Retina MacBook Pro: What new adapters do I need?

I am seriously considering purchasing the new Retina Display MBP.
My confusion lies with some of the adapters
What adapter will I need to:
a) hook a new Retina MacBook Pro to a VGA projector?
b) hook a new Retina MacBookPro to a HDMI TV so that I can move video and sound to the TV directly?
I need to do both for teaching purposes when away from home
I understand I will need a new Ethernet Adapter and a new FireWire Adapter to work with the Thunderbolt connectors.
Its the other things I can't figure out

Barbara Passman3 wrote:
So, to be clear..
1) The new Retina Display or any Mac with Thunderbolt needs an adapter to connect to VGA and maybe ,also to HDMI.
Since I was corrected about the fact that your MBP already has a HDMI port forget my suggestion for a mini-displayport-to-HDMI adapter because, as pointed out, you can just plug a HDMI cable directly into your HDMI port to connect your TV.
The VGA adapter is, however, required to speak to the vga projector.
How do you plan to connect these? Specifically will both be connected at the same time or one or the other at different times? Depending on when you connect this stuff in various combinations I'll mention now, take a look at SwitchResX which you can use to enable and disable monitors without having to insert or pull cables (with the attendant wear and tear on the plugs and sockets).

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