Play DVD on iMac and watch it on TV

I don't have a DVD player with my television. If I want to watch DVD movies on my TV screen, can I do this by connecting my iMac -- which plays DVDs -- to my television?
Is this where I would need the Apple Video Adapter? According to the iMac manual, I plug one end into the video-out port of the iMac and the other into the S-video port on the back of the TV. Is that all there is to it? Don't I need video cable, or is that part of the adapter?
Do I control the playback of the DVD via the DVD Player program on the iMac? And if I have a VCR connected to the TV, do I have to disconnect that first before DVD playback will work?
I hope anyone who's done this can tell me what I need to know. Thanks all.

Is that all there is to it?Yes, except that if you want the TV to play the audio you will need an audio cable to go from the iMac's headphone port to the TV's audio input.Don't I need video cable, or is that part of the adapter?Yes you will need an S-video cable to go between the video adapter and your TV.Do I control the playback of the DVD via the DVD Player program on the iMac?Yesif I have a VCR connected to the TV, do I have to disconnect that first before DVD playback will work?Only if the VCR is connected to the TV's only S-video input.

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