(1) It's not faster. It's the same as before. By the time the next update releases, everyone will be complaining about how slow this one is, and then will rejoice over another imaginary "speed boost" in the interface.
Just because you weren't having problems, it doesn't mean other people weren't. UI speed problems since 2.0 are well documented on Macrumors and on other sites. It was affecting many people including myself. My


That's all fixed now. The UI flows smoothly like it should.
(3) You still cannot clear downloads from your tv. This is the biggest oversight yet. Why? Because when you encounter a download error, it leaves the partially downloaded file in your tv. Even if you download it from your computer when the tv continues to get download errors, it doesn't clear the episode off the tv. This happened to me, and I wound up having to reset the box and resync 100+ GB of content.
Are you talking about this?
It's fixed.