The continuing saga of my TV-less world continues (new readers start here) as the nice man from DHL has just delivered my Elgato Hybrid, turning my 20″ iMac into, well, a tele.

Set-up took all of three minutes – gotta love Macs – and I’m now watching BBC News 24 from my Virgin Media box on my “new” flat screen TV (with built-in computer).

(The set-up is this: VM box, Wii, PS2, turntable and DVD player all go into an amp/receiver. Sound goes to the 6 speakers, video signal now goes to the iMac).

So – two vital questions: is the picture good? Oh, yes. Not as sharp as my old CRT perhaps but better than many LCDs I’ve seen. And – possibly more importantly – is everything in sync? So far, so good. There appears to be no timing issues with the tele, the PS2 works (on a quick test) and I now have the advantage of being able to watch all my media (online, offline, disc and download) through one device.

Ok, I’ve admitted it before, I am a geek but, ignoring that for a second, what’s not to like about this arrangement? Was it hard to set-up? No. Is it easy to use? Most definitely. Can I seamlessly switch between BBC News 24, YouTube and a video podcast I just downloaded? Yes – and so can my five year-old daughter.

The lines between delivery mechanisms are already starting to blur – look at the BBC’s iPlayer as one example – and the tipping point for this stuff to move from geeks to “Joe Public” isn’t too far.