AppleTV freezes until 'screensaver' is started.  Then it loads media.

I have a MacBook Pro attached via Firewire 800 to a 2 TB external hard drive. Apple Airport Express extending signal to and Apple Airport Extreme router. AppleTV is streaming media. All systems 100% up to date.
Everytime I start my AppleTV, it shows the movies/music/tvshows initially and while i'm scrolling through it then freezes until the 'screensaver' (currently my MobileMe pictures) turns on. Once this happens, the media is loaded and i can resume scrolling or playing my media. It usually happens only once during my AppleTV session.
Is this because the cache in ATV is low or my home network is feeding too much data across too many 'systems'? I've tried connecting the external hard drive directly to the Airport Extreme router but it still freezes until the screensaver turns on.

My guess is the screensaver part is not relevant (could be wrong though). Since this happens after you start your tv I suspect it is merely updating it's library during which time it becomes a little unresponsive. perhaps the time your library takes to update is approximately the same amount of time before the screensaver appears (or perhaps the screensaver doesn't start until the unresponsive period is over).

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