Originally Posted by jw214

yeah, you could do it off a laptop if you wanted it to be portable, like cohen said. or build a home theater box. as long as you plug the computer into the tv you should be able to play movies on it. get a router for your main box and a wireless card for the laptop/ht box and you could send a movie from your office to your ht box and watch it without ever getting up off the couch. well, as long as they're both turned on