Disk spinning - doesn't seem to be booting up

After just over a month of ownership - and loving my Apple TV to bits, I came home last night to find that my Apple TV just isn't responding.
The light on the front is continually flashing and I can hear the disk spinning... but I get nothing on the screen. It was working perfectly before and I haven't changed anything - it just doesn't seem to be booting up at all. I've tried using the remote to put it in stand-by mode but that doesn't work. I've even unplugged the power lead but when I've put it back in again, all it does is spin and nothing happens. Haven't fiddled with the HDMI cable or anything and have checked everything's connected correctly. Could it be a physical failure?
Any ideas what I can do? Is there no physical way I can reset to factory settings similar to the reset button on the airport?
Your help is most appreciated!!

Try removing all of the cables, leave the unit 30 seconds before reconnecting and powering up.
HDMI can't be ruled out as the cause of your behavoir, are you able to try another cable or better still component.
If your unit still doesn't function return it to the store.

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