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apologise if this topic has already been discussed and resolved but I couldn't find the exact info I'm looking for;

anyway, I'm setting up my home office and will be ordering a 32" LCD TV soon, the PC is up and running;
what I would like to do is use the PC monitor to do all my PC stuff(e-mail, browsing, programming...), BUT, i would also like to watch videos that are on the PC harddrive on the TV...

I know I can output graphic card to the TV, but I think that would essentially put the desktop on the TV, what I would like is to output ONLY the video file to the TV, while leaving the desktop clear for my work,
streaming would work, but I'm already using a PS3 in the family room TV and don't want to buy another piece of hardware if i can get away with it; is there some software option in Media Player or VLC (or some similar app) that allows one to select a output pathway

thanks in advance

If you just want to play a video file fullscreen on a secondary display, that's usually pretty straightforward.

You could just extend (not clone) the Windows desktop to the secondary display, and for instance, in MPC-HC, you can choose to have video files displayed fullscreen and select which display to have them playback on.

thanks, i knew i was overlooking something simple,

will try it out as soon as the TV arrives