you should get a plextor, the usb plextors are very nice and the graphics are crisp and clean, i got mine from mtu. and hoster is the best karaoke software on the market. the rest dont even come close. buy it and you will be happy that you did. as for laptops i have dell inspirion 8100 it has tv out and i use 1/8 to 1/4 mono to go into my mixer. get a good laptop hope this helps, Bob
