Powermac g4 with toshiba lcd tv??????

help!! i want to buy a G4 quicksilver with a DVI out to use with my toshiba 32505d tv which only supports HDMI. Can i do this and if so which is the best model to get.....which OS etc.... new to macs so any help is greatly appreciated thx ;-)

Hi StoogeNuge, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Your link needs me to sign in to your mm account to see it btw.
I have an old power mac G4. I'm not sure which model it is exactly...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.
Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto *but not including the Serial#*...
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Quad
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 4
CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 10 GB
Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1
Then for the Video Card...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.
Then click on More Info>Hardware>Graphics/Displays and report like this...
NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT:
Chipset Model: GeForce 7800GT
Type: Display
Bus: PCI
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0092
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 2152.2
Displays:
VGA Display:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Display:
Status: No display connected
BTW, did you go to the Displays pref pane with the TV connected? Set the resolution for the TV? What is the resolution of the TV?

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