Difference between airport

hi i am currently using a belking modem wireless router paid $$ for it but doest work properly replaced it twice and still not the best.  so i was looking on the apple store and seen the airport express base station & the airport extremem base station. 
what i wanted too know is what are the differences? between the two i can see there is difference in price which im not fussed as longs as it does the job.
are they both modem & wireless router ? has one got more features than the other?
Also seen the time capsule is that the same as the two but also has the hard drive back up option ?
just want too make sure so i can gert the best one .
i do have 5 apple products connected to the current router and a ps3 for online gameing
thanks

The Time Capsule (TC) is basically an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) with a built-in HDD.
Both sport features that are near identical: 1) Internet router, 2) Wireless Access Point, 3) Ethernet switch, 4) Print server, 5) File server, & 6) Simultaneous dual-band (2.4 & 5 GHz) Wi-Fi operation.
The 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn) support items 1, 2, & 4. It also support audio streaming from iTunes as an AirPlay "speaker."

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