Connecting my Powerbook to Sony LCD

Hey guys, what do I need to plug my labtop into my sony lcd hdtv in order to watch movies? 

Knucklesmac wrote:
Hello,
Depends on what input methods your Sony LCD accepts.
The easiest would be DVI to DVI or DVI to VGA. If you use VGA then your need the adapter from DVI to VGA which came with the PowerBook. If your Sony LCD support S-Video you could use that.  I personally use S-Video to my HDTV however it has the input via SCART to S-Video.
The maximum external display resolutions is 2048x1536.
just checked my sony and i did see an svideo port so im all good then right?  do you have a link of exactly what i need?

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