Apple offers 160 gig Apple TV

Has anyone compared the 40 to the 160? The 40 seems to run really hot, while the 160 seems to run slightly cooler. I no longer have the 40, so can't do a side by side test.

I wish they would update the Mac mini with bigger/cheaper hard drive upgrades and faster processor, itching to buy a new mini but it just doesn't seem as good value here in the UK at current price as the original G4 model was. Isn't it about time the Apple TV's version of Front Row found it's way onto Macs as well? Come on Apple, I want a new Mac mini for my living room!

Sort of bummed too. I was going to wait to buy one until the first upgrade appeared but then one day while cruising Best Buy my wife made the mistake of saying "you can buy one", so I did.

Oh well.

artifex: Did you buy your MacBook on the model's release date? What if you had, and they released an 8 GHz model 2 months later? Yeah, you could whine then. I've bought 1st gen Apple products for 23 years and this is the first one I regret.
JeffDM: My only complaint is such an enormous upgrade in such a short time. If it had been a more incremental upgrade, say, to 60 gigs, it wouldn't sting so much. I know, I know, c'est la vie, caveat emptor. But this is like they're admitting an error. Still, I love my AppleTV.

Never buy a first generation product from Apple, guys. Be glad you learned the lesson so cheaply, and your units don't actually have real problems. :)

BTW I bought my black Macbook less than 60 days before they updated the specs. Should I get to whine, too? :)

I live in Europe & I have found if you buy iTunes prepaid cards you can use the US store to get video content. Just a possible work around to get the content you want (I have seasons of The Office, History Channel stuff, etc - never had a problem)...

I also feel weird about having purchased the AppleTV with 40Gb as soon as available. The problem I currently face is not the 160Gb HD, but rather the complete lack of content in Europe. I really didn't buy such a device, HD capable, to watch home made videos by some student... I wanted to:
- watch my own home made movies in HD (I can do that)
- watch and buy/rent TV series and Movies (this option is nowhere near in sight outside the US, and I honestly did expect this and not You Tube to be on top of Apple's list)
- Attach an external HD via USB so that Apple could have spared time in upgrading the device (they only have to enable AN EXISTING USB port and I wouldn't have any problems)

"punished for being an early adopter"

You do know that being an early adopter of any technology from any company is like an S&M session, right? In many cases, you pay more only to become the beta tester. The company will likely either introduce a better successor at a lower price, or discontinue support and kill the product line, leaving you with a potentially buggy product.

I'm kind of bummed about buying a 40GB in March and now seeing the 160GB option for only $100 more. Oh well, such is the early adopter life.

What I'd like to know: will Apple upgrade mine for me for, say, $129?

Unless something changes, you won't be able to remove content from your Powerbook once it's Synced to the AppleTV - if you do, then the AppleTV will remove it as well. No way around that . ('cept for using some weird workarounds)

I'm bothered about this increase in Harddrive space, since AppleTV was originally meant to be a streaming option for iTunes - not media storage.

I stream all but my photos and small amount of music, and even HD stuff works fine. I'm not worried, just curious about the direction Apple is taking with this...

Steve even mentioned it as a DVD replacement for the living room.