Using Multiple Apple TV's with One Account

I am thinking of installing multiple Apple TV's in my home so we can rent/buy movies in different rooms. Is their any limitation of how many can be logged in at one time? Can I be downloading to multiple ATV's at the same time using the same account?

You can connect up to 5 tv's to your itunes library. Yes they can download content from the itunes store at the same time, playback the same or different content at the same time or a mixture of each. You may find though that this can put a strain on some networks and performance may vary.
I have 5, I can't say for sure I've ever had five playing movies together, certainly had 3 and probably 4 and for me they have worked well, albeit my network is a little more than what most people would want to set up.
"This is my tv set-up"

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I have multiple IDs and use the single computer sharing itunes. By 'sharing' I mean we open the pc, open itunes and log in with our individual ID as required.
While Im logged in I plug in my device. I transfer my purchases from my device as per the file menu (not the check for auto downloads). I move them as required to whichever playlist I like.
Then when my son wants to use itunes or update his device, he logs in, plugs in his device, transfers purchases from his device, puts whatever music he wants into his playlist and/or drags direct to the device regardless of who purchased it and then syncs.
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In our family we have been registering everything (ipods, iphones and computers) all under one apple id. We have made purchases with the family apple id which we have been accessing on multiple devices. With everyones different needs I am wondering about setting up new apple id's for different family members. Can I use multiple apple id's on devices like my iPhone and still access apps/books/music purchased on the family apple id's and if so how do I do this.
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if you guys were sharing a computer andsyncing with that computer, chances are you picked up some of their content along the way.
For example- lets say you have apps that say they need updating. You go click on one to update it, and up pops somebody elses apple id and password field for you to enter their password.
You go to the next app, ad it pops up saying the same thing.
So you move on to the next one,which is yours, so you update it.
What you have encountered is somebody elses content on your phone/ipad/ipod/whatever.
That content is only accessible from the apple ID it was used to purchase it. So even tho you may SEE the content on your phone, you cannot access it or play it. it is not yours, it was purchased or downloaded from somebody elses apple ID.
The only way you can stop that is to delete the apps/content that is not yours. If its content that you do want, you can download it while signed in to your own apple ID and it will then belong to you.
you can delete apps by pressing and holding the icon, you will see an X appear, click that X and it will uninstall/delete the app.
And just incase you ever share a computer again, check out the following article.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

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Today I was able to see both Apple TV's in itunes at the same time
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Transfer what content you want to the separate iTunes library on each computer. To transfer content from your library to another library do the following. We'll assume this is between husband and wife separate accounts and different Apple IDs.
Launch iTunes under your wife's login;
Sign her out of iTunes, then you sign in;
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Connect your phone, DO NOT SYNC;
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When complete eject your phone, sign out of iTunes, sign your wife back in.
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Just load whatever content you want to share on each others phones, transfer the content, then delete it from the respective phone if you don't want to keep it there.
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yes you can still sync all the devices on itunes using one master itunes/appleID account.
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If you want to select specific playlists for your kids, DON'T enable iTunes Match on their devices, otherwise they will get ALL the playlists on their devices (learned that the hard way)
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I have restrictions setup on their devices. I don't allow them to install/delete apps, nor do I allow them to make any account changes on their devices. This way their devices stay in order and get backed up to icloud. I can easily restore their devices if I needed too.
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Are there any con's to using the old 1st gen Apple TV in this manner? For instance, I know there is no HDMI connection and the processor is older and slower than the newer versions.
It would be a shame to not be able to put the 160gig of hard drive space on the older Apple TV to good use, especially as it still works perfectly.. and it was a refurb when I bought it!

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