What do you think about video-out cards versus the PC->TV box?
I know you didn't mean me, but I have just bought a small scan converter box and it works 'ok' - good enough for me, until I have money for something better.
It was only 300rmb or so, so it was pretty cheap. It shows some visual artifacts (the left and right edges are sometimes not straight, and some virtical lines/edge in the picture wiggle). It doesn't work when I use 640x480, but Ok when I use 800x600 or higher.
I only have a PCI nVidia TNT2 card, so the picture sometimes is a little choppy.
I think it is a good solution for a budget system - v. easy to install and setup - and it's something that is easy to upgrade later.
Might I suggest you do something like ArsTechnica do when they recommend systems. They have a 'budget', 'hot' and 'god' box. You could do something similar but add a 'noob' box too - one that is 'trivial' to set up :D
A 'starter' might be nice too - one that is for people who know something of what they are doing, but want to upgrade it easily.
Well, perhaps that is too many categories..
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