Oh, I almost forgot: I'm a videophile at heart, certainly far moreso than I am an audiophile, but I can't afford the video gear I really want.
If front projectors were an option, a Barco Cine 9 or Sony G70 would be really nice. But since they're not, I'd have to opt for a working Sony GDM-FW900 as the holy grail of PC monitors. Even in 2012, you still can't beat CRTs for gaming, but they're getting tougher and tougher to find in tip-top shape without screwed-up colors (which tends to plague later FD Trinitron monitors, FW900 included).
Then I want
one of these capture cards specifically. Why?
They capture 240p RGB signals very well, in addition to handling everything up to 1080p and possibly beyond. For a moment, I thought I was going to be in a lot of wallet hurt since Micomsoft products are difficult to get outside of Japan, let alone for a low price, but then some board members pointed out a nearly-identical card that sells for a mere US$125 locally. Yes, please! (And they're easier to find than those rare Immersive Holo3DGraph II cards...)
As a bonus, 240p RGB input capability gives me the option to use pretty much any PC monitor out there with my retro consoles at maximum image quality, instead of having to hunt down the few displays available in North America with 15 KHz RGB input capability (since SCART doesn't exist here). The cost is a frame or two of input lag, but at least I can record my console games at the video quality I demand! Anything less than RGB or component/YUV just doesn't do it for me. S-Video has color artifacts. Composite video makes everything blurry in addition to more color artifacts. RF...oh god no.
