Can you use Apple TV for a second monitor to a TV (Not mirroring)

I'm thinking about buying an Apple TV so I can have a wireless second display for my MacBook Pro. Am I able to do this or can I only mirror the one display? Am also what is the minimum Internet speed needed for AirPlay

OK - I now have the bits and have set up the system...
Airparrot is great. It allows you to select which display to mirror on the Apple TV. It also allows you to send audio to the Apple TV.  I have EyeTV and Front Row set up to use the second dispaly and Airparrot successfully sends this to the Apple TV. However my audio synce problems  remain. Whenever I use digital (toslink) sound from the iMac the audio is out by several frames. Unfortunately this even happns if I send both the video and audio to the Apple TV. It is unwatchable. This means I will need to switch to the RCA audio output on the iMac (which is AUX in on the hifi) whenever I want to send video to the AppleTV.
If I play video from the Apple TV (using home sharing) then the audio sync is much better. But this means that Eye TV wont be accessible from the Apple TV menu (now there is an opportunity for a clever programmer).
I have used QT Sync to adjust the sync when sending video to the Apple TV via quicktime. In speech the lips sync at a difference of 8 frames. However QT Sync is no good for playing video from Front Row or EyeTV. There is another programming opportunity...(adjusting sync for all types of output - it would be a good addition to Airparrot).
So in short, I cannot use Apple TV to play TV from the iMac. And the Apple TV menu is much more limited, in many ways, than Front Row.
(the iMac is still running Snow Leopard - which may be partly causing the problems - but there are several reasons why I dont want to upgrade it to Mountain Lion)

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