Does iBook recognize external TV resolution using VGA cable?

I'm planning to connect my iBookG4 (firmware already hacked allowing the usage of extended screens) to a big widescreen LCD TV. The TV supplys both HDMI and VGA connectors, but I know I won't be able to use HDMI, since the iBook has VGA output only.
My question: which available resolutions will I have chance to choose from? That is, will my iBook be able to somehow recognize correctly the physical pixel resolution (1366x768) of the external TV even via VGA connection?!?
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 933Mhz, 640Mb, 40Gb, bluetooth

as far as I know, all MacMinis have DVI output, so you shouldn't need any firmware hack on a mini, I think...?!
However, I understood we could use with iBook a shareware utility (SwitchRes X: http://www.madrau.com/) that allows "tuning" VGA output resolutions (adds a lot more) and related pixel bandwidths. That should solve our problem, but I didn't have chance to try already...

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