DVI To Video Adaptor questions

Hello there,
I just purchased the DVI to Video Adaptor and received it in the mail today. I am trying to figure out what is required to hook it up to the tv and as I understand I need an RCA adaptor to connect from the headphone input but I am not sure what cable to get for video. I am not sure if I should get an s-video cable or what cable I should get for the yellow adaptor on the connector. The set up is a little weird since it is in my dorm room so if you could let me know if my proposed set up would work that would be great.
For sound I was going to purchase a 50ft 3.5 mm headphone extension (http://tinyurl.com/yjyexq7), and then connecting an RCA adaptor from that to the TV (http://tinyurl.com/yjhgn5j). If you could help me with any ideas about what to do with the video and which option you feel is best that would be great.
Thanks!

What kind of audio and video inputs does your TV have? If you only have composite video (yellow RCA jack) and left/right audio RCA jacks, you only need one RCA to RCA composite video cable of proper length for the picture, plus the audio cable from the MBP headphone jack to the TV audio inputs.
If your TV has an S-Video input, buy an S-video to S-video cable instead of the composite cable. The quality is slightly better with S-Video.
The picture with this setup is pretty low-fi by today's standards. I also assume you bought the DVI to composite+S-video adapter.
If you have a flat panel TV with DVI, HDMI, or SVGA inputs, use one of those.

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