[groovyclam]

I run the widescreen resolutions at 720x576 which gives a bit of loss of picture top and bottom due to overscan

or 720x540 gives no overscan/full desktop but some of the bob/weave deinterlacing methods of DScaler and the Nebula software don't work so well with 540 vertical resolution so I go back to 720x576 for those.

This is on a "normal" CRT widescreen telly *not* a plasma or LCD.

The RGB output is vastly superior to the S-Video output at whatever resolution I pump out of the S-Video port.

I don't see how much use the DVI to component adapter you point to is when trying to connect the HTPC to a UK CRT telly - has *any* UK CRT TV got a component input ? Plus the homebrew VGA-RGBSCART lead carries the audio signal as well.

It is not hard to make the lead - I had never really soldered before in my life - it is just fiddly and intricate. A friend told me how to use a multimeter to test my soldering. Maplins sell fantastic little multimeters for a couple of quid.

All in all I think it cost me £17 in bits and pieces from Maplins and a whole afternoon of patient soldering.