Rented Amazon vids--X220 to analog TV?

I am going on holiday to a place that has a c. 2004 Sony TV. I want to play movies rented from Amazon (residing on my HD) on this TV. I think using the DisplayPort is out since the TV in question does not have HDMI. So I am thinking VGA to component cable along with a mini jack to RCA pair for the audio.
Is this going to work?

I have not yet tried downloading/playing videos rented from Amazon although I installed the Unbox player that they say you need. Has anyone had good/bad experiences using this software to run movies on their TV? Does it size correctly to any size TV?

 

I have never actually seen a functional VGA output to component cable.
those cables are for older monitors with sync on green.

VGA to Component Cable - Lumenlab
http://www.svideo.com/hd153rca.html

you would actually need a transcoding box such as

PC/Mac VGA to Composite Video or S-Video

with a transcode you dont need any software either, it shows up as a 420p external montor and adjusts accordingly in MOST cases.... you may want to test it out on an old TV before you go though

 

Yeah, those vga adapters are extremely buggy at best. I wouldnt waste time with it. There really is no cheap easy way to do this unfortunately. Best bet is A transcoder as mentioned above, but even that is risky depending on if and how hdcp comes in to play since you are talking rented video. I would just get a stand alone media player of some type, like WDTV for example, if it were me.

 

use software to deal with the HDCP, I shall not mention what though
but yes a WDTV is a better bet as you can get them cheaper than a good transcoder unit and the same pice as an average one.

 

I don't know what's ur budget but just throwing it out there...U can use a Widi adapter like DLink Mainstage....Has both HDMI and Composite...