I took the plunge and got an Apple TV for our living room (we already had one in the office). The Device is cross-platform and works really well. Apple updated the software in February and added some great features. Here's what I like the most:
- The HD Rentals work great and look on par with Blu-ray
- Movies are affordable, priced between $2.99 and $4.99
- Downloads start to play in less than 5 minutes
- I can watch podcasts on the big screen (it's weird to watch yourself in HD)
- Accessing music, movies, and photos from any computer in the house is near instant
- The device is easy to hook up
- My three-year old can figure it out
- YouTube's expected switch to bigger image size will be great