Brandon Holland has come up with a VNC Server plugin for the second-gen Apple TV which will allow you to remotely access your Apple TV from any VNC client, running on your PC or Mac.
Dubbed as Exposed, it requires a second-generation Apple TV which is jailbroken on iOS 4.1 or 4.2.1. Installation instructions are posted up on AwkwardTV wiki.
Installation Instructions for Apple TV, jailbroken on iOS 4.1 (4.0):
ssh root@apple-tv.local wget http://brandon-holland.com/downloads/software/
exposed-0.1-armv7.tar.gz tar fxpz exposed-0.1-armv7.tar.gz -C /Applications/
Lowtide.app/Appliances/ killall -9 Lowtide
Installation Instructions for Apple TV, jailbroken on iOS 4.2+ (4.1, 4.2.1+)
ssh root@apple-tv.local wget http://brandon-holland.com/downloads/software/
exposed-0.1-armv7.tar.gz tar fxpz exposed-0.1-armv7.tar.gz -C /Applications/
AppleTV.app/Appliances/ killall -9 AppleTV
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