I'm probably missing some info here because I just skimmed the thread, but I would think that a good plan would be to have a central server that smaller computers can read files from. I can't envision one server sending out many video and audio outputs simultaneously, but I can see it serving many files at once to smaller machines that then display the files on their default audio and video outputs. I ripped all my CDs to MP3 and put them on one machine, then I put a small computer on my stereo system, and I have several other computers. When I want to play a song, I can play it from where I am (computer or stereo) by grabbing the file from the server. I can also connect remotely from out of town and download MP3s. A couple of weeks ago I was out of town with a rental car. I had forgotten to bring some CDs, so from the hotel room, I downloaded some of my songs, burned a CD and listened to it in the car the next day. Mike