Update – It seems as though at some point over the last 8 hours The Dark Knight finally became available as an HD rental through the Apple TV.

This is one of those times where I get to use this website for selfish reason, but, is anyone else experiencing a slow down with downloading movies from your Apple TV? A quick look at the Apple TV Discussion forums at apple.com tells me I am not alone. You can check out the discussion here.

So far I’ve noticed the slow down beginning on the 25th. I’ve tried to rent and download at least 3 movies and the wait time has been about 8-10 hours! Kind of defeats the purpose and convenience of the Apple TV don’t it? I’ve reset my box twice and I know my wireless network is operating just fine. Any ATVJ readers having the same issue?

By the way, where is The Dark Knight in HD? Even Hellboy II in HD isn’t listed with the rest of the HD titles, you have to do a general search to find it in HD.