USING A NEW MINI ON A 1080i HDTV WIDESCREEN PROJECTION TV...HELP!!!!

Hi!
As mentioned on the topic I own a samsung 62" widescreen (yes, 16x9) with HDTV built in (You should see the xbox360 running on this thing!) The thing is, I've looked for a while and I'd like to buy a mac mini for the MEDIA HUB of my home theather.
PROBLEM:
My tv does not have a DVI/VGA port... It only has Svideo, Video and Component video.
Solutions????
I know that there are cables that go from VGA to component... but as i've read they do not work.... or do they work on my tv?
Transcoders and decoders??? They cost as much as a new mini (depending on the manufacturer, but they do cost arround 300 or so bucks!)
Apple's adapter? (DVI TO SVIDEO OR VIDEO?) nah... I hear it *****!
So my solutions???
Buy a new tv (not an option)
SOMEONE CONFIRMS THAT THIS MAGICAL CABLE WORKS ON MY TV!!! YEY!!!
(A GOOD OPTION)
Or just stick around with apples adapter!
Thanks for your patience and I hope you could help me out
best!
believe it or not, pretty much every apple product released since 2003, except new intel mini Mac OS X (10.4.5)

well, that's kind of have an old school tube. I think it's gonna cost ya a pretty penny to do what you want to do with high quality or you can try this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/M1-DVI-to-component-RCA-RGB-Projector-HDTV-video-cable_W0QQi temZ9702015171QQcategoryZ79875QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This post will expire and the link will die so all I did was search for DVI to RGB and got a bunch of cables.
or
http://www.ati.com/products/hdtvadapter/index.html
which is
http://www.directron.com/hdtvadapter.html

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