Macbook Pro & S-Video to play through TV?

Im thinking of getting the new MBP late 2008 unibody 2.4Ghz with 2GB and would basically like to play video/iplayer and Youtube through the screen and into my TV with s-video??
Is this possible?
I know Apple do an s-video cable/adaptor whcih my TV also has (and i think you have to do audio seperatly) but could I get Youtube to come through my MBP into my TV so its easier to watch?
(I dont want to use the TV as a monitor as other have thought, Just use the TV as a better way to watch Youtube and Iplayer etc)

Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT go with the route of linking a mini DP to DVI then DVI to s-video. That won't work.
Mini DP can handle both digital and analog signals. (S-Video is like VGA and is only analog)
DVI has three types. DVI-I, DVI-D, DVI-A (I think it's A) anyways, the mini DP adaptor sold from apple is a DVI-D, which means it only handles the digital part of the signal. If you look at the adaptor it is missing the 4 pins around the ground wire.
Therefore, you cannot convert DVI-I to any sort of analog signal. So a DVI to VGA won't work with the apple miniDP to DVI. Nor will a DVI to s-video.
It may be possible to get a mini DP to VGA and then a VGA to S-Video. (they have those from other retailers) That is the route I am planning to try.

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