AV Coupler/Joiner for Mac Mini 2009 (MiniDVI version)?

I'm sure it's wishful thinking but being that everyone's seemingly biggest gripe with Mac Mini '09 is that it's missing HDMI and subsequently utilizes the optical audio and MiniDVI outputs. This makes things very difficult when trying to set up a media center from it.
This leads me to this thought. Is there a sort of coupler/joiner for the audio and video? For instance, an adapter that receives Mini (or fullsize) DVI as well as Toslink digital optical audio and outputs HDMI? Again I'm sure it's wishful thinking but I figured I'd ask.

You nearly sold me on that second option with taking the DVI and Optical and outputting to HDMI. I was so excited! ...until I saw these reviews under that product which made me very sad. Essentially it doesn't seem to be mac friendly? The whole issue comes down to the fact that my soundbar only receives 1 optical toslink cable and I have 2 devices that ultimately need it (due to the mac mini not having HDMI). Everything is running in to my HDTV via HDMI and out to the soundbar via Toslink. Now that the mini is in the picture, I tried finding an optical auto switch which essentially doesn't exist apparently. They have manual ones but I'm a lazy american that enjoys doing everything from my logitech harmony remote. I tried a cheap 2-to-1 optical combiner but that isn't outputting correctly either. --CUE THIS POST-- That's when I figured if I could get the mac mini to output to HDMI and go in to the TV, life would be merry. I almost want to try it and see if those two reviews were from a couple of whiners, however it seems to good to be true and with them complaining about it, it doesn't reinforce my confidence haha. Either way, your answer was an excellent one! I hope I get more feedback from you/others! :-D
Review #1
"I should of listened to the first reviewer with a MacBook Pro. It also doesn't work at all on my intel Mac Mini connected to my HD TV. In the directions I read that it will not work on non compliant HDCP products. Well, ALL Macs are non compliant HDCP. So if you own any Apple Computer DON"T PURCHASE THIS DEVICE!!! Now I have to go through the process of paying to send this back and waiting for the refund. Plus I purchased a DVI to DVI cable that I also have to send back. To make your Mac ALL DIGITAL you need a Toslink mini cable with a standard Toslink on the other end and connect this to your ear phone jack and the other cable end to a toslink home theater connection- the ear phone jack can be standard analog or digital depending on what cables you purchase. Connect another cable with DVI on one end and HDMI on the other end. The DVI end connects to your MAC and the HDMI connects to your TV- this will be strictly for the video part of the digital connection. A DVI cable can only carry video. NOW click on that HDMI port on your HD TV (for your video) and click the port on your home theater where the Toslink optical connection is. Now both the video and audio are all digital. It takes me less than 10 seconds to do this and my h.264 movies look and sound FANTASTIC! Good luck..."
Review #2
"This is a piece of junk. The best resolution I can get from this on my 1080p 50" TV is 640x480. Absolute trash. My MacBook Pro can't detect the TV correctly. The plug and play information is not passed through correctly. And I get no sound."

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ELSE
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http://www.applecomponents.com/media/parts/922-9113.gif
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