Airplay and Airtunes

I am using a couple of Airport Expresses to stream music into different rooms. They are connected via ethernet. It works really well running from my PC and also the Remote App.
I now want to add a third Airport Express into my living room to hook up to my main Hi-Fi. I don't need to extend the Wi-Fi in the living room as the signal is already OK so I only need to use the streaming function.
I am therefore thinking to pay a little more and get an Apple TV. I would connect it via ethernet and then connect my hi-fi to it.
My only concern is that the functionality will be different to the airports. I am wanting the speaker options on my itunes and remote app to offer each zone including the Living Room in the same menu.
Will this happen with Apple TV or am I better just to buy another airport express to keep everything consistant.

The AppleTV will show up seamlessly in the "available speakers" list. I suppose you can get slightly better audio using optical audio, but I don't see the benefit in buying an AppleTV strictly for the audio options.
Are you perhaps thinking of adding a TV to the living room setup? If so, the AppleTV is a much better option.
Oh, yeah. And I can't picture setting up an AppleTV unit without hooking it to an HDTV. That's where the setup options reside.
Message was edited by: Hitheringwaters

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