2nd GEN ATV - does it only stream?

I have the first gen ATV -- one of my major complaints is the time that it takes to download a movie from iTunes. Originally, I thought I would just rent a movie and it would automatically stream within seconds and I'd be good to go (like NetFlix or Optimum) but apparently the movie is downloaded to the ATV which sometimes takes well over an hour. Even if I can start playing the movie after a few minutes, it will often pause during the movie until the remaining content is downloaded.
Does the 2nd gen act differently? Is movie content still downloaded from iTunes or is it streamed where I don't have to wait?
Also, my ATV first gen has a 40G drive for storing content locally. Can I still store local content on the 2nd gen or is there really no need to do that anyway?
thanks

It works in a similar manner to AppleTV1 so you are unlikely to see any benefit, in fact you will probably get worse performance.
Both devices recieve a stream which is cached locally, but AppleTV2 only has a small amount of solid state memory not a hard drive.
When AppleTv 1 or 2 calculates enough of the stream has arrived to allow uninterrupted playback it will allow you to start and continue to get the rest of the stream while you watch.
If you get interruptions it is likely your internet performance is fluctuating throwing the calculation out.
Apple rentals are fixed size 1-1.5Gb or so for SD, 3-4GB for HD. Netflix adjusts the quality of the stream to allow slower connections to view more quickly at the expense of quality.
With AppleTV2 if you do something else with the unit whilst waiting for a movie to cache it will often flush the cache requiring the download to restart. With AppleTV1 it sometimes does the same, but it will not flush the completed 'download' until it expires.
AC

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