The Acer Aspire One doesn't have a TV output, but if your TV is modern, it may have component inputs.

If you have component inputs, then you can use a VGA to component convertor to output to the TV. You will need to set the video mode to something that will work on the TV, probably 640x480 at 60Hz If it is not an HDTV. Amazon sells a number of converters to go form a computer's VGA output to the component in use by most TVs today:
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-VGA2CPNT-Component-Video-Converter/dp/B000G6Y0S6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1230836819&sr=1-1



If your TV only has S-Video, odds are that even if you use a converter, the quality on the TV will be poor - my experience using S-Video outputs from PCs is that the TV is just a blurry mess, you can't really even read text very well, and media looks like crap. Maybe the converter box will work better than the direct outputs I have experience with, but I honestly don't think that would be the case.

Here's a converter box that will make it easy, but the quality will be limited by the TV and S-Video input:
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-VGA2NTSCPRO-High-Resolution-Converter-Control/dp/B00006B8EH/ref=pd_cp_e_2?pf_rd_p=413863501&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000G6Y0S6&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1D0SNBQSS0D1XTBY3K4N

So, you do have some options, but no guarantees on the quality level that you will get unless you have an HDTV.

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