Can I connect my atv2 to a hard disk?

I used to have atv1 and I loved the fact of having my pictures and movies on it without having to connect to my itunes. Now that I have atv2 I would like to have it connected to a hard disk constantly, is this possible? I also have airport time capsule but it is full as it constantly makes backups of my mac. Maybe I could use this time capsule and save some space for pictures and movies and connect it to my atv2??.... I'm a bit lost with this atv2... Even though I hated my atv1 for being full fast, now I don't feel like buying movies as I have no where to save them unless my computer is on and with the itunes open and with my hard disk (that contains my library with all the movies and pictures) connected to my computer and being shared with my atv2.... What a mess!!... PLEASE GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS!

You cannot connect a hard drive to AppleTV 2.
You can store your iTunes media on Time Capsule, but it must be referenced in iTunes, and iTunes must be running unfortunately to stream to ATV2 - you can do this by copying the media to a TC folder, then adding the media to iTunes without copying to the computer's hard drive. Uncheck the box arrowed below, then drag and drop the mdeia to iTunes:
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(Note holding 'option' key will temporarily toggle the behaviour of this setting if you are dragging and dropping content to itunes).
Another option for you would be to add an external USB or Firewire drive to the computer (better option, less network traffic).
Whatever you do, before moving/reorganising itunes media make sure yoiu have a backup!
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