It’s cool to sit back and watch the open public fix and enhance products without a single word from the original manufacturer (against or for). Apple definitely has it made - crowdsourcing without actually asking for it. In the couple of months since the launch of Apple TV, it’s obvious what the public wants - larger hard disks, RSS feeds, more support in terms of Codecs, and some seem to want OSX over HDMI - which is a valid need for many also. All of which were made possible on the same hardware that Apple has released to the public - oh, and for free!

That said, Revision3’s SYSTM series does an indepth episode covering from start to finish how to upgrade your AppleTV to a larger hard disk, support RSS feeds and DivX video files (and other codecs) without changing in any way how the Apple TV operates. They also make the Apple TV SSH accessible which makes future soft mods easy to accomplish.

Take a look - this episode has recreated the temptation for an Apple TV and depending on how your finances are, you may or may not want to watch.

Systm Episode 7 - AppleTV