Hookup MacBook to Toshiba LCD

I'm trying to hookup my MacBook to our HDTV. On the back of the TV, there is a slot for a SVGA/VGA terminal. I have a cable to run from the TV to the iBook along with a Mini DVI to VGA adapter. After the cables are hooked up and the MacBook is powered up, all I get on the TV is the MacBook desktop. It there a setting on the MacBook that you have to set inorder to get the icons to show on the TV. I would like to be able to watch movies from the MacBook on the TV. By the way the TV is a Toshiba 26AV502U LCD. Any help in trying to solve this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks......
Is it better to try hooking up a Mini DVI to DVI adapter and DVI to HDMI cable to TV?

There are two options. One you could hook the laptop up to the LCD and close the lid but you would need a bluetooth or USB keyboard or mouse to wake it up, you will also have to have the computer plugged into the power source to make it work. The other option is to hook up the monitor to the LCD then go to, system preferences>displays>arrangement, there you should see two blue boxes. One box will have a white line across the top of it, that will be the screen that is the primary screen. To make your Toshiba LCD the primary screen just drag the white line to the other blue box and everything should switch over to the LCD. This method will allow you to use both displays if you need to and allow both of them to run at there native resolution. If you choose mirror it will limit you to the same resolution as your macbook. Your LCD probably has a higher resolution than your macbook so mirroring might not give you the best quality.

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