Is Front Row configurable anywhere?

As title.
Just installed yesterday's update and movie previews work fine now but they are all American and have a habit of stuttering all the time (maybe just lots of people trying it out, or maybe it's streaming from a server in the US?)
I can think of a couple of things straight off the bat.
Configure a region so people in the UK like me aren't sat there watching movie trailers for stuff that isn't out in the UK.
Get iPhoto to rotate it's images maybe? I guess front row doesn't know what needs to be rotated and what doesn't but a lot of my photos view on their side which seems a bit daft :o)
That's it for now - i'm sure there could be plenty more suggestions too if Apple want suggestions!
Martin.

Yea there is a lot of stuff needs configuring.
The first and foremost is my need to have front row appear on a separate monitor without having to mirror displays. I want to sit on my sofa in the other room and start front row, right now I have to go to the other room to turn on mirroring before it will appear on my TV.
To be able to start a playlist like on the iPod by holding down the button to select the next tune in the list.
I also really wish front row would handle play lists differently. For instance is I create a playlist of Artists beginning with A, I would expect to see : Artists beginning with A> Album>song.
What we get is Artist beginning with A>Songs.
All playlists work like this and to be frank, in front row they don't make a lot of sense. I have around 9000 tunes in itunes, trying to remember all them song titles is difficult, especially as the text starts half way into the screen then cuts off! How stupid is that?
One other thing is if you accidentally page back from your selection it starts you right back at A, and worse, you can only scroll at the beginning A>Z, on an ipod if you scroll the other way at A, it starts at Z which is handy to get to stuff at the other end of the alphabet.
On the upside I am encouraged to see the latest up date scrolls a lot faster, well done apple!

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Thanks Klaus1 for your prompt answer, although I went again through a dated discussion.
I also got the feeling that somehow they want to push Apple TV..
But, respectfully speaking towards our Friends at Apple, is it fair to promise what you don't deliver?
I have choosen apple because I percive it's different.
At currently published link: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC377Z/A/apple-remote
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