Excellent – I got my apple tv yesterday, plugged in, entered a few passwords and it was ready to go. Today just powered up my computer and it was ready to go again. No need to re-enter access passwords.

Can let screen on computer go to sleep but not computer itself.

I have an older conia plasma tv with hdmi input and picture from movies is fine.

I recommend this especially if u are sick of watching downloaded content on a computer screen. Which is my main reason for getting apple tv. There has been negativity about its lack of a hard drive but I find it easier to just steam content straight from my laptop, rather than putting onto a usb and the transferring over. I love it. I spent the afternoon watching movies from my itunes account. Easy to negotiate. It even plays tv shows copied into itunes from dvd. Watching youtube, podcasts & flickr and listening to radio is easy and smooth. Only dislike so far is not an apple problem but an australian one. Inability to access netflix or an australian equivalent.