ATV seems to work okay but the experience not making it for me.

I am a very new atv user but 24 hours have passed and I have yet to actually watch anything. The scale of time investment is terrible. To convert a dvd I already own to play on ATV took hours and then syncing took even more time. I decided to download a season of the wire from itunes and it's taking something like 2hrs per episode. It's starting out with mid season episodes first so I can't even watch from the beginning. I have to wait for the rest of the season to download. That should be tomorrow.
Furthermore, I have an HD video camera and would like to be able to view my files from the camera (AVCHD) and they wont work either without a lengthy conversion process.
I can always see the ATV in my itunes so I don't have that problem. I have turned on the TV to find the shiny silver apple logo that wont go away. I have also been able to update the ATV software too.
Does ATV do anything quickly? So far everything is about waiting, waiting, waiting. Can anyone clue me into what I am supposed to be getting out of this. I can stream an audio file out of the TV. Big deal.
I received the ATV as a gift from my girlfriend and I decided I would give it a shot. I love tivo and I like itunes. I was expect too much to have something like a combined experience. I am considering giving it up if I can't come up with something useful that it can do.
Any advice as to how I can get this device to provide some immediate payoff and not just an opportunity to figure out what I might want to watch tomorrow.
Thanks, KMA
P.S.
Why not put a DVD player in this unit? At least it would give me something to do while wait 2 hours to download a 1 hr SD program.

I am using a wired network connection for the ATV. It's connected directly to the modem/router by a 1 meter cable. I'm not sure how I can improve my network experience with regard to download performance. I could upgrade my DSL to a higher speed but that would cost more per month and I'm not sure I want to pay that.
I am using my Macbook Pro 15" with a core duo 2 gig processor. It's wirelessly connected to the network. I have a much, much more powerful PC that I could use to convert DVD's but it's at my recording studio and requires leaving the house and lots of planning for when it's not being used.
" "I can stream an audio file out of the TV." How does one do that?" I'm sure with over 3000 posts on this forum you are more clever than that. You know what I mean. If you don't, I'm talking about playing a song in itunes and having the audio reproduced over the home theater/TV/monitor speakers by selecting ATV in
the "Choose which speakers to use" dialogue box.
"Read up on ATV and accept what it provides."
I have been reading about what ATV can do. I am willing to make some changes if there is a payoff. Currently it has very specific proprietary requirements that do not lend itself to ease of use. It is definitely not an ipod for video content. I can play nearly every type of audio format at nearly any sample rate on my ipod with little trouble. The video codec and encoding requirements of ATV are extremely restrictive in how it can be used outside of purchasing content from the itunes store. In that way it is narrowing my viewing options significantly. I'm not sure if I should be willing to "accept" that.
KMA

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