@Paul Moon: According to the Amazon.com page (which is fairly light on details but has more than the press release) this thing just has a regular RCA composite out. Assuming they're not omitting some important details, your computer set-up is almost certainly better quality, if less convenient.
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@Paul Moon: According to the Amazon.com page (which is fairly light on details but has more than the press release) this thing just has a regular RCA composite out. Assuming they're not omitting some important details, your computer set-up is almost certainly better quality, if less convenient.