DVI Cable and Television

I am trying to get my MacBook Pro to display on my television which is a Sharp LC-20SH6U. My problem is (1) I'm not sure that this is even possible since the television is a few years old, and (2) if it is possible, a normal HDMI-DVI video cable from a Mac store will not fit with the television's video input, so will I have to buy some sort of converter with two separate cables?
Any help would be greatly appreciated....

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Your TV has composite and s-video inputs. You need the Apple DVI-to-Video Adapter, and either an RCA or an s-video cable.
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