Connecting HDTV to powermac G5 as 2nd monitor?

I just got a new flat panel LCD HDTV (Polaroid FLM232B) and it has a VGA input and I was wondering how I would go about hooking it up to my mac (if possible). I know I would need some sort of adapater, but ??? to VGA?
I don't know much about video cards and all that, but this is what it says in the info on my computer:
ATI Radeon 9800 XT:
Chipset Model: ATY,R360
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4e48
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A14404-118
Displays:
DELL M780:
Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Display:
Status: No display connected
if any other info is needed please let me know.

You need something like this to connect the TV to the ADC port on your Mac or this to connect it to the DVI port. In either case, you may have some issues with screen "sizing" and resolution. But it should "work".

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