Composite or S-Video outputs?

'm curious what the options are to get a composite or S-Video signal out of the new (released today) MacBooks or MacBook Pros. The previous generation MacBooks had an optional min-dvi to video adaptor but I see no such thing for the new Mini Displayport.

It doesn't look good guys. Roughlydrafted reports:
RoughlyDrafted wrote:
Support for composite or S-Video TV out is no longer an option. If you need to output really low quality, low resolution video from your Mac to a VCR or an old TV that doesn’t support digital inputs, you’ll have to settle for last year’s MacBook model. Like the removal of FireWire from the new MacBook, the loss of TV output is a bit aggressive and there’s no doubt that some might have a lingering need to export low resolution TV video from their laptop.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/21/apple-and-the-mini-displayport/
I just don't know why, if you can get from Displayport to DVI and there's a DVI to composite adapter, why you can't output regular composite or s-video, but if this report is correct then it's a huge loss for us at a School where our staff daily output from their laptops to TVs around the campus.
Look, Apple innovate. And they chuck stuff out as soon as Steve sees the next shiny thing. Sometimes this is good. But this, plus the lack of Firewire is a big mis-step in my opinion.

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