Play iTunes video on STANDARD definition TV?

This seems as if it should be a simple question, but I haven't had much luck researching an answer!
I've got a lot of my own homemade videos stored in iTunes. I can easily play them back on my host iMac G5, or over my home network to my MacBook.
But is there any way to play them over my regular standard-definition TV?
I've done this by connecting a composite video adapter to the MacBook and cabling it to the TV; it works fine, but ties up the MacBook. I've also transferred them to my iPod and connected that to the TV, which also works fine but isn't very convenient. I'd like to be able to just play videos off the iMac without any extra steps -- the same way you can play audio through an Airport Express connected to a stereo.
I know an AppleTV would do exactly what I want... IF I had a high-definition TV, but I don't. I've read about adapters for connecting an AppleTV to an SD TV, but they seem both expensive and kludgy. I also know that the AppleTV works with a standard-def TV if your TV has component inputs, but mine doesn't. So the AppleTV doesn't seem to be a solution.
Any recommendations for a way to do this that definitely works? Thanks...

Yes, I know, an AppleTV-like device would be exactly what I need... except that I need one that has composite outputs, rather than component and HDMI.
Are you saying there ain't no such animal, from Roku, Slim Devices, Linksys, anybody...?
Another thought: Does the Mac mini work with the same type of composite video output adapter I use with my MacBook? If so, it might be more cost-effective to buy a mini and dedicate it for TV use rather than buying an AppleTV plus an HDTV set. (I know I'm going to have to go to HDTV eventually, but the fact is that most standard-definition content looks worse on HDTV than it does on SDTV...)

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