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A NAS is just a network attached hard disk that is better and more flexible at 'advertising' it's content across the network than the AirPort Extreme.
You still need a media player box of some description that can read those files and throw them up onto your TV. That's where something like the LBB comes in. It's this TV attached box that runs XBMC.
While I would recommend a NAS, as I believe they are a better all round product, for sharing media files across a network you don't currently know where your issue lies. You don't know if your extreme is struggling to 'serve' the files or if the LBB is struggling to process those files.
Until you know where the weak link is I'd hold off making any purchases
I'm actually not using an extreme, I'm just using whatever router came with with my internet service. I would think maybe the router is the problem, but my bro (who actually lives in the house next door) is using the same router. I do wonder if being hard wired in is the issue, because I know that's how he's set up. I can experiment with moving my connection from the office to the living room PITA, but you're right, it would be good to know where the problem is. Patience is just not a virtue of mine AT ALL. lol