Apple TV won't connect to wireless

I purchased my Apple TV in April and it worked great until about a month ago. It suddenly didn't appear in iTunes and had stopped syncing. When I checked network connections it wasn't connecting to my wireless network (which is Airport Express). I've tried restarting wireless network... resetting network, doing diagnostic on Apple TV, even doing a factory reset on the Apple TV..... nothing works... it won't connect to my home network. It doesn't even show up in the networks list... when type in the network name... it just reads "error connecting to network". Nothing changed from when it was working fine? I'm confused? is the Apple TV not working or is the Airport not working? All of my laptops in the house are not having a problem.

I'm not sure how much hassle it will be for you, but the fact that you say it sees the network sometimes tends to tell me it's not dead, I believe (but not one other member of this forum has supported or observed this) that some  wifi equipment has problems forgetting old settings. Would you be able to restore the tv and the express a few times consecutively and start your network again using a new name for your network and a new password etc (try not to re-use any settings from before) also between restores disconnect every cable to each device and leave for 30 seconds.
As I say there is no particular support for what is effectively a theory and if you feel I am just wasting your time, I would understand.
As your user name suggests you are in the US, I wouldn't pretend to understand the return policy over there, to be honest I don't understand the return policy over here, I've found you can phone  one day and get some guy who insists something has to be repaired and the next day get someone who sends a courier around the day after to collect the item and to deliver you a new one at the same time..

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