ISight iMac capable of 1280x720 VGA output?

I just bought a 20" iSight iMac from Amazon with the $150 rebate. Great deal! Anyways, my plan is to hook the iMac into my home theater system. Is the iMac capable of supporting native 1280x720 output from its VGA port? Has anyone hooked up a 1280x720 projector or HDTV to their iMac to see what 16:9 resolution choices become available?

Just wanted to close the loop on this question that I posed a little while back. It definitely is possible and it definitely is working perfectly.
I have successfully integrated my new iMac G5 (iSight)into my home theater system. It is outputting 1280x720p as an extended desktop (2nd monitor) to my InFocus 7210 and it just looks wonderful.
The iMac is in my office which is adjacent to my home theater room. My whole house is wired with multiple Cat-5e and RG6 coax. I have overcome the mirroring limitation on the iMac by enabling desktop spanning with a firmware patch called "Screen Spanning Doctor." I have also enabled the 1280x720p HDTV resolution using DisplayConfigX for the second monitor.
Since the iMac is in another room... the VGA signal is being sent through Cat-5e using the Gefen VGA Extender. Digital optical audio out is converted to digital coax using M-Audio's CO2 Bidirectional Converter and transmitted via the in-wall RG-6 to my home theater receiver. FYI -- DD and DTS are supported via Apple's DVD Player...no lip-sync problems with my setup!
Finally, to control the iMac, I am using the Gyration Ultra Professional wireless keyboard and mouse, which is truly plug and play with the Mac.
So now I have Front Row and the entire Mac experience on my 11-foot diagonal (133") screen! It is truly awesome. I wasn't sure if it was all going to work, and I couldn't find many reports of anyone else doing anything similar (with the Cat-5 and coax transmission, etc). So hopefully this serves as a data point for anyone else out there who might be interested in setting up their iMac to be a part of their home theater experience.
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