XBMC, which is my HTPC frontend of choice since early XBOX 1 days, recently released a Apple TV 2 Version, which still has a few flaws but is very actively deve

XBMC, which is my HTPC frontend of choice since early XBOX 1 days, recently released a Apple TV 2 Version, which still has a few flaws but is very actively developed and improved. This is not XBMC Lite, it is the full package you know from the desktop. Add a NAS for movies, music and TV Shows and you have a very good solution. It's impressive that the underpowered Apple TV is able to play 1080p content flawlessly, however while being able to play 1080p the Apple TV scales everything down to 720p - this seems to be a hardware design decision which can't be changed, the XBMC team is looking into it. Given that I use a 720p beamer it isn't a problem for me though. Apart from that you get a full featured HTPC software which has been around for years on a power efficient instant-on box that costs you a hundred bucks.