Mac Pro Media Centre

I want to turn my 1 Year old 2.66 MP into a media centre serving the rest of the portable macs in the house as well as being hooked up to the main HDTV in my living room. The TV is also hooked up to my cable providers box.
In a nutshell I want it to be able to:
1. Play DVDs etc on the HDTV like Front Row does (However I will not install a hack to make this work)
2. Record stuff from the TV, not bothered about Tivo type optons (This is he bit confusing me)
3. Show photos on the HDTV using something like Front Row (However I will not install a hack to make this work)
4. Be connected to the laptops via Airport (I have this bit covered)
I have the 7300GT DVI card in it, do I just need a DVI > HDMI cable to make the hardware work? I have looked at the Elgato software but could do with some recommendations there BTW.
Is this feasable to do, or do I need extra PCI cards for the Mac Pro?

Well I'm not sure I understand every question, but here goes with some suggestions and answers.
Connecting your Mac Pro to your HDTV should in most instances be a simple process. Most HDTV's have a VGA style connection for a PC (or Mac). They also have an HDMI input. You can use either. In one case you use the DVI to VGA adapter that came with your Mac. For the other you use a DVI to HDMI adapter available from third parties.
One important note. Some HDTV's may not support native resolution on all inputs. Example, your HDTV may be 1080p capable on the HDMI input, but support a lower resolution on the VGA input. For best results you want to run your video at the HDTV's native resolution, so check your TV's manual.
Recording will dependent on what type of hardware you have for video input. One option for you if you have cable, is to use a cable HD set top box that has a firewire output. This output will contain the uncompressed HD video stream, which can be recorded directly onto your Mac using D-VCR like software, which Apple happens to have available from their development site. With this arrangement you can record a HD video stream and play it back. The only real thing lacking is there are no embedded time codes in the video stream. This mean you can't jump around the video easily.
Other recording options include devices from Elgatao and others. Which you want to use will depend on what type of video source you have, cable, Over the Air, FIOS, etc. the EyeTV 250 plus is a good choice for basic video recording, and the HDHomeRun is a good choice for over the air digital and HD or Clear QAM cable broadcasts.
As for pictures, that is one of the functions of Front Row, so use Front Row.
As far as playing DVD's... put the DVD in the Mac and use either Apples DVD player or VLC or use Front Row its up to you.
Your video card is more then sufficient for HD playback, no need to do anything with it.
Tom N.

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