How is picture quality when mini mac attached to plasma

I have an Apple TV attached to my 50" Pioneer plasma, but the main reason I got the Apple TV was to play play lists with music videos. Since Apple TV can't yet provide this, I'm interested in replacing with mini mac so I can use iTunes to play music video's continuously. But before I do, I just wanted to see if anyone out there knows how well the picture quality looks when attaching the mini mac via DVT to HDMI to plasma TV (in my case, a Pioneer 50" 1080i/720P). If anyone could give me some helpful advice or if there are any problems with this setup I'd gladly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Chris

So I tried playing music videos from a playlist continuously as you describe on my mini. It didn't work under Front Row but it did work from iTunes directly. I have heard that having the very latest version of iTunes and QuickTime installed corrects the limitation with Front Row, but I don't have them installed yet so I can't confirm that.
I am curious to know what is the limitation with AppleTV that doesn't allow this? It seems like it would work. What happens when you try? Do you have the latest version of QuickTime and iTunes on the Mac from which the AppleTV is streaming from?

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