[electricblue]

I don't really see a use for this but I agree with your ending point about computers being snuck into all sorts of things for little or no cost is very exciting.

[vlunkr]

The use is for a super portable game console. As you can see from all his links lots of people are interested in this type of thing.

http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/. That's a project that sets up a whole bunch of emulators and stuff to get you started if anyone is interested.

[electricblue]

I've used retropie but if I still gotta use HDMI TV I'd rather the console be hidden behind the TV. Just my personal preference though.