Adding second display

I recently purchased a Viewsonic VX2260wm monitor:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
This monitor handles Vga, DVI-D, and HDMI inputs.
I will be using the monitors in extended display mode and run FCE alot. What would be the recommended input route I should take?
1. Mini DVI to VGA
2. Mini DVI to DVI-D
3. Mini DVI to DVI-D to HDMI Conv to HDMI (Will This Send Audio To Monitor?)

Ok, I hooked it up and sort of magically it was enabled and it is now showing what my laptop screen is showing. Any tips on configuring? Also this screen is not widescreen and the entire desktop does not fit. Can anything be done about that?
I found that xinerama is being gradually abandoned in favor of XRandR but xrandr reports that it cannot find the second display. The output is the one below either I have the second screen connected or not.
$ xrandr -q
Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 800
default connected 1280x800+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1280x800 50.0*
1024x768 51.0
840x525 52.0
800x600 53.0
800x512 54.0
720x450 55.0
700x525 56.0
680x384 57.0 58.0
640x512 59.0
640x480 60.0 61.0
576x432 62.0
512x384 63.0
400x300 64.0
320x240 65.0

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