Multiple AppleTVs in house

Hi All,
I'm having troubles with a second AppleTV i purchased for my house. Every time I want to use it or my original one I have to set up home sharing again.
I'm wondering if this has anything to do with this silly 5 authorised computers limit?
What is an authorised computer? Is an iPhone considered a computer for this purpose? Is an AppleTV considered a computer for this purpose?
I have the following in my house:
- Mac Pro (my computer)
- iMac (my wife's computer)
- MacBook Air (we share this when we travel)
- iPad (used mainly by my 3yo daughter)
- 2 x iPhone 4s
- 2 x Apple TVs
When you list it out thats a lot of devices and certainly more than 5 which is a real problem if Apple insist on this stupid authorised computer limit when they are busy selling all sorts of devices ensuring the average household has more than 5 such devices in the house.
I'm hoping someone can clarify what is an authorised computer and how all this home sharing works as Apple don't really go into any detail in there support documents.
Cheers and thanks!
Adam

Just confirmed that all ios devices do not count towards that. So just to be clear, you have an ATV1 & ATV2 and with the new one you have to turn on home-sharing each time on the device?
For me I just authorized home-sharing on ATV2 and iTunes once and I was good to go, so if that's not the case for you that would be very interesting. Trying to see what I can find out.

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