Whats your TV make and model? I think the ethernet point is for mantainance for engineers unless it's a "Smart TV"; can do YouTube'n'shit.
How far away is your computer and your telly? Even if your computer doesn't have a HDMI out, it'll have a VGA/DVI Out, so you can use your computer as a second monitor that way. It might not do sound though, so you'd have to think about some speakers with a long cable. Or if you have a sound-system, you might be able to plug into your soundcard from there.

I bought one of these that I've attached to my PC, that I'm resonably pleased with (might be a different model, but same principle)
- www.ebuyer.com/395464-acer-revo-l80-nettop-pc-dt-smgek-002
- www.ebuyer.com/395455-acer-revo-rl80-nettop-pc-dt-smbek-006

With some wireless mouse and keyboard, and my telly can now do anything that a basic computer can do.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 21:31, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Although I'll be honest, if I knew the xbox did all that jaz, I would have replaced it with that ages ago.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 21:32, Reply)

I got a 5m HDMI cable for my last place
it was fine for connecting my laptop to my TV in the lounge. 10m now, I can arrange the room how I like.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 21:34, Reply)

It's an LG something something
My new laptop will have HDMI so that'll do sound as well as picture right?
(Bazongaloid, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 21:35, Reply)

I'm 95% sure it will, there are a few cases where it might not, but I doubt that'll be the case.
But if you pick up a second hand old 360, then it wouldn't hog up the laptop, no wires around the room, and you'll get access to a much nice/easier system.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 21:39, Reply)

Does the 360 have a wireless network card or does it need to be ethernet connected?

(Bazongaloid, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 21:43, Reply)

The old ones don't but the new ones do, I don't know when they introduced that.
www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/15846302/Xbox-360-S-Console-With-4GB-Memory/Product.html?searchstring=&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=2&searchfilters=ae212%7b643897%7d+c%7b362%7d+c%7b10049%7d+c%7b4656%7d+&ob=Price&urlrefer=search&fb=2

£115 seems to make it a good buy. You can connect one of your hard drives to it
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 21:50, Reply)

That would be pretty sweet.
I don't want to run a cable over to the telly so wireless would be ace, and I also want a 360 so I can play assassins creed.
(Bazongaloid, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 22:01, Reply)

Perfect excuse ,)

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 23:14, Reply)

Yes. My TV remote has a "source" button
and when the two are connected "HDMI" shows up as an option. Then there's usually some fiddling to stop the TV taking over as the main monitor.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 21:40, Reply)