You will really need XP to use any of the advanced tools - they simply will not install on anything else.You don't really *need* a TV with composite inputs, you can use a standard TV and run the composite out through the VCR first. If you calibrate the TV using video essentials it will still be good enough for a reference for gamma levels etc. It's just that you will see lots of dot crawl and colour bleed that won't really be there
The offer is still there to make you a Dual layer DVD-9 master if you send me the VOB's on two single layer DVD's.
Cheers
-LM