Well, we thought it would never happen. We thought that development on PATA drives was pretty much over. But Western Digital surprised us and there’s a 320 GB drive that works (very well!) in the AppleTV.

So we’ve added that option to our site in two ways. You can:

1 – Buy a complete AppleTV with 320 GB of space

2 – Upgrade your AppleTV to 320 GB of space

Either way, see our AppleTV Upgrade page.

As with all of our upgrades for TiVos, our upgrades for AppleTV units have survived every single upgrade to the AppleTV OS without a bit of a problem. And due to the way we perform these upgrades, we don’t expect any of them to cause a problem, ever. So if you are wondering whether you should apply the AppleTV update to 2.0.2 on a unit we’ve upgraded, go right ahead!

We can confirm that AppleTV upgrades we perform work just fine with the new 2.0 software. The updates download and install exactly as they should, so if you have a WeaKnees-upgraded unit, go ahead and download 2.0, and if you’ve been waiting to be sure that our upgrades are compatible, well, you can order.

If you have a unit, you do need to initiate the software download to get the new software (whether or not the hard drive has ever been changed). This only takes a few minutes, and you get a progress indicator.

Finally, now I can crash on my couch and watch Silver Spoons – with no commercials!