Hooking up an iMac to a telly

Hi all,
The college I work at is going over to Mac from PC editing systems. What's the cheapest way to connect a new intel iMac to a television so that you can monitor video editing in Final Cut? (I don't want to go via a camcorder).
Thanks,
Sean

If you are working with DV material, get a Analog/DV converter. Canopus makes a line of such devices (ADVC) that work very reliably. If you are working with HDV, look into the Matrox MXO (the original one - not the MXO2).
Good luck,
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Hi all,
The college I work at is going over to Mac from PC editing systems. What's the cheapest way to connect a new intel iMac to a television so that you can monitor video editing in Final Cut? (I don't want to go via a camcorder).
Thanks,
Sean

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For televisions, projectors or VCRs that use S-video or composite video connectors, use the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter (M9319G/A) and a S-Video or Composite (yellow RCA) cable.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore/?productLearnMore=M9 319G/A
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Help Mr. Wizard!!!
Sorry I don't know where to post this question:-(
I live 100 miles from an Apple store and I'm really ignorant about how to do this..
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OGG, ACC/ACC+, CD, WAV, WMA, MP3
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I have an iMac, 21.5" (late 2009 model)
I have a Mini Display Port to HDMI Adapter
I have a 4 metre HDMI Cable
Plugged the Mini Display Port into my iMac:
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Plugged the HDMI into it:
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Then plugged the other HDMI end into my TV:
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Switched the channel onto the HDMI 1 (which the Cables plugged into)
went on my iMac to detect displays, but nothing...
what am I doing wrong?
(first time doing this obviously)
All plugged in but when clicking on 'Detect Displays' it just does nothing, nothing happens... and on my LG TV it just says 'No Signal Detected' :-/
My TV picks up the HDMI because when all is plugged in, the HDMI 'tab' is highlighted (to click onto) but when the HDMI it taken out of the Adapter, the HDMI 'tab' goes grey... so the TV knows the HDMI is plugged into something to use, but the iMac isn't detecting the TV, and the TV just shows 'No Signal' on the Screen....
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