Well, we finally took the plunge into the 21st century and got a new TV along with a new AppleTV. The system is slowly coming together. The FreeNAS box has all the storage, which an older iMac G5 serves out content via iTunes. The AppleTV then streams it’s TV & Movies from the iMac to allow a larger content store than you can normally sync up to the AppleTV. This solution is very seamless and works great thus far.

We are still waiting for the new Firmware upgrade that Apple has promised for the AppleTV. It should have many new features including the ability to rent movies from iTunes. That will be very cool when it ships.