Apple TV Streaming Speed?

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Hi guys,

Do you find that to stream a purchased movie on ATV you have to wait bucket loads longer than the equivalent on Netflix?

Netflix is almost instant, ATV is maybe 60 seconds of Loading > Authorizing etc...

Is this the same for everybody?
 
Is it like this the first time you try playing a movie as part of the purchasing process or does this happen every time you try to play a movie from your iTunes library?
 
I've just done a quick test comparing iTunes movies start up time with Netflix movie start up times. I used Bad Boys on iTunes and Skyfall on Netflix. Both times are measured from pressing play on the movie info screen to the first image appearing on screen.

16.34 Apple TV
11.80 Netflix

There seems to be around 4.5 seconds difference for me.
 
Apple movies used to be more of a progressive download than a true stream, so the delay could be ensuring that there is going to be enough of the movie buffered to enable the entire thing to play without having to stop and wait for more bits to arrive.
 
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