Any way to stop syncing while retaining files on Apple TV?

OK, I'm getting really frustrated with this; hopefully someone here has an answer. . .
I don't want my TV shows to sync to my computer. I want them to stay on the Apple TV HD. I don't need a copy. I don't care about backing them up. I just want them to stay on the Apple TV HD until I've watched them and eventually I'll delete them. I don't need them to clutter up my computer's HD or to slow down my wireless constantly transferring large files back and forth. Is there any way to achieve this?
I know completely disconnecting the Apple TV and my computer would work, but I still want to be able to stream my music. . .
This is very frustrating. The only reason I got the 140gb drive model is so I'd have room on my apple tv and wouldn't have to take up room on my computer. Now I'm taking up room on both plus slowing down my wireless. Any suggestions? Thanks much.

jarrehas wrote:
That sounds like what I want to do is impossible. What's this deal with a secondary/streaming library?
What you can do is in Settings=>Computers...disassociate your computer thus not sync. Then reset it up to be a streaming only machine.
Thus all content in your library can stream and any content you buy via the AppleTV will stay on the AppleTV (note, you won't get a copy for backup and if AppleTV fails, will lose what is on it).
His other stuff about external drive is, for the most part people DO want to keep what they buy. Thus since the AppleTV is NOT a backup device it wants to sync data to your library and for most (such as myself) an external drive (like the 1TB one I have) is where I store my iTunes library thus what gets synced back to my computer gets synced to my external drive, not my computers HD.

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