networking media center with television network in home

We are thinking of buying a computer with windows xp media center. At the moment all of our computers are networked together sharing the interenet files etc. Our televisions are also part of a network where they all feed into the vcr, receiver, dvd player and hear them on the stereo and outside speakers so that we all can see the same thing at the same time. How would we hook up the main computer that's using media center. And now when it's hooked up can we be watching a video from it but also listening to media player at the same time. Is there a way to be watching "regular t.v." (not using the media center) and also be using the media player to hear my choice of music on say the speakers desinated for outside?

There will be win the Media Center extender-type devices are
released...

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On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:36:01 -0700, "oaklane"
<oaklane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>We are thinking of buying a computer with windows xp media center. At the moment all of our computers are networked together sharing the interenet files etc. Our televisions are also part of a network where they all feed into the vcr, receiver, dvd player and hear them on the stereo and outside speakers so that we all can see the same thing at the same time. How would we hook up the main computer that's using media center. And now when it's hooked up can we be watching a video from it but also listening to media player at the same time. Is there a way to be watching "regular t.v." (not using the media center) and also be using the media player to hear my choice of music on say the speakers desinated for outside?