Apple TV will not accept my Apple ID and/or password

I cannot get Apple TV to accept my Apple ID and/or password. I reset the password and verified that I have the correct user name but still no luck.  Any advice?

I finally went to General/Reset/Reset All Settings    Before I could get it to work. *****. I blame the latest update, but that's just because I have no other significant event on which to place the blame.
Use case when mine got hosed; in case Apple is reading:  was watching a rented movie.  Paused it for an extended period of time (helping wife with groceries). While I was away it went to screensaver and eventually went to sleep. Upon return, I hit menu to bring it back to life and was greeted with the authentication error.   Bah!

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