Sony SDM Display

I am planning on buying one of the following three SONY displays for my new (still in box) Mac Mini with an Intel Core Solo processor. I need to know whether this will work with the mac (I've heard that I need to check and make sure that the video card will work with third party monitors)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tech-data/B0007RTCDW/ref=deasmtd/103-5083228-1372622?%5Fencoding=UTF8
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tech-data/B0009X3K64/ref=deasmtd/103-5083228-1372622?%5Fencoding=UTF8
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SYDisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=SDMHS53/BT/BSTOCK&CategoryName=cpu_So ny_Displays_clearance&DCMP=Froogle&HQS=MTSDMHS53/BT/BSTOCK
If someone could tell me if they adhere to the computer, that would be great. The mac's for my son who is always playing with my G4.
Thanks in advance,
Alex
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A blurry display is often caused by a slight Zoom, which can be turned on by some keyboard operations, "Universal Access" system preference settings, or Control-Scrollwheel. Using Command-Option-8 to zoom in then out, turns off Zoom no matter how it was turned on. Apparently, that was not your problem. Excess contrast can be caused by the "Enhance contrast" slider in the "Seeing"pane of "Universal Access" system preference. These problems happend just after login. The login window will be OK, but the display goes bad just after login. If the login window is bad, try a Safe Boot
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393>

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