Macbook to Component YPbPr?

Hello everyone,
I have a black macbook 4,1. I am wanting to connect it to my Really old Mitsubishi tv that only has a YPbPr component connection for HDTV. I wondering how i need to set this up.
from what it looks like, i need to connect it by Mini-DVI to VGA and run it through a VGA to component converter like this
http://sewelldirect.com/VGA-to-HDTV-Converter.asp
and obviously component to the television.
i know the audio is separate.
is this the best setup?

Probably the resolution is switching from a mirrored resolution to some other resolution that the TV can't work from. Try this; shut down the MacBook. Cable up the TV to the MB and also the external keyboard and mouse. Hold down the Shift key on the external keyboard, hit the start button on the MacBook and immediately close the lid on the MB after you've hit the start button. Continue holding the Shift key down on the external keyboard until you see the grey screen with the spinning gear at which time you can release the Shift key. The MB should now finish starting up in Safe mode with only the external screen being on. Hopefully the screen will not be rolling.
Once the MB finishes booting, go into System Preferences/Displays and set the resolution to the optimal/desired resolution for your TV. Hopefully this choice will stick through subsequent restarts and also correct the issue of the rolling screen under the conditions in the scenario you described.

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