Apple TV on Steroids

The aTV Flash from Apple Core is a flash drive that you plug into your Apple TV to install extra features. Some of the features listed on their website are:

• Play video formats that the Apple TV cannot play (for example, DivX, AVI, WMV, and etc.)
  
• Play DVD files without converting them
  
• Browse the web with a Safari based web browser
  

For $49.95 you will get a download that you use with a flash drive to create the aTV Flash (currently it only supports Macs). You will also get free updates for 1 year.

If you want a simple way of hacking your Apple TV, the aTV Flash is perhaps a good option. However, Apple TV will most likely get software upgrades down the road, and every time that happens it’ll be necessary to wait for an update from the folks at Apple Core.  And if the software upgrade happens after the aTV Flash 1 year updates period and aTV Flash isn't working, you're out of luck...

So same as the iPhone, to hack or not to hack, that’s the dilemma…

Source:

• aTV Flash
  
• TUAW
  
• Apple TV @ Amazon