ATV2 Update?

My ATV2 is working flawlessly, synced with iPad 2, Netflix (streaming great), etc.
My question:
When using the ATV2 I get a message that an update is available and gives me the option to either update or remind me later. I have been picking "later".
Is there any reason to update the ATV2 if everything is running great? Why fix if not broken....:-)
Thanks.

the last update fixed a couple of things but didn't introduce new features, if you don't want to install it you can opt not to, it's up to you.

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Welcome to the Apple community.
You may wish to try the following:
Press and hold the menu and the up button simultaneously on the remote for six seconds, the Apple TV should then begin to cycle through the various resolutions available to it. If you see a picture appear up on your screen, use the remote to scroll down to the OK option and select it.

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Hi all of you who already are enjoying the update.
Does anyone can tell me whether the upgrade took care of the old, widespread problem of ATV not showing up or dropping from the device list in iTunes?

I left my iTunes 7.6 sync'ing overnight and throughout the day. ATV2 (MacOS 10.5.1) seems to sync much much slower than AVT1 with 10.5.2.
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I went to turn on my TV connected with ATV2 to find that ATV2 then seems to flicker (renegotiate tv resolution) three times before displaying video. ATV1 did NOT do this. I recall when this (renegotiate tv resolution last night) it resulted in ATV2 reboot (eg, 'sea-of-video' movie playing) on two separate occasions. Does that mean ATV2 needs my 'energy-hog' plasma TV on the whole time while sync'ing?!?! ATV1 did not have this problem!
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I've been having incredibly annoying problems with Home Sharing for some time - ATV2 ethernet to wireless modem, iMac (latest version of Snow Leopard) connected to both via wireless. If I start both up from sleep, I generally have to quit iTunes on the iMac in order to start Home Sharing on the ATV2; and then every now and again I'll get kicked off in the middle of a playlist, and have to turn off and on Home Sharing and restart iTunes in order to re-establish connection. I spoke with Apple Tech Support before my 3-month period ran out; they recommended checking for some specific ports on the router, which I did, but in the end that made no difference at all.
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I too have the same problem. Cannot log into Home Sharing. Cannot log into iTunes. I have done the things suggested by others in another thread. Reset router, reset switch, rebooted computer with shared iTunes. Nothing works. I have three ATV2's and two have this issue. So far, the other does not. There is no rhyme or reason. I have also reset and restored the ATV to no avail.
I was able to stream to the ATV via airplay. Go figure...
Might try that...

HT202157 Where can I manually download the newest ATV2 update?

I cannot update my ATV2. It says it is running version 5.0(4032.1), but it is not the new software shown today. Autoupdate says it is up to date, restoring it fails: "Apple TV can't download the latest update right now. Try again later.", and restoring via iTunes fails after downloading the update because "The network connection was reset." even though the internet is working just fine and I tired the same update several times and got the same result.
Can I manually download the new update and then restore from that? I am unable to find anywhere to download it.

there are a few other posts where people couldn't download the update right away (servers being slammed most likely). Try it again today, you can also try unplugging the Atv for a minute or two and plugging it back in and trying to find/download the update again.
-mvimp

Bit of a strange one.... HD Movies "Judder" when streaming to ATV2

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It's very hard to describe but whenever there is a fast Zoom or Pan shot the image flickers for around half a second. It seems to happen every 20 seconds or so, this has only been the case since the latest update of ATV2.
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Strangely it does not occur when streaming to my 1st Gen Apple TV, which makes me think it has nothing to do with my Home Network setup, as they are both connected via Ethernet cables.
There is only a problem with HD Streaming and ATV2.
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Hans

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Also of relevance is that some TV's make a better job of telecine/detelecine than others due to the quality of their components.
Although I don't necessarily think that Apple are responsible for the ability of 3rd party TV's, the problem could be easily overcome by allowing the user to manually select the Apple TV output as was the case with the Apple TV 1. This would allow the user to switch to 60 Hz for 30/24 fps content and 50 Hz for 25 fps content.
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Ethernet and ATV2

Recently my ATV2 updated itself to iOS 5.3. Lo and behold the thernet connection I'd been relying on to make the thing work properly stopped working all together.
What happens? The ethernet connection shows an IP 169.x.x.x. If I plug the same cable into my laptop it works fine and the IP is in the normal range for my network. So it isn't likely to be a problem with the router.
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I found exactly the same problem and discovered the issued disappeared when I "quit" all "downloading" programs whilst watching TV via ATV2. The issue was particularly frequent when i was watching while downloading using my torrent client (utorrent). Quitting this resulted in a immediate an permanent improvement provided the torrent client remained closed. Interestingly it did not seem to affect, to the same degree listening to music through iTunes while downloading!
After experimenting I also noted that the problem existed, albeit less frequently, when i was downloading movies from the iTunes store. I experimented with a variety of Apple and non-Apple routers and ethernet cables. As long as i was downloading there was an issue using the ATV. For what its worth I also noted that when the ATV2 went awry it also occasionally coincided with a temporary outage on my ADSL connection. After all the experimenting i have concluded its the ATV2 that is the route cause and not the router/network arrangement etc.
Anyone want to try fixing the problem this way? i cant believe that its a coincidence.

Homeshare what a great idea it could have been!

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Did you ever resolve this issue? It just started happening to me with the last ATV2 update / iTunes update.
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