Turns out there is a 14-day return window on the Apple TV. And I missed it. I’m going to check what Craig’s List offers, but I may be sticking with it for the long term after all.
I haven’t updated my review since initially posting to reflect the hacker community’s efforts, which have added some nice features to the Apple TV, with more on the way. Big feature upgrades so far include the ability to boot from an attached external USB drive (increased storage capacity) and playback support for additional video file formats. I have a 200GB USB drive, so I plan to explore that route and will report back in. 200GB would mean that I could sync my 5GB iPhoto library plus 80 movies–not the entire library, but a nice increase over the internal 30GB drive.
Also, in May the Xbox 360 will support streaming of H.264 video files from a PC or Mac, so there will be another option to get video to your living room.