i'm running xp home on a 4-year-old gateway desktop with a 1.20 celeron processor (i know, ugh) and integrated audio and video.

i have been downloading some video podcasts and watching them on my pc using video lan (thanks to recommendations in another thread). some of these have been almost 2 hours in length and it's just not comfortable watching something this long on my pc.

additionally, i've been getting flack from my gaming friends for my slow video.

so, i am thinking about buying a radeon 9250 256mb video card (my pc has only pci slots). i understand that it has a s-video output jack. my tv (panasonic ct-26d12d) has a s-video input jack. you can see where i'm going.

has anyone had any experience (positive or negative) in connecting their video card (radeon in particular) output to a tv input?

thanks in advance.