In my case, I'm using one of those small and cheap Acer "Net Book" (small and cheap laptop) that come with XP-Home and 1 gig of RAM (and a 1.6 gig hyper-threaded Intel Atom CPU). So with such an HDTV, you really can use a laptop as a "set top box" simply by cabling the VGA (and audio out) directly to your HDTV! Keep in mind that most HDTV sets ($200 and up) currently on the market, also seem to support VGA in as one input option (along with the more common component, HDMI, etc, inputs).
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NOTE: While I saved around $100 by just getting a discounted/sale 19" LCD monitor with built in speakers (vs buying a full HDTV of the same size), that isn't the only option. The laptop itself usually just sits on a shelf under the display I'm using. I just setup the laptop to NOT "sleep" when the case it down, cable up the VGA and audio to the TV/monitor (and also set the unit to display to the "external monitor" jack), and then control things with a USB trackball (on a USB extension cable). That's what I'm currently doing (while waiting for the "set top boxes" to get more feature rich), and it seems to be working reasonably well (in fact, my ROKU "NetFlix Player" box is currently sitting around not doing much, due to this laptop arrangement). Can anyone tell me what kind of STB i could/can use to watch Hulu on my TV?Have you considered just getting a small/cheap/quiet laptop (laptops that work for this are now down in the $300 range!), and using that as your "set top box"?
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