How to play media to tv from mac

Hi all, this is my first time (only my third ever) on apple support communities, so please excuse my ignorancel
I have spent hours online trying to figure out how to veiw media content on my Panasonic Viera 42" hdtv from my imac , with out any real luck.
I have figured out how to watch Panasonics own content through the Viera connect feature on the tv.
The thing im having most trouble with is connecting my 27"imac to the tv to play content downloaded from the internet such as avi files, camera movies and the like.
Someone suggested a free open source set up called xbmc which i have installed but i dont know how to configure it to connect to the tv. Or am i trying to be too adventurous as a first timer and need to concentrate on a simpler option.
And finally if i do take the latter option, do i need to configure the imac to act as a server and if so how do i do that?
Thank you in advance to anybody taking the time to read this.

Hi, thanks for replying.
Im not exacly sure what year the imac is i cant seem to find it anywhere.
I bought the machine last year on apples refurbished site. Someone at Apple support suggested once that it maybe a 2010 model. In system profiler there is a thunderbolt tab in the left hand pane but it says there are no drivers  loaded. Does that mean that thunderbolt is on the mac but i must install the drivers? If so, is it all plug and play after that or do i need to configure it all manually? If so coyuld you please point me in the right direction for instructions on how to do it. My tv for instance is saying that it cant find a server. As for vlc player, i use it all the time.Dont know what ide do without it !

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