Replacement AppleTV _also_ hangs on playback.

I actually THREW AWAY my last AppleTV and bought a brand new one because of this problem.
And guess what?
After about a week of it working perfectly...
...*it is happening again*.
This is using the latest version of the AppleTV software as well as the latest version of iTunes.
They closed my prior bug report as "unreproducible," and I've filed a new one. Please file one if this is happening to you as well. This is pretty unacceptable.
Original thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1505766&tstart=0
Original bug report #: 5943509
New bug report #: 6283650

Possibly. Thank you for pointing me towards that discussion.
In my case, however, it happens when I only watch one show after the ATV has been sitting unused all day long - and I know that it has reset a few times on its own (a whole 'nother issue) because I occasionally have to wait for the Apple logo-d restart sequence when switching my receiver over.
I think I am mostly irritated by the fact that Apple just closed the Bug Report as "unreproducible," when I know that other people are having the same problem. I'm hoping that people will actually report the issue rather posting a "me too" on here, ya' know?

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