Connecting ADC to component video

Hi,
I want to connect the ADC port on my PowerMac G4 to the component video input of my TV. I was thinking I could just buy an ADC to DVI converter, and then a DVI to component converter: does anyone know if that'll work? Is there a better way to do it?
Thanks,
james.
PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2002, PowerBook G4 1.25 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I'm also really interested in this.
I bought an eyeTV 410 and I'm very impressed, however I want to be able to use it instead of a freeview box and watch TV through my old G4 quicksilver, and use it as a PVR. There are currently loads of solutions for getting digital TV to your computer but very few for exporting back?
I'm looking at cables such as VGA to S-Video or a cheap graphics card with TV out (http://www.ghc.co.uk/acatalog/IndexGraphics_Cards59.html) or a vga/video converter. The pukka solutions seem to cost a lot and make me think it would be cheaper to buy a digibox and burn recorded stuff to DVD? e.g.http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?productid=10279411&catalogname=Savastore&page=productspecification&pid=207
Am I missing a simple & elegant answer or is this really as hard as it seems?
G4 & G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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