Displaying to a HD Big screen

So you probably all have seen this kind of question before but here it goes, and thank you for reading.
The next apple I purchase will be a Cube because... As far as I know I can do this but that is why I am asking cause I want to know for sure. Will the Mac Mini beable to hook up to me big screen (Panny 50" DLP)? I have a HDMI hook up in the back and I can get a DVI to HDMI cable to hook up the Mini straight to it. Will the mini be able to handle the resolution of the Panasonic (I don't see why not)?
Any pointers or recommendations would be greatly appriciated. Thanks
Dream machine
Mac Mini
Intel processor
1gig SDRAM
100GigHDD
Super Drive
Final Cut studio HD
for HDR-HC1 Sony HD Handycam (WOW!)

Shawn,
When I purchased my Mini I had sort of the same idea. I got the bluetooth keyboard and mouse and connected it up to a 50" LG Plasma. It worked OK, but 1024 x 768 was the highest resolution I could get to work. It appeared to me when you put a 1024x768 image on a 16:9 screen it stretched it a bit to make it fit, so the image was ever so slightly distorted. Also when I played 16:9 movies on the mini, I would still get the black bars at the top and bottom. I was a little disappointed in the results and moved the Mini back to an 18" LCD on my desk.
Anyway, that was my experience, your mileage may vary
Dave

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>I have recieved an unusual request to produce a piece to
be used on a big
> screen at the school Christmas Party. The idea is to
have a bank of around
> 50
> slides comprising photos or text. These are to run in a
randomised
> perpetual
> loop, at high speed (2-3 per second) until a mouse is
clicked by the user.
> Then
> the display rate is to slow down and stop with a slide
displayed
> (effectively
> an electronic tombola). This slide is then the talking
point, joke,
> question or
> whatever for the audience. When the user clicks the
mouse to proceed, the
> perpetual loop continues, however the previously
displayed slide is
> removed
> from that loop. Ultimately no slides remain and the show
is over.
> Has anyone done anything similar before? If so,how did
you go about it?
> Maybe
> Authorware is not the right tool for the job in the
first place? As this
> piece
> will be done as unpaid overtime, I'd appreciate all the
bright ideas and
> help I
> can get!!
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