Duo or Solo for a Sharp Aquos

OK, time to get down to brass tax. Ive been reading around here for awhile and its time to pull the trigger on a Mini.
I need a Mini capable of running 1366 X 768 to my Sharp Aquos 37 inch LCD. I know I will have to use a third party app to get the resolution exact but my question is which setup will work best.
Im deciding between at Core Solo with 1 Gig RAM and a Core Duo with 512 MB RAM, money being the main obstacle.
I plan to connect my 250G Lacie external drive to the Mini for streaming music and video (HD included) to my entertainment system. And I am going to either use the DVI or HDMI connection on the Sharp.
Other than that, the Mini will be used for surfing, e-mail, etc. Nothing too intensive. I realize that a Duo with 1Gig would be optimal, but I cant quite spend that much right now. What will I lose performance wise if I dont have the Duo, I am mainly concerned with video quality for HD.

I need a Mini capable of running 1366 X 768 to my Sharp Aquos
37 inch LCD. I know I will have to use a third party app to
get the resolution exact but my question is which setup will
work best.
Straight from the mini's spec page
Graphics and Video Support
Intel GMA950 graphics processor with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory1
DVI video output to support digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels; supports 20-inch Apple Cinema Display and 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display; supports coherent digital displays up to 154MHz; supports noncoherent digital displays up to 135MHz
VGA video output (using included adapter) to support analog resolutions up to 1920 by 1080 pixels
S-video and composite video output to connect directly to a TV or projector (using Apple DVI to Video Adapter, sold separately)
So it seems it can suport the resolution but being a 37 inch lcd, I'm not sure there's other hinderences you may incur
Mike
Mini G5 PowerMac G4 PowerBook Mac SE Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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