Apple, or the studios, has put together a special fall season section in the iTunes Store offering free sneak peeks of your favorite shows in HD. Below is just a partial list of the HD TV Shows you can find in this section.

Lie to Me, Season 2
Trauma, Season 1
American Dad, Season 5
The Cleveland Show, Season 1
Family Guy, Season 8
The Simpsons, Season 21
Dollhouse, Season 2
Mercy, Season 1
Community, Season 1

Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.

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August (1996)
Blame It On Rio
Messenger of Death
The End of Violence

Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.

Traitor
The Thin Man
Righteous Kill
The Dancer Upstairs
Body of Evidence

Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.

The Untouchables
Posse (1993)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

One of the advantages of living in New Zealand is that we are a full day ahead of the USA. So, tomorrow for me is the day after tomorrow for the USA. That means tomorrow is the 28th and I will be taking delivery of my shiny new copy of Snow Leopard…

This version of OSX should solve one of my biggest bugbears with the Apple TV… in order to access all of my media (far greater than 160Gb) I need to leave my synchronised computer switched on. According to the Apple blurb, with Snow Leopard and a compatible AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule base station, my iMac can go to sleep yet continue to share its files with my Apple TV, waking when I need it and sleeping when I don’t.

That’s got to be a good thing.. for my iMac, my power bill and the environment. I’ll let you know how it goes…

This week’s 99 cent movie rentals on the Canadian iTunes store are:

• Air Bud
• Secondhand Lions
• Happily N’ever After (HD)

Movies marked with (HD) are available for rent in HD directly from your Apple TV.