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Or, perhaps you just feel like watching that one show on Hulu by plugging your laptop into the TV?

That's what I do when I feel like it. It works just fine. You don't have to have a computer dedicated to being connected to your TV unless you want to. You can have them occassionally plugged in, and for not much extra work, either.

I just unplug one of my consoles, plug in the computer and violà