] Engadget HD is reporting that some changes may be coming at VUDU. VUDU is a direct digital download competitor to Apple TV. These changes could come in the form of moving away from the retail space and focusing on custom home theater integrated systems. Meanwhile VUDU is planning major announcements for it custom integrated system at CEDIA EXPO. VUDU plans on announcing that they will soon be offering 1,000 HD titles, and a lifetime warranty for purchased titles.

As an Apple TV user, one thing about this announcement which stood out to me was the quote regarding VUDUs HD titles, “The biggest weak point is the lack of purchasable hi-def content,” and that VUDU is working furiously to build its HD library. As of now, if I understand VUDUs service correctly, you are not able to purchase HD titles. But the inference here is that this ability is coming to VUDU, an ability that I think a lot of Apple TV users would love to have, to own HD titles. Could we see this included as part of those iTunes 8 enhancements that Kevin Rose was hinting about? Ah, we can only dream.