Syncing downloading and streaming

Like a lot of others I am having problems since v 2.0. While I work it out I have several short questions.
1) During streaming video should I turn off sync at ITunes? It will otherwise be syncing for the next 20 years since it is so slow (took an hour for 12 photos yesterday)
2) Does downloading movies (podcasts or from ItunesU) interfere with syncing and/or streaming? Should I pause this if I want to use streaming on my apple tv upstairs?
3) Should I bring down the little apple tv and hook it up by ethernet to get content synced to it? Does that retain when it connects later wirelessly?
4) If I download an HD movie from ITunes store how long does it usually take? (Again this is wireless)
5) If I decide I am not interested in doing #4 should I go back to version 1 of Apple TV?

I don't have a lot of (or any) answers for your questions, only some more information. I am having a lot of problems also since "upgrading" to 2.0 - basically any syncing is going at a snail's pace.
First, a new "feature" according to an Apple TV product specialist I am working with (he just discovered this in the process of trying to solve my slow sync problem) is that whatever iTunes library you are synced with (the Main Library) also allows you by default to stream, and there doesn't appear to be a way to turn this off. You can turn on and off other Shared Libraries.
I have well over 160Gb of content, so I am only syncing 1 playlist to the Apple TV. So I obviously chose Custom Sync. My synced content is uploading over 802.11g at the rate of about 3 hours of content per 24 hour period (about 30 times slower than before the upgrade), on the other hand, the streamed content becomes playable in about 1 to 2 seconds and I don't notice any untoward delay (e.g., I can fast forward through it pretty well).
In addition, I get strange behavior when checking the "Show only the synced items..." check box. I have started syncing again so it first shows only the message "No Content". Trying again gets a long message about how I should sync or download from iTunes to get Content." Trying a third time (meaning selecting My TV Shows from the menu) shows ALL my iTunes Library content available for streaming, however the show names get randomly replaced with Unknown Artist - and which shows get displayed as Unknown Artist changes at random also. They all play (as does music and movies, none of which are synced).
I am about ready to "downgrade" (upgrade?) back to 1.1
So
1) I don't think you CAN turn off syncing
2) Don't know
3) I don't know that this will help, my WiFi connection is WELL under saturated.
4) Don't know, and it depends on your connection - however you can start playing back before it is fully downloaded
5) There are some nice features implemented in 2 (I like that they finally added ratings control so that I can block content for my children), but if it is unusable, I will downgrade to 1.1 and wait for 2.1
5)

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