Thank you stingstang - actually LOTS of cheap laptops come with HDMI out, usually with onboard graphics cards. I just went to BestBuy.com and got two:
Asus X54C-BBK13
Intel® Pentium® B960 processor
4GB DDR3 memory
320GB hard drive (5400 rpm)
$329
HP Pavilion g6-1d48dx 15"- 4GB Memory - 500GB...