Has anyone else's Apple TV gone to crap?

You would need to restore

Restore your Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) - Apple Support

If you were attempting an update it didn't apply properly. This will also happen due to an issue with the network or other environmental cause (i.e. power outage).

That is interesting. When trouble shooting with Apple techs, on my issue See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5446101?answerId=23399558022#23399558022 we checked out surrounding wifi connections and he indicated that since one of the wifi connections was also using channel 11 I should perhaps switch to another channel. We decided that since the strnegth of the other wifi on channel 11 was so weak it was not interferring with my wifi....

I've been having similar issues since the update:

Movies from my iTunes library freeze or the sound cuts out in the middle of viewing. The Apple TV just now randomly rebooted itself while watching a show on Netflix. I've had no issues before this last update and now this happens multiple times a day.

I actually did the update last night and I've been having issues ever since. I can't access HBO GO or pretty much anything for that matter and when I try click on anything it restarts on me. I'm a new apple TV User so I have no idea what to do at this point. Except try and reset it and that's what i'm doing right now

The only problem I seem to have had is to do with the syncing of podcasts between all my devices - which forced all my ATV (video) podcasts onto my iphone, which I then deleted, which I later found out also deleted them all from my ATV, and left a handful of my iphone (audio) podcasts on there instead! Can't find an option in settings for turning this off or on.

Yes. Streaming movies from my iTunes is incredibly slow, Netflix seems to either not work or run in SD (when we should be getting SuperHD now). I've not had any crashes, but 6.0 has been a disaster for me, I'm actually using my Blu-Ray player to watch Netflix now as the AppleTV is effectively useless.

I'm experiencing a similar issue, I downloaded 6.0 before it got recalled and have since restored (to 6.0 but after the re-release) and am having issues doing pretty much anything involving external communication, airplay works fine, so wireless isn't the issue but cannot dowload movies, or previews cannot use netflicks and cannot even check for updates, the apple tv also crashes fairly randomly. The connection issue does seem to be a little intermittent though, I was able to watch netflicks briefly last night but that was the first time all week that I've been able to play any streamed content.

I started having issues with my Apple TV 3rd gen. last night as we tried to watch Speed Kills: Jungle on the Smithsonian app. I would get about a minute in and the Apple TV would reboot. Happened several times. Tried a restart, didn't help. I was able to watch several podcasts after that so it must be selective.

Issues here too. Apple TV3 running fine until the 6.0 update I stupidly completed before coming here to see if it was solid. While using mirroring (video from Vimeo or Youtube) so far from a MacbookPro, everything runs fine for about 10 minutes then something goes very wrong. The image on the TV freezes and the user on the MBP is completely logged out and we are left with the log in screen. When you log back in to try to mirror again the ATV recognises that something wants to mirror. The TV screen goes blank and only audio is transmitted. Only way to fix we have seen so far is to reboot the MBP. Not a good outcome for a Company that controls both hardware and software on both sides of the equation.

Same here - everything has been perfect until the latest upgrade 2 nights ago now I can't watch a full episode without it freezing at least 5-6 during a 45 min show. Then it takes about an hour before I can watch another episode. On top of that the airplay icon has completely disappeared from the iPad (no it is not in the control centre by swiping up) so I can't even mirror it on to the TV. NOT GOOD ENOUGH APPLE!!!

If the airplay icon is not showing up then that is network issue, which may also be affecting the playback. The most common cause is from interference, which can be verified via istumbler or netstumbler

My ATVWILL NOT connect to Itunes via Homesharing...I Have tried all of the Troubleshooting Steps...I won't go into them all here. I have emailed Apple several times, with 0 Response. The only way I can stream a movie to watch on my ATV, is through Airply via my iPad and/or iPhone...All worked well, Flawlessly from day 1, until I updated my Itunes & ATV...Everything went Berserk. Has Apple acknowledged ANYTHING, to ANYONE? They REALLY NEED TO FIX THIS ISSUE.

All of my Voutube, Netflix, Airplay, Etc Works fine...the Homesharing has gne to CRAP...Literally.

(Apologies for all of the CAPS, I am just Frustrated...I have a $100 Coaster, and APPLE will not do anything...As Usual)

I Hope this gets Fixed Soon...Does ROKU Stream Itune Movies? Hmmmmmm

OK, I figured I should update as I've now fixed my issue. Turns out the problem I was having was one of Wi-Fi interference. I changed the channel on my Airport Extreme from 6 to 11 and it fixed all the issues I was having with my AppleTV. Not sure exactly why this started happening after upgrading to 6.0, maybe a coincidence?

Just bought a new (3rd Gen) Apple TV. It worked for 2 days then became unresponsive. Unplugged power and all connections for 10 seconds and then reconnected everything but still not working. The light blinks on the front of the Apple TV but even after 30 minutes it does not reboot to the main menu. Very disappointed with the quality (or lack of) in this product. Will return this for a refund.

I was not attempting to apply an update nor did we have a power outage. If a product FAILS after 2 days of use its probably because its a poorly designed or poorly built product. After returning it I will try Roku to see if it works better. Will keep you posted on how the Roku player works.