[jessedhillon]

I would just suggest you look at Plex. I feel the same way after being burned out on HTPC projects. But the killer feature still missing on Appletv is streaming media files stored elsewhere on the network, which Plex does beautifully. And still manages to have a gorgeous UI (using Google TV version)

[lostlogin]

How do you mean? I just watched Breaking Bad which is on my laptop via the AppleTV.

[jessedhillon]

Ah maybe I'm not familiar with the current capabilities of AppleTV. With Plex I get to have cover art, libraries, and a nicely organized interface to my media library which I can navigate with my remote alone.

[lostlogin]

You get that with an appleTV. You can either hit play on the Mac then send it to appleTV, or navigate from appleTV to your Mac and find the file using the remote (or iPad/iPhone/iPod). I'm of to check out Plex now...