Can the new devices play nice with each other?

I am considering getting and Apple TV and the new wireless base station. My question is this: Can I use the wireless base station and connect a 250gb LaCie HD to it for media storage and back up and then have Apple TV connect to that hard drive to get the content to the TV? Does anyone see any issues? Has anyone done this before? Additionally, can I add in an airport extreme unit to hook up an additional set of speakers and a printer via the USB port?
Macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Blackbook, 2Ghz, 2Gig RAM, 60GB

You can...sort of..
That USB port on the ATV for now is kinda useless...
BUT...
You CANNOT connect your HD directly to your ATV, but (and this is what I do) you can stream from your main computer WITH your external HD connected to it.
What i've done is clear one of my externals and made it a dedicated extension of my ATV. ITunes will let you serve from any storage device as long as it is connected to the computer that ITunes is loaded on.
In doing this you save that precious 40gig on the ATV for smaller thing like maybe your photos or music and podcasts.
Let me know if you have anymore questions regarding this.

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