A media aggregation system to provide media content received from any of a plurality of media sources, the system comprising: a network interface configured to couple to and facilitate communication with a digital network; a display interface configured to provide a video output to a locally-connected display; a plurality of media interfaces, each media interface configured to couple the media aggregation system to receive media content from one of the plurality of media sources; and a controller configured to respond to instructions received from a remote device via the digital network and to thereby provide the video output to the locally-connected display, wherein the video output incorporates the media content received from any of the plurality of media sources; wherein the media aggregation system is simultaneously operable to provide a first placeshifted video stream and a second placeshifted video stream to the remote device via the digital network while the system is providing video output incorporating media content from a first one of the plurality of media sources to the locally-connected display, and wherein the first and second placeshifted video streams incorporate media content received from any of the plurality of media sources selected in response to the instructions received from the remote device; further comprising: a first encoder configured to encode the first placeshifted video stream; a second encoder configured to encode the second placeshifted video stream; a video decoder configured to decode the media content from the first one of the plurality of media sources to produce the video output to the locally-connected display; and a plurality of video switches [207, 208, 209] coupling each of the plurality of media interfaces to the first encoder and to the video decoder to thereby allow the controller to switchably provide media content from any of the plurality of media sources to either the first encoder or the video decoder, and wherein the plurality of video switches further couple each of the plurality of media interfaces to the second encoder to thereby allow the controller to switchably provide media content from any of the plurality of media sources to the second encoder to thereby encode the second placeshifting stream. a network interface configured to couple to and facilitate communication with a digital network; a display interface configured to provide a video output to a locally-connected display; a plurality of media interfaces, each media interface configured to couple the media aggregation system to receive media content from one of the plurality of media sources; and a controller configured to respond to instructions received from a remote device via the digital network and to thereby provide the video output to the locally-connected display, wherein the video output incorporates the media content received from any of the plurality of media sources; wherein the media aggregation system is simultaneously operable to provide a first placeshifted video stream and a second placeshifted video stream to the remote device via the digital network while the system is providing video output incorporating media content from a first one of the plurality of media sources to the locally-connected display, and wherein the first and second placeshifted video streams incorporate media content received from any of the plurality of media sources selected in response to the instructions received from the remote device; further comprising: a first encoder configured to encode the first placeshifted video stream; a second encoder configured to encode the second placeshifted video stream; a video decoder configured to decode the media content from the first one of the plurality of media sources to produce the video output to the locally-connected display; and a plurality of video switches [207, 208, 209] coupling each of the plurality of media interfaces to the first encoder and to the video decoder to thereby allow the controller to switchably provide media content from any of the plurality of media sources to either the first encoder or the video decoder, and wherein the plurality of video switches further couple each of the plurality of media interfaces to the second encoder to thereby allow the controller to switchably provide media content from any of the plurality of media sources to the second encoder to thereby encode the second placeshifting stream. a first encoder configured to encode the first placeshifted video stream; a second encoder configured to encode the second placeshifted video stream; a video decoder configured to decode the media content from the first one of the plurality of media sources to produce the video output to the locally-connected display; and a plurality of video switches [207, 208, 209] coupling each of the plurality of media interfaces to the first encoder and to the video decoder to thereby allow the controller to switchably provide media content from any of the plurality of media sources to either the first encoder or the video decoder, and wherein the plurality of video switches further couple each of the plurality of media interfaces to the second encoder to thereby allow the controller to switchably provide media content from any of the plurality of media sources to the second encoder to thereby encode the second placeshifting stream.