Limit of AppleTV's syncing to a single Mac Mini's iTunes

What is the limit of AppleTV's that can sync to my Mac Mini's iTunes if all of the music is DRM-free? I'm looking to buy 10 or 15 AppleTV's. I find reports that 5 is limit if iTunes contains DRM-protected content, but I can't find a solid number if all is DRM-free.
Thanks.

Chenks wrote:
5 appletv's per itunes library for syncing (DRM or not)
you can connect more but any above 5 will only be able to stream.
I'm not so sure about that, although I have seen a post some time ago that said they had connected 40, although I took it with a pinch of salt. If you open the itunes application package and look at the text strings contained in its included files, it seems that sharing of the library is limited to 5 instances, albeit that tv's are treated separately from other installations of itunes, so that 5 itunes and 5 tv's would be possible.

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graham218 wrote:
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It's possible to hold separate iTunes library's on a single machine.
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That's all.
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Trying to keeping my problem simple & to the point here:
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