Has anyone gone with the separate monitor and tuner route? It's easy enough to get the video out from an HDMI socket to a DVI-D, but will sound out be compromised, or indeed available from a normal line-out. Is there a converter box that's proportionally priced (i.e. £30) that would do it better? Are the speakers in a monitor likely to be up to the purpose? Is the UI on the recorder up to it? Is it complicated to use?

I'd buy it myself and figure it out if it were for me, but it's not my money I'm spending, so all help is gratefully received.