Months ago, I wrote a post about rumors that Jaman.com (a service that lets you rent or purchase foreign and festival films online for less than five bucks apiece) was working on a method to make their films viewable on the AppleTV. As I explained then, this was exciting news for me, because I bought an AppleTV when I heard they were going to release a plug-in to allow you to watch YouTube videos on a TV, only to discover that the plug-in, well, sucks, and basically only allows you to watch the most popular clips on the site. My AppleTV has thus served as a $200 shelf for Netflix envelopes for the past few months.

Anyway: Jaman has finally released instructions to allow frustrated AppleTV owners like me to watch their films through the box. Unlike the YouTube thing, it works not through a plug-in, but via manipulation of the AppleTV’s operating system. I’m going to try it out this weekend, and will report back with my findings. If you’ve tried it already, let us know what you think in the comments.