Whats The BEST Apple-TV Like Device.

[avpmusic]

I recently bought a 1tb hard drive off newegg, so i can rip all my movies on to it and watch it on my 360. I'm thinking about seling my 360 because i do not really use it for games, but mainly the streaming capabilities, and the netflix player.

i have not looked into the apple tv, but from what i hear, it dosnt support a whole lot of formats (Divx, Xvid ect) i'm told you can 'hack it' so it can play anything, but i dont know if i wanna go down that route.

the xbox thing is great, except some of the movies i already have, do not play well because of the compatibility of the videos.

can anybody recommend me a simple 'box' where i can STREAM the movies i have on my external hard drive (connected to my mac) to the player, but one where i can watch almost every video format available?

i want pretty much a media center, i use to run XBMC and it was great, but it looked really ugly and was big and bulky for my living room.

if anyone can help me out, i would REALLY appriciate it..
playing music and looking at photo's would be a plus, but not necessary for my needs.

thanks you :)

[Donar]

Have a look at the NMT Popcornhour (http://www.popcornhour.com), if you do not need the capability to rent videos from Netflix. The UI is not the prettiest in the world and sometimes this device could be a bit faster, but it works for almost every format out there.

For AppleTV there is a thing called boxee, i think it is XBMC for AppleTV, maybe have a look at it too.

[mpshay]

Have you considered a Mac Mini? Put Plex or Boxee on it!