Newbie Needs Help

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I just recently purchased the components to build a cpu, which I am considering turning into a media center of sorts...here are the specs of the cpu:

8 gig of Kingston HyperX 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model KHX1333C7D3K3/6GX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104162
(I have 2 more coming, messed up on the order, long story)

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727

APEVIA X-DREAMER3-BL Black / Blue metal ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144251

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148445

LG Black 8X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 6X BD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 8X Blu-ray Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136175

Broadway Com Corp OKIA-BLACK-600 600W ATX 12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817162023

ECS BLACK SERIES A780GM-A AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813135075


Ok, that is the cpu I will be building. I have access to any operating system through Microsoft I want (technet subscription, and home is my lab , so, I was thinking windows 7 Ultimate 64. Now with the questions

1) The onboard video card has an HDMI out...does this work the same as any hdmi? Meaning, sound and video will be sent? My system is currently 5.1, but going to 7.1 shortly...will this motherboard work or do I need to purchase a seperate video card / sound card?
2) How doe blu ray's play on the cpu compared to stand along blu ray players like my oppo?
3) To make this a media center, I will need to rip my blu rays to my cpu, I'll figure this out. However, I wanted to know what the quality playback is compared to the original....is it pretty close / identical?
4) I would like to have this cpu play music and display video on all of my TV's in my house, not just the one hooked up to it via hdmi. Is this possible? I do see windows 7 has some sort of feature that allows you to "push" music to a certain cpu and play it, aka, I can play a song from my server on my laptop by clicking "play to laptop". How will this work with playing to a seperate TV? Would I have to set up an hdmi box that has seperate outs, and then use wireless HDMI or could I set it up so I could receive it through my ethernet to the TV? The other TV's would be a Sony Bravia something and an LG something, I can't remember off the top of my head.
5) I would like to be able to play music / movies anywhere in the house, and not have to go downstairs to start the item on the cpu itself, then back upstairs to actually watch it. I do have laptops I can use anywhere in the house, so if I have to, i can do the remote desktop and send to or soemthing along those lines, but still in the dark on this one.

Basically, i want to have everything stored on this cpu, and the ability to play anything media related on that cpu to 4 seperate TV's (one is directly connected to it), and 3 seperate cpu's.

If anyone knows a better place to post this also, as it seems to be more of a cpu question, then please provide me some forums and thanks!