Yesterday I bought an Apple TV and connected it via HDMI to my HD plasma Television. The quality is very high, ofcourse I forgot to bring an optical audio cable so the sound quality is still not what it potentially could be.

I also found that my local hardware store has DVI to HDMI cables, so I bought one of those as well so now I can plug my laptop into my TV, with good quality.

I’m curious whether I can hack the Apple TV, though I’m not prepared to screw the device open and rip out the harddisk just yet. I read that somebody booted from an external USB drive, so that I think would be the best solution path. If I do manage to run OSX on it, I’m curious what I can do with it all.

As said in the title I also bought an Apple Airport Extreme, based on the 802.11n draft-standard. My previous wireless lan was a Linksys 802.11g which was in a closet beneath the stairs. The Airport Extreme is out in the open in the living room and has an enormous range (compared to the old situation). The Apple TV is connected to the Airport Extreme using a cable, not using Airport, which will hopefully increase speed.