Closing MacBook while using secondary display?

I am thinking about buying a connector to use my TV as a screen for my MacBook, I was just wondering if, for instance, I wanted to use the MacBook as a DVD player, is it possible to close the screen without it going to sleep?

You can choose mini-dvi to s-video adapter. For sound you will need a 3.5mm male cable to rca jack y cable. This will allow the stereo audio from the Macbook to be put into the audio inputs on the tv.
Maybe some others will have advice. You could start a new thread for this question. A lot of people won't look at this thread since it is marked answered.

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