Photostream photos out of order on Apple TV

I just installed my new Apple TV and ran the software update. I then set it up to connect with Photostream using my Apple account, and my photos started appearing. So far, so good!
Then I discovered a couple of serious bugs:
1) My iPhone and iPad (both running iOS 6) both show 529 photos in my Photostream. The Apple TV only shows 144 photos. Both the first and last photo in my stream show up on the Apple TV. All the missing photos seem to be somewhat scattered throughout the middle of the stream.
2) The order of the photos in on the Apple TV doesn't have any logic to it. On the iOS devices they are arranged by date, but on the Apple TV it's a complete jumble. Photos taken weeks apart are right next to each other, and photos taken on the same day are separated by dozens of other photos taken at different times.
Anyone have any idea what's going on or how to fix it??? Thanks!

Good to know that someone else is having this issue. After several weeks of trying to use this feature I have given up. There doesn't seem to be any correlation between what's on my Photostream on iOS devices (I have three and they all show identical Photostream content) and my new Apple TV which just randomizes the content.
I have discovered one interesting thing. Although the photos that show up in my automatic Photostream on Apple TV continue to be randomized, shared Photostreams that I have created seem to behave as they should. What shows up on my iOS devices matches what is on Apple TV and in the correct order.

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