Since you receive it as a gift, i would not mind to pay some $$ to have an already developped interface, if you take into account the time / parts / and tryouts to get a result, you may end with a costly''er' solution
Checked some wikis on the net, the europlus model did need an video card to work properly, it has some hstory with ntsc and pal video signals and the troubles to get it working ??
By default it has an component video output, for a start get an multi input monitor capable IE: component video input, vga, rgb, hdmi you have some very cheap china monitors who can handle tons of mixed signals
DO a good read before any attempts
good luck