...without buying something...
<img src="http://www.mmolenda.com/images/appletv.jpg" />
Yeah, that's an AppleTV.  Yeah, I bought one.  And yes, that is an iPod dock next to it.

So, what do I think of it?  It works pretty damn well.  It's sleek.  It's stylish.  The biggest issue to me is the lack of true 5.1 channel surround sound.  The unit has an optical jack on it.  This leads me to believe that it very well could support it one day...but not today.

It works seemless with iTunes.  The puny 40gb hard drive is almost full already and I have only syched my movies and music videos.  There is really no reason to sync music.  Music will stream very well over a G-network.  Actually, the video that I have streams pretty well as well.  I am going to do some more comparisons between the AppleTV and the MacMini that I already had.  This will determine whether or not I keep the AppleTV.  The unit has a 14-day full refund return policy... so I get to keep it for 2 weeks before either I have to give it up or keep it forever...

<a href="http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/appletv.ars">Ars Reviews the AppleTV</a>

I just wonder if I'll keep it or not... I guess I should... gotta keep up that Apple Fanboyness...!