Itunes movie rentals questions

Ok, so what I want to do is rent a movie onto my macbook and play it on my big tv. Can it be played from the macbook to the tv just like I do when I use the television for keynote presentations? I have all the cables to convert from the mini dv to the hdmi on the television. I guess it's like making a makeshift appletv? Has anyone done this? Is the resolution decent?

This should work.
I'm not sure about the quality. You said you are converting it into HDMI, so I would expect it to be decent.
The best way to figure it out is to rent a movie and try. XD.
Good luck!

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