My apple TV takes Hours to stream TV shows/Movies

My apple TV takes Hours to stream TV shows/Movies. I have updated the software i have reset and restored and still issues.

Hello Jmo1213,
We've a couple of article which can help get your Apple TV working smoothly again.
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Troubleshooting playback performance
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3623
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4546
Cheers,
Allen

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From what I can tell, when I select the movie and hit the airplay button to move it to the apple TV, my iPad is still doing all the work of streaming the movie. Why can't the apple TV take over the heavy work at this point? I'd like to be able to use my iPad as more of a remote with an awesome interface for the apple TV. The netflix app on iPad is great, and the easiest way to browse movies, and pushing them to the apple TV is fantastic, but once the movie starts, I want to use my iPad for other things!!! Can this be put on the "to do" list for devs?

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Unplug and restart it which you may have done.
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