Apple TV V2: Some observations concerning the new software...

I recently updated my Apple TV (160 GB) to the V2 software without - on first sight - any obvious problem. I'm running iTunes 7.6 on an iMac G5 with my iTunes library (approx. 60 GB) completely on the internal HD. My iTunes library is synced to the Apple TV (-> Custom Sync with "Show only synced items on the Apple TV" checked) meaning I don't stream any content from this computer.
There is a second iMac G5 in the network (my girlfriend's iMac) which is configured to share its iTunes library with Apple TV meaning the shared content is streamed.
While getting familiar with the V2 software I made some (strange?) observations I would like to share in this forum:
1) Apple TV V2 now is always visible in iTunes on the iMac providing the shared library; with the V1 software this happened only in iTunes on the iMac providing the synced library which - by the way - didn't change. Can anyone confirm this behaviour?
2) In the Music Menu I don't see the entry "Music Videos" from the iTunes store. I'm living in Germany and I know Apple's knowledgebase article about missing entries reflecting the missing features of the local iTunes store. But the German iTunes store is selling Music Videos (but no movies, TV shows, and movie rentals). All other entries valid for the German iTunes store are correctly visible. Could any German Apple TV V2 user please confirm that "Music -> Music Videos" is missing in Germany in spite of the German iTunes store selling Music Videos?
3) Empty static playlists don't show up on Apple TV V2 after a successful sync, but they show up on the Apple TV device in iTunes if you open it by clicking the little arrow in front of it to inspect the synced content from there. This means the sync is okay but somehow the Apple TV V2 GUI doesn't show them. I know empty static playlists don't make much sense, but I noticed this behaviour and I would like to know if someone can confirm it.
4) Empty dynamic playlists only show up on Apple TV V2 after a successful sync if iTunes on the iMac with the synced library is running! Please note: as stated above I have "Show only synced items on the Apple TV" checked. There should be no dynamic behaviour concerning the shown content of the synced library. Again: can someone confirm this behaviour?
5) The "Recently Added" playlist is always visible on Apple TV V2. This playlist is not synced, but it is visible on Apple TV V2 regardless of iTunes running on the iMac with the synced library or not. Remember: as stated above I have "Show only synced items on the Apple TV" checked and this playlist is not and was never synced. I tried to toggle the sync state of this playlist several times followed by successfull syncs, but whatever I do: "Recently Added" remains visible on the Apple TV V2; all other playlists don't show this "feature". Can anybody confirm this behaviour?
6) Internet radio stations are not working at all for me in a synced playlist. I followed the threads with this topic and came to the conclusion that we now can put internet radios stations from iTunes in a playlist, sync this playlist to Apple TV V2 and - as long as iTunes is running on the iMac with the synced library - the radio stations will be visible, selectable and playable on Apple TV V2. This does not work for me: as long as iTunes with the synced library is running I can see the playlist on Apple TV 2, but it is empty meaning the internet radio stations are not visible. I made sure that the radio stations are checked in the synced iTunes library, but no success: just an empty playlist on Apple TV V2 which completely disappears as soon as I quit iTunes on the iMac with the synced library. Anybody suffering from this behaviour, too?
7) If I open the Apple TV V2 device in iTunes on the iMac with the synced library by clicking the little arrow in front of it (just to inspect its contents), I find that some playlists on Apple TV V2 show items which definitly don't belong to them. Interestingly these "wrong items" are only shown in iTunes; they don't show up directly on Apple TV V2 on the TV screen. Can anybody confirm this behaviour?
All in all I see my "smooth" upgrade to the V2 software now in a completely different light. I fear my "perfect sync" pre to the V2 update is somehow broken...
Or is this all expected behaviour?
Any comment is appreciated.
Thank you, Michael.

Hi Mike...for your question #3, I found a couple discussion threads about this issue which appears to be 'possibly' either a software glitch or Apple's way of discouraging people from listening to free music and forced to purchase music.
Anyhow here are the two discussion threads:
http://appletvsource.com/content/view/565/1/
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6618161&#6618161

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