PowerMac G5 to 37" LCD TV

I'd like to put my old PowerMac G5 to use as a home entertainment center PC. The video card is an ATI Radeon. Here are the specs:
Video Card specs:
System Requirements
Power Mac G5 (card occupies AGP PRO 8X slot)
512MB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive 

Visual Processor:
Radeon X800 XT GPU 

Memory Configuration:
256MB GDDR3 MEMORY 

Operating Systems Support:
Mac OS X 10.3.6 and later
Product Specs 
Connectors and adapters:
Dual Integrated 10-bit per channel 400MHz DACs
Integrated 165MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI compliant)
On-Board Dual Link TMDS transmitter (High Resolution DVI compliant)
Integrated TV-Out supports up to 1024x768 resolution* 

Supported Display Devices:
Dual Link DVI port
ADC port 

Analog monitor display modes: 
Resolutions, and maximum refresh rates (Hz) in 256, 65K or 16.7M colors 

Resolution:
640 x 480  200Hz
720 x 480  200Hz
800 x 600  200Hz
832 x 624  75Hz
1024 x 768  200Hz
1152 x 864  200Hz
1152 x 870  75Hz
1280 x 960  200Hz
1280 x 1024  150Hz
1600 x 900  150Hz
1600 x 1024  150Hz
1600 x 1200  120Hz
1792 x 1344  75Hz
1856 x 1392  75Hz
1920 x 1080  120Hz
1920 x 1200  100Hz
1920 x 1440  90Hz
2048 x 1152  100Hz
2048 x 1280  100Hz
2048 x 1536  85Hz
The TV is an Olevia model 537. It has an HDMI in port, VGA/component and Left and Right audio in ports. It also has an S232C port. I don't know if that's an input or output port– it's between the HDTC video inputs and the audio outputs, right next to the firmware upgrade port, which looks like it's a firewire port.
In addition to wanting to know if it's possible to make the connection to the TV, I'd like to know what sort of internet content I'll have available– I noticed that both Netflix and Boxee software requires an Intel based Mac, so what else is available that will work on a non-Intel Mac?

The zig zag lines and random colors would indicate that you have the 3 component RCA jacks mixed up; are they color coded?
Sometimes there are different labels for component cables on different pieces of gear that make it a bit confusing to connect them correctly; if the mac recognizes the TV, I would suspect the RCA ends are not correctly connected.

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