Tongue in cheek or not, I would actually find an IR blaster kind of really cool. Minority here. I had a G4 for a few weeks and I found it easier to control my Apple TV with it than fiddling with my iPhone.
EDIT - Okay, so the new Apple TV doesn't have IR, so I guess that'll be out the window. Still, just saying.
EDIT 2 - Never mind, yes it does, so again the IR blaster would be cool to me. Or, Apple can update the Remote app so it actually WORKS. That would be nice.