G4 Titanium - TV as display?

I have a G4 titanium with no screen that my son was using for movies paired with an apple cinema display. The G4 is working fine, but has no screen. I wiped the HD and then verified it. The cinema display was sold and I am trying to sell the G4. A potential buyer asked me if it will work with an LCD TV - for entertainment similar to using the cinema display. Can anyone tell me how I should answer the buyer?

http://support.apple.com/specs/#portablecomputers
there are several Titanium models, one i called "DVI" and uses DVI display connector, looks like most Titaniums have "S-video" connector and VGA connector.
if you can connect your PowerBook to a VGA computer monitor (PC monitor is fine), then it'll work with an LCD TV with VGA input.

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