Originally Posted by grampi
I have noticed while doing a search for a movie on Netflix for example...
Netflix doesn't rent movies via their streaming service. End of story.
Originally Posted by grampi
I might be mistaken about where the movies I can purchase are available from, but I do know if I am streaming with my Apple TV and I do a movie title search, the offer for me to buy or rent the movie will come up. So what if I buy a movie and can't remember where it was purchased?
Originally Posted by grampi
You guys are too focused on where the movie is being purchased from instead of focusing on my original question. I don't really care about where it comes from, I want to know how to access it once I buy it...
You start of by referring to searching for a movie on Netflix but later you refer to doing a search for a movie on Apple TV. That's two very different things, at least when it comes to renting or buying. The others were 100% correct in focusing on the "where" part.
So, let's clear up a few things. You can buy or rent movies from Apple TV, Amazon, Redbox, Google Play, and many more. Each of these are fully independent of each other. If you buy a movie from Amazon, you launch the Amazon app, go to something like "Purchased" and it will show up there. If you go to purchased items under the Google Play app, that movie won't be listed.You need to pay attention to where you choose to buy it from. Since Apple TV is also hardware, like a Roku, when you search for a title, it probably has the ability to search across ALL of the streaming services on your hardware. If I'm in the top-level menu of my Roku, this is what happens. If I'm inside Netflix and do a search, I'll only get results that Netflix has available.