I have not tried it but FireTV looks very promising and is at a good price point.
I’m using a Ouya with XBMC and a Keedox with XBMC
http://www.amazon.com/Keedox%C2%AE-Android-Network-YOUTUBE-Netflix/dp/B00HR11DKQ
Like the Ouya better, but the Keedox has skype, netflix and all that already loaded on it.
Has a good operating system.
The Ouya runs great but there is precious little operating system on it.
Loading apps is a bit of a chore.
Yeah, I can’t figure out if or how to load apps on Apple TV. The Watch ESPN is great for college games but that’s pretty much all I watch on it. I quit Netflicks because all they have, mostly, is crap I won’t watch and the movies I wanted to watch weren’t on there.