If you have an external hard drive that holds your photos, movies, and music, now is the time to hook it up and find a nice spot for it to live. Go through the set-up on your new Mini as you would normally. Make sure you set your TV to the correct channel for an outside source, then fire up the Mini. Connect your Mac Mini to your HDTV via the HDMI output on the Mini. What's more, Plex comes with a ton of apps, like Netflix, Pandora, WB, The Daily Show, and Flickr, just to name a few, so you can get content from your favorite channels and shows right from the interface. It gathers information on the kinds of content you're using, and populates album and film covers for you in a snap. Wondering what Plex is, exactly? It's actually a powerful download that allows you to organize your content in one clean and sleek spot. 
The good news is, once you get set up, you can use your TV as your computer, home theater system, sound system, and email hub. Let me start by saying that yes, the new Mac Mini's are a bit pricey at nearly $700. Follow along in this handy how-to and prepare to be entertained when you read more.
If you don't mind a bit more work, and like having all of your content available on your nice, big HD screen, I can tell you how to set up a kick-ass home theater system using a Mac Mini, and a free software download called Plex.
Despite the newly released Apple TV's impressive improvements and easy-to-use interface, you don't need to limit yourself to renting flicks, or even wait for Google's new system to launch.
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