Sounds like what you want is a program like Meedio or similar. Snapstream also has a sister product to their BeyondTV software called BeyondMedia or soemthing like that. Run any of those media jukebox programs with your computer hooked up to your tv through the tv out or dvi or vga->component and you are set.
You also have the option of getting a media lounge setup which is a settop box (from various companies) with a hard drive and network connection. Those will let you either copy the files to the internal hard drive or allow you to network to a shared location on a PC and play directly from there.
Option number three? There's quite a few dvd players out there now that will play avi/divx/xvid/mpeg4 files directly from a dvd or cd burnt on your PC. There's even a few now that will play Divx-HD format.
I use a couple of these option, having about 100 television series converted to divx and archived to DVD. I most often use my LG dvd player which plays nearly every xvid/divx file I've thrown at it. But occasionally I'll play files from my HTPC (home theatre pc) that I have set up to record shows directly from my satelite setup, hooked up to my 62" Mitsubishi DLP HDTV.
You also have the option of getting a media lounge setup which is a settop box (from various companies) with a hard drive and network connection. Those will let you either copy the files to the internal hard drive or allow you to network to a shared location on a PC and play directly from there.
Option number three? There's quite a few dvd players out there now that will play avi/divx/xvid/mpeg4 files directly from a dvd or cd burnt on your PC. There's even a few now that will play Divx-HD format.
I use a couple of these option, having about 100 television series converted to divx and archived to DVD. I most often use my LG dvd player which plays nearly every xvid/divx file I've thrown at it. But occasionally I'll play files from my HTPC (home theatre pc) that I have set up to record shows directly from my satelite setup, hooked up to my 62" Mitsubishi DLP HDTV.