I'm looking for a HDD/DVD recorder (or even just player) that will work with a TV that's about 8 years old with no USB input (just audio/video/svideo in cables). I don't care so much about the size of the hard drive, but ideally I'm seeking something that will play MPEG 1,2 & 4 avi files, and allow for an external hard drive to be connected (or at least files from my computer to uploaded onto it so I can watch them on the TV).
Does anyone what options I might have?

I don't have a large budget, and don't really care too much about brand. I was thinking of just going for a HDD Recorder (don't care about size) and getting a cheap DVD player but if anyone knows of anything that might fit the bill I'd love to hear you thoughts