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If you want help with this, you're going to need to give more info. Does the receiver power up? Are you sure you're using the proper input? Does your audio source work on something else? Etc...

Looks like the Roku Express+ should do the trick [1]. It has composite output (Yellow, Red, White connectors). I don't know of any other streaming devices that have composite without an adapter. I have also used Roku devices in the past and have liked them. In regards to wanting to watch "films...

Hello! Many computers use beeps on startup to alert the user to some sort of error. By doing a quick google search for your laptop model along with "beep codes" you can come up with a chart decoding what the beeps mean. In your case, here is the beep code chart for your laptop (see section 11)...

They might be a little clunky, but for basic web browsing, word processing, etc they'll work. You could buy some more RAM, or potentially an SSD, to speed things up. Especially if this is a short term thing, it is doable. Another option, are you comfortable with Linux? Most Linux distro's are...

Considering both of these machines have almost exactly the same specs, you cant really make a bad choice. Asus is not a bad brand at all. Actually, it is very possible that the components in the Dell machine are made by Asus! With that said, many companies choose Dell for business applications...