Streaming iPhoto to HD-Plasma Screen

Hi guys,
I love my new iMac G5...just switched from Windows XP.
I posted a question to the iDVD forum, but need more details. I would like to stream a slideshow I created in iPhoto to my plasma HDTV that is 2 rooms away. A guy in the iDVD forum suggested I connect a Mac Mini to the TV. Then I could stream from my G5 to the Mac Mini, and use the video out to the Plasma.
Does this sound plausable? I'd hate to spend $700 and end up with a technical nightmare.
Any thoughts?

You can connect your iMac G5 to your TV using the Apple Video Adapter M9109G/A.
The Mac mini would require the Apple DVI to Video Adapter M9267G/A.

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Process:         iPhoto [430]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.2.1 (9.2.1)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-628000000000000~1
App Item ID:     408981381
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Code Type:       X86 (Native)
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OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          526713 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           9
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 4439 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   8
Anonymous UUID:                      8147E0FC-2622-4A56-920E-44498E48B55B
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Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
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--> __PAGEZERO             0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [    4K] ---/--- SM=NUL /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
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objc[430]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00824501 0x1000 + 8533249
1   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x001678d6 0x1000 + 1468630
2   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91bdff49 __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 49
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95508ff3 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_1 + 275
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954d3d78 _CFXNotificationPost + 2776
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91bcb136 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
6   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91be03ca -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 55
7   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0016716a 0x1000 + 1466730
8   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00167111 0x1000 + 1466641
9   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0015c6f4 0x1000 + 1423092
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13 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9551e091 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 65
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16 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95495206 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 246
17 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954bf0d8 __CFRunLoopRun + 1112
18 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954be8ec CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332
19 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954be798 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120
20 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93bcca7f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 318
21 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93bd3d9b ReceiveNextEventCommon + 381
22 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93bd3c0a BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
23 com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b27040 _DPSNextEvent + 678
24 com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b268ab -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 113
25 com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b22c22 -[NSApplication run] + 911
26 com.apple.AppKit                        0x97db718a NSApplicationMain + 1054
27 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0001159a 0x1000 + 66970
28 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00010a29 0x1000 + 64041
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