Connecting older model HP to HDTV

Hi, I have the HP Pavilion a1240n desktop and want to stream videos to my HDTV.
It doesn't appear the desktop has a S video. Is the only thing I need a DVI to HDMI cable?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!

Hi:
When I look at your model PC's motherboard, it does not show you have a DVI out port, just a VGA port.
It also shows that you can't add a PCIe graphics adapter either.
You could add a PCI graphics adapter with HDMI out, but one of those would cost in excess of $50.
So, I don't think it would be worthwhile connecting your PC to an HDTV.
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