AppleTV iPhoto Sharing Limitations

I have approx 27,000 photos in my iphoto library. The "All photos, albums, events, and faces" option is selected for sharing from iTunes.
First off, my AppleTV 2nd gen takes a LONG time (several minutes) to load the library when Photos are selected. After the wait, a large number of my events and photos are not available on the AppleTV. Specially, anything older than mid-2003 is missing. Faces do not seem to work at all (you can see the names, but all of the photos are blank).
Is this expected behavior?

I also have a little more than 27,000 photos. There appears to be a maximum limit of 20,000 photos that can be shared in Apple TV2 using Home Sharing through iTunes.
There is another discussion thread, where many others have found this same limitation:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2605949&start=0&tstart=30

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I recently experienced a problem with the iPhoto Sharing option.
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Hi:
Have searched the many "sharing a library" threads, but this covers slightly different ground:
I'm not looking to let other users have any kind of Add To or Edit type access to a Shared library, but...
I would like them to be able to search that library they're viewing using keywords, etc., AND to be able to drag copies of those images from that shared library into their own iWeb projects, for example.
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According to the iTunes Store Terms and Conditions I read the limitations are based on what is termed 'Associated Devices.' The limits are based on 10 Associated Devices, provided no more than 5 are iTunes-authorized computers. Also, Apple TV is not considered an 'Associated Device.'
By my count you have a total of 8 or 9 Associated Devices:
1 Mac Pro and possible another computer
3 iPads
2 iPhones
2 iPod Touchs
1 Apple TV (does not count against your limit.)
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Yes that may be true but it is not relevant to my stated goal. I am acutely aware of the limitations Apple TV has on HomeShare - it seems to limit to about 200 pictures regardless of how many you share. I understand it has hard disk limitations but it should in fact be able to stream them over the network. It doesn't and I think that is a bug not a feature request.
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