inexpensive video scaling options?

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My little 20" TV in my dorm room is apparently giving up the ghost, so it looks like it's time to replace it. I'm stuck in dorms for the next couple of years, so I need to stick with a small set. Nevertheless, I'm not entirely thrilled by the quality of the 20" models out on the market right now.
My question is this: is there some way I can affordably scale video to work with a VGA monitor? That way, it could even do double duty for me. Sources would be my Toshiba DVD player (SD-2200, S-VHS and component outputs) and an SVHS VCR. I've seen a number of really inexpensive scalers on the market, with tuners built in, but I sometimes wonder if they're going to be better than a consumer TV. (Has anyone used any of these with any success?) There seems to be nothing between those ~$150 models and models well over $1,000.
If it would be helpful, I do have an old computer sitting around that I could use for this -- it's a Pentium II. Are there any S-VHS or component input cards available for less than, say, $200-300 that might do a good job of scaling up to 1280x1024 (or something close)? Or are there standalone scalers available that I just haven't found yet?
Thanks for your help! I really appreciate it.

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Topic - inexpensive video scaling options? - dtremit 08:05:26 10/12/01 (2)

Re: inexpensive video scaling options? - Dman 01:36:38 10/14/01 (0)

Re: inexpensive video scaling options? - ProudBushman 12:06:20 10/12/01 (0)

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