Doh! - No composite or HDMI on my TV. Any suggestions?

I looked at the back of the Apple TV before purchasing it, and saw the composite video out & the HDMI connector. Thought I knew I didn't have either of those on my TV, I didn't think about it, and without putting 2 + 2 together, bought an AppleTV. Doh! Anyway, now I find myself in a situation where I'm trying to figure out how to connect it to my standard TV with S-Video or RCA-connected video. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about doing this?
I did find a converter made by svideo.com - http://www.svideo.com/appletv2tv.html that seems like it might work well. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Any other suggestions?

I hit the very same brick wall. It was either another expensive $130 adaptor, (to convert to composite vided) or return the product. Thanks to Mauricio Pastrana, http://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/10/12/get-color-output-from-apple-tvs-composite -video-output/, didn't have to do either. Mauricio determined that the Apple TV is a small computer, and using two video adaptors, which cost about 15-20 dollars, viola, it works fine. Understand that there is also the issue of aspect ratio, 4:3, and all that jazz. videos that are aware of what they are being displayed on look greats, others display in what for me was an acceptable format. good luck. and please let mr. jobs know that the only reason he has 9% of the overall computer marketplace is that he attempted to control the entire environment twenty years ago, same stupid idea 20 years later. however, at this point in time, that may not bother him much. however,it is nuts, a hack to make the product work with the majority of televisions on the market.

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