i purchased it couple of weeks back and was expecting to use it primarily for mirroring my mac book pro onto the tv; least did i know this expensive product will make me throw my hands up in the air and say i give up. the airplay wont work more than 20 mins at a stretch. i tried to rule out router and broadband problems and i did.(i have the fastest consumer broadband speed available in my city and a very reliable n-router) i have tried posting on apple forums and have not got a fix to this problem as yet. apple care here in india is definitely definitely handicapped with regards to staff's technical knowledge. am not really happy considering there is very poor technical support to problems, after you buy this product and the fact that a premium product can come with quite a lot of hassle.

If you're intending to use Apple TV primarily for AirPlay (audio or mirroring), please make sure you have a full dual band router. I learnt this the hard way. Also, don't forget to order an HDMI cable as well since there isn't one included with the device. The device as it is, does exactly what you expect. It plays content from your itunes library, can stream content from a local computer's itunes library, can play media through it's built in apps and also mirror OSX (Mountain lion and later) and iOS devices. The fine print however, is that AirPlay - specifically mirroring your desktop, requires a LOT of bandwidth locally (your internet usage isn't affected). Most standard issue routers and modems which come with your ISP's connection are just not good enough to serve this kind of content well. In all likelihood, you will need to upgrade your router to a Dual band one (I opted for a Netgear WNDR4500) to really use the device well. I've had excellent performance since the upgrade and can even watch movies on netflix through airplay without any lag. Is it worth the money? That depends on how you use it. I would say if Airplay (audio or mirroring) is essential for you, go for it. If you have a lot of content purchased on itunes that you would like to watch on your TV, go for it. If you are mainly using this to add your downloaded and converted content to itunes however, maybe you should look into something like Serviio instead (if your television can connect to a network).

I'm summarizing my review into Pros and Cons, Pros: 1. Mirroring feature works like a charm. 2. Turns your normal HDTV to a Smart TV. 3. You tube. 4. Home sharing allows access to media over a WI-FI network. Cons: 1. Everything linked to iTunes. Hence it supports limited video formats. 2. Mirroring feature is not compatible with non apple products. 3. It comes with limited Apps like You Tube, Vimeo, etc. No new Apps could be installed. Bottom-line: Taking into account of the above Pros and Cons, it is well worth the money to buy the Apple TV in case your HDTV isn't a Smart TV and you have other apple products which could be used for mirroring,