Trying to understand advantages of Apple TV

My setup:  Multiple family members have iphones and Ipads.  We share the same iTunes account.  We use iCloud Match to share iTunes purchased and uploaded MP3 files.  I have a wireless home network and 2 home entertainment centers in different rooms.  I use SmugMug to store family photos and videos. 
I have a dedicated hard drive Netgear server.  On the Netgear server I have a bunch of lossless audio files stored in .flac format.  I believe that there are programs to convert .flac to apple lossless.  Breathe......Okay.  Here is what I think I can do if I buy an Apple TV unit:
1. Stream music from iCloud/Match directly to a home entertainment center?  Yes? No?
2.  If I convert my .flac lossless to Apple Lossless and store the Apple Lossless files on a folder on  my networked Netgear server, stream Apple Lossless music in high-quality lossless format from the Netgear server to the Apple TV and then to my entertainment center's media receiver via HDMI connection?  Yes? No?
3.  Since Apple TV doesn't support SmugMug, drop SmugMug in favor of Flickr and use an Iphone or Ipad to coordinate playing of family photos and videos on Flickr (or Vimeo?) on the TV of my entertainment center?  Yes?  No? 
The point of this exercise is to use Apple TV, operated through my Ipad/Iphone to listen to music streaming from Match or, should I wish, listen to higher quality Apple lossless music streaming from my local media hard drive server.  Also, using the same device, Apple TV, to show photos on the TV.  
Thanks for your comments. 

Winston, thanks.  All of this is because I do have an audiophile quality system.  I am just brainstorming to see if I can have my cake and eat it too.  Meaning that I love the convenience of buying music through iTunes, but for some music, I appreciate having the extra quality of lossless music.  I have two "libraries."  One is all my Apple Compressed music.  I use iCloud and Match to share this music with the iPhones,etc. of other family members.  I also have a second library folder that has only Apple Lossless music.  All of the Apple lossless music is also part of the compressed Apple music folder.  Hence, although I have fewer lossless albums, all of those albums (cds) have also been encoded in the regular compressed Apple format.  So, for example, I have a Beatles One cd stored in lossless format and the same CD encoded into itunes using the Apple compression encoding. 
I was just trying to figure out a way to use my new Apple TV3 connected to my entertainment center in such a way that I could play lossless if I have that Album in lossless format.  If not in lossless format, I would just play the Album using the regular compression. 
As a test, I imported some of the lossless albums into itunes.  Basically, I end up with the same song, for example, in a pair.  That is how iTunes lists them, on top of each other.  I can see that they have different bit rates.  I am not sure how Apple TV "music" will display the two songs.  If it shows both the high and the regular bit rate, perhaps I can play the higher bit rate one or create a playlist on the Apple TV with the higher bit rate songs. 
I don't want this to get too complicated, I just thought it would be nice to have the option of playing higher bit rate songs on Apple TV, if they are in my iTunes library. 
Thanks, and I really appreciate your thoughts.  I love the Apple TV, the interface and installation was a breeze.  Took all of half an hour. 

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