Cable help w/ mbp circa august 2006

dvi, hdmi, vga...it's like a different language.
my macbook pro circa august 2006 has finally been demoted to my streaming machine. i'd like to hook it up to my tv so i can watch netflix on it.
my tv only has an hdmi connect, no dvi or vga.
my computer (i thought) has no hmdi, only dvi.
i ordered 3 cables: hdmi cord, mini audio cord, then an hdmi-->dvi converted cord.
the audio one works fine, but the dvi-->hdmi one doesnt fit.
help! what do i need?!? in english please! not weird cord language.
what i've ordered:
http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-High-Speed-HDMI-Cable-Meters/dp/B003L1ZYYM/re f=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316838825&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-HDMI-Adapter-Cable-Meters/dp/B001TH7T2U/ref=s r_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1316838847&sr=1-2
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=audio+mini+cable&gs_upl=2540l3155 l0l3269l6l5l0l0l0l0l202l614l2.2.1l5l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1649&bih=882&um =1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=7136506411847869432&sa=X&ei=2l19TrHkFsq5tgfih5Rx&ved=0C F4Q8gIwAQ

OK...I am making some progress! I went back to look at the cords and realized that amazon sent me 2 hdmi cords instead of the converter. So I went out and bought a dvi/hdmi converter, and now the screen is working. The audio, however, is not. Do I need to go buy an audio splitter? (Like this: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Audio-Cable-Splitter-1-Mini/dp/B00004Z5CP).
The screen situation opens up a whole new world of questions. Any advice on the screen settings? When I plug in the cord, it splits the screen and when I hit "enter full screen," it doesn't pick it up to full screen it on the tv. I had to it by hand instead and just go through all the screen size options until I found one that worked (any advice?). And then some of my movies in itunes show up, but some don't ("For the Birds," will show up, but my digital copy that came with the DVD of "Wall-e" does not). What gives?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Apologies for the question upon question upon question...

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