More and more companies are designing products that will make it possible for you to watch your big-screen what to date has been confined to your computer screen.

Consumer Reports' Rich Fisco just tested two TV-Internet links, one from HP and on from Sony. They're quite different.

HP's $2,200 Media Smart TV has networking capability built right in. The 47-inch HDTV connects to Windows PCs. You can access Snapfish photo sharing and sign up for Cinema Now for feature-length movies.
The downside is that you can't download movies in high definition.

"So even though you're watching it on an HDTV, the programming looks like you're watching a VHS tape." said Fisco

Consumer Reports also evaluated a much less expensive option, Sony's $300 Bravia Internet Video Link. But the small box has limitations.

"It's only able to connect to the Web. It cannot connect to any of the PCs that are in your house." said Fisco

It does allow you to access video-sharing networks like AOL and Yahoo Video, as well as Internet video programming.

"The quality of the video on these channels is not very good" said Fisco. "They display it in low resolution and if you blow it up to fill more of the screen, you'll see that the resolution degrades."

Consumer Reports says, all-in-all, these products are not quite ready for prime time.

Consumer Reports says there is an alternative way of creating a networked TV using an X-box 360. Simply connect the X-box between your PC and TV and you can view videos from your hard drive on your TV.