Anybody knows of a place that sells TV shows in 720p or 1080p resolution, that come without DRM?

Relating to the above, does iTunes have any DRM on the TV shows that they sell?

Yes: Amazon.com/co.uk/it/whatever. They are called "DVD" or "Blu-ray" disks, they have DRM but they can be usually played on every compatible device with no problem at all....

Yea, but I'd prefer digital formats. iTunes seems nice, $3 for an episode is great.

Apple's movies, TV shows and books are all DRM'ed with something called FairPlay, I believe, and as far as I know nowhere sells DRM-free TV shows. Your best bet would be bought DVDs combined with a program to rip them to the format of your choice.

Well that just sucks. DVDs today are a big no-go.

I don't think you can buy TV shows without DRM. Why are DVDs a no go?

Uhm, you should specify that they are "a big no-go" JUST FOR YOU. I find DVD and Blu-ray and CD-Audio disks the most affordable, practical and convenient form of digital entertainment available on the market and I'm confident that things will remain like this for the foreseeable future, so....

Because they are 480p with lower audio quality, and not 720p with at least 5.1 384kbps audio.

Well they're 480i but there are plenty of of dvd's that feature 384-442Kbps 5.1 audio.

For stuff like TV series, it's tough to beat pawn shops / used CD-DVD stores. Of course if you just want one episode here and there, disks are a bit overkill.

Possible that an up-converting player would get you the resolution you prefer? I've never tried one myself so I can't attest to the picture quality.

$3 per episode is a rip-off. Buy it on disc and you'll get 22 episodes for $15 - $25. And pretty much all tv season collections offer 5.1 audio. And Blu-Ray's are in 1080p, which is much better than the "HD" you get from downloads.

It's a real shame... if someone sold TV episodes and movies with no DRM as simple downloads I would probably be their biggest customer. Nowhere does though, so instead I buy the occasional DVD but mostly just live without.

I'm not keen on buying episodes digitally, but I've never heard of any store selling them drm-free...

Your best options are buying DVD or Blu-ray packs, they are very cheap per episode when you do the math.

Also, if you're looking for TV shows before 2000, don't expect much video or audio quality to be available above the already released DVD edition, like Friends, Seinfeld, etc the DVD standard is the best you'll probably get in terms of PQ/AQ.

I vote for Blu-ray;
but regularly you can get the DVD for half the price of the BD, on a per season basis. I tend to balance it according to the action-ness of the TV show: Band of Brothers get the BD, Seinfeld get the DVD.

Last I heard you can just crack the iTunes FairPlay DRM.