Apple TV movies extremely slow to load

We have had our Apple TV for several years and it has always worked great (we have many movies). In the last month, it takes hours for a movie to load and this is for movies we already own. In fact, these same movies would play right away in the past, but now all of a sudden take hours to load (no matter if they are HD or not). What is wrong and how can I fix it?

That would indicate a network issue.
What is your current connection, using speedtest.net?
Check istumbler (Mac) or netstumbler (PC) to get a report of your network, that will help to see if there's interference.
Make sure DNS is set to your ISPs (settings - general - network - DNS should be set to automatic)

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