Question from a college student.

I am really interested in picking this up, but I just have a quick question. I live on campus at college, and I don't have a router so technically I don't have a network. I'm assuming how I'd hook up the apple tv is just by going directly from the ethernet out of the wall, straight to the apple tv, without being connected to laptop(so I wouldn't be able to stream content from my laptop?) Can anyone clarify this for me? I'm also assuming that I could plug my ethernet in my laptop to the apple tv, where I might not have internet, but I would be able to stream stuff from my itunes to it...I'm not sure, I'd just like a little clarification before I decide whether or not to buy it.

you're correct, ethernet from wall straight to atv2 would work but you wouldn't be able to stream any content from your computer. you'd be limited to rentals and podcasts and things in the apple store. pretty limited.
if you're going to spend $100 on the atv2, spend another $30 or $40 for a cheap router and just connect your atv2 through that. unless you have an easy solution for running an ethernet cable, which would do the trick for you as well. either way, i really think that 99% of apple tv 2 owners would say that it's pretty essential to have access to the content stored on their computer.
another idea: buy a 1st-generation apple tv. i'm considering switching to the 1st-gen myself just because of bugs in the 2nd-gen. plus, if you got the first one you could just load it up with content and not have to worry as much about having it connected to your computer because the device has it's own hard drive.

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