PC World has posted an article describing many ways in which the owners of Apple TV can add more functionality to it.  From adding more video format support to hacking it to run on a MacBook.  This article describes it all.

Hey, kind of like what our site is already doing.  But, we're just here to report.

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The Filter is a playlist creation plugin that works with iTunes.  The author mentioned that the playlists created with "The Filter" is "100% compatible with Apple TV".

All you need to do is create your playlists with The Filter and stream your music from iTunes to your Apple TV.  Can't be easier than that.  The plugin offers a great way to rediscover your music in your iTunes library.

The plugin is available for both Windows and Mac platforms. 

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Barrons Online reported about Prudential's Mark Lipacis' tear down of  the Apple TV.  He found that the cost of the parts to be about $160 with the most expensive parts being the Intel Crofton CPU and the Toshiba 40GB hard drive.

Lipacis mentioned that he did not expect the device to "change the economic fortunes of its suppliers."

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Flickr member, czarcats, has posted a picture of World of Warcraft running on AppleTV via VNC.  Pretty neat.  He did complain that he was getting about 20-30fps because there is only 256mb on the AppleTV.

Now we just have to wait for a hack to increase the memory on the AppleTV and it'll be sweet!

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 Mac OS X Hints has an article describing how content ripped from DVDs can be stiped with chapter markers using MetaData Hootenanny.

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Not a hack really.  Though Apple stated on the AppleTV's box that the device requires a HD TV, many people have confirmed that merely plugging the component cable to a non-HD TV is all you need to enjoy the HD content on your Apple TV.

appletvhacks.net has an article that confirms this for us also. 

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Got a lot of content?  So you're thinking beyond the 40GB that comes with your AppleTV.  Well, appletvhacks.net has a treat for you.  They were able to bump up the drive capacity up to 107GB by installing a 120GB on it.

We are pretty sure that this will completely void your warranty so try it at your own risk. 

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AwkwardTV.org made a breakthrough by getting the AppleTV to boot from a USB drive.  Now there is no need to open the case up, just plug in the USB key and go.  Sweet!

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A post went up somethingawful.com explaining how to add Xvid support to AppleTV.  Apparently, it requires you to open up the AppleTV up, mount it to a mac, and install some additional software on it.  Really not for the faint of heart.

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After much hype and a few delays, AppleTV was finally released last week.  We scoured the web in search of reviews of our favorite obsession.  Here are some of the best we found.

• c|net by John P. Falcone
• WSJ by Walt Mossberg
• coolest-gadgets by Mike
• SuperSite for Windows by Paul Thurrott
• The New York Times by David Pogue
• PC Magazine by Tim Gideon