Multiple Copies of Same Song/Movie

Every time I sync something new to my AppleTV I see many, many copies of that item on the device interfaces. It seems to fix itself after a while, but I have no idea how/why.
I also have to say that the fact that the pin entry on screen in BIG FRIGGING NUMBERS is absolutely stupid. I have to send my kids out of the room to buy anything. Why not allow for a directional pin that does not appear on the screen? Up, Up, Down, Down or something like that. Of course, Apple will simply ignore this idea because Apple ignores everyone because Apple assumes it can do no wrong.

I just bought AppleTV a couple of weeks ago. The 160GB model. I too have noticed that when I sync (add) to the AppleTV there are multiple copies of it in the "My Movies" List. I checked the content that I have on the AppleTV through iTunes and it shows that I only have one copy of it. So I think there is a software bug that displays it multiple times.
Last night I bought "Zodiac" When I turned the TV on this morning I saw 8 zodiac listings on the AppleTV. I just purchased "No Country for Old Men". It is in the middle of downloading. I hope it doesn't show multiple listings.

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