Output Macbook Pro to HDTV?

Is there a single chord that could be purchased either online, or preferably somewhere like BestBuy, that could let my Macbook Pro display onto an HDTV, so I could watch movies on it that I have downloaded, without buying an Apple TV?
Thanks

good call, i forgot about the audio... DOH!
If you have a surround sound receiver, chances are you can use a optical cable for audio like neuroanatomist said. thats a mini toslink to toslink.
Otherwise use a mini stereo to RCA
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